Brookside Museum
Brookside Museum, sometimes known as the Aldridge House, is located on the western edge of downtown Ballston Spa, New York, United States. It is a wooden house built in the 1790s, one of the oldest in the village, but modified since then.
It was originally used as an inn for visitors to the spring waters that gave the village its name, very near its location. The inn had several famous guests; for example, James Fenimore Cooper is said to have written some of The Last of the Mohicans during his stay. The building has been a boys' school, a private residence, a boarding house, a sanatorium, and apartments. In 1970, the Saratoga County Historical Society purchased the building and opened it as a museum.
In 1975 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the first of four properties in the village to be listed.
Building
It is located on the triangular 1.5-acre (6,100 m2) lot where Front Street splits into Charlton and Fairground avenues. The land to the west is wooded, with a small creek flowing north-south across the land. There are some other residences in the area. Downtown Ballston Spa is to the east along Front Street. There is a small dirt parking area on the south side.
