Glens Falls Deep Roots

Glens Falls Has Deep Roots

While we are excited to be celebrating 100 years as a city, many of our businesses have been around longer than we have! Check out these long time citizens.

Binley's Florist

(Courtesy Binley Florists,Inc.)

Glens Falls Hometown Florist since 1893

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Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co.

The oldest bank in Warren County has been serving Glens Falls since 1851.

(Courtesy The Blackburn Gallery)

Glens Falls YMCA

Glens Falls YMCA was organized in 1887 as a charitable, not-for-profit, by a group of men from local churches.

(Photo from Bridging the Years)
The First National Bank of Glens Falls (now TD Banknorth) opened August 1, 1853, as the Commercial Bank of Glens Falls under a state charter, and was reorganized as a national bank in 1865.
(Photo from Bridging the Years)

JE Sawyer's

"After 124 years in business, we're pretty darn good at what we do!"

(Photo from Bridging the Years)

Cool Insuring Agency

Charles W. Cool, the first Mayor of the City of Glens Falls, founded Cool Insuring Agency, Inc. in 1857.

Finch, Pruyn Company

It was a run-down old sawmill at the foot of a hill in the Upstate New York city of Glens Falls that first captured the imagination of brothers Jeremiah and Daniel Finch and their partner, Samuel Pruyn, in 1865.

(Photo from Bridging the Years)

Glens Falls Salvation Army

The Salvation Army dates from 1885 in Glens Falls, and this citadel, on the west side of Glen Street at the top of the hill, was built in 1905 for $10,000. The organization moved to the former Glens Falls Academy on Chester Street in 1956.

(Photo and description from Bridging the Years)

Glens Falls, New York 1908-2008

"It's About Time!"