Batcheller Mansion Inn

The Batcheller Mansion Inn is an inn in a High Victorian Gothic mansion at 20 Circular Street, across from Congress Park in downtown Saratoga Springs. It works as a small hotel, a bed and breakfast and something of a living history museum.

Albany architects Nicols and Halcott designed the house in 1873, mixing French Renaissance, Italian and Egyptian influences under a red and gray slate mansard roof. Inside are carved European woodwork, marble fireplaces and original Batcheller family furnishings.

What to know

• The mansion was designed in 1873.
• It hosted U.S. presidents, European royalty and Hollywood celebrities over more than a century, according to the inn.
• Some of the family furnishings are on loan from museums.
• It is the first stop on most East Side architecture walks.