Management

Designations

Saratoga National Historical Park (NHP) was authorized by an act of Congress in 1938, largely through the efforts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Although the park was authorized in 1938 it was not established until 1948. In that ten-year period, the battlefield was managed by New York State which had originally established it as a park in 1927. The National Park Service (NPS) began its park administration in 1948; in 1950 the Schuyler Estate was donated to the park; in 1974 the Victory Woods tract was donated to the park by its corporate owners; and in 1980 the Saratoga Monument was transferred to the NPS from New York State. More recently, in 2021, the park has also acquired the Saratoga Surrender Site.