Robert Newton Brezee (1851–1929), usually referred to as R. Newton Brezee or Newton Brezee, was an American architect chiefly active in Saratoga Springs, New York, and surrounding areas.
Professional Brezee came to Saratoga Springs in 1867. He worked as a carpenter, and left Saratoga for a while to work on the planned community of Garden City, Long Island built by Alexander Turney Stewart. A self-taught architect, he returned to Saratoga Springs and opened an office in 1884. He is credited with the design of more than fifty buildings.
Personal Brezee was born on September 26, 1851, in Middleburgh, New York. He married Jennie M. Carr (1855–1950) on July 25, 1881, in Saratoga Springs. The couple had four daughters: Edna Winford Brezee (1882–1971), Claire M. Brezee (born 1885) (Mrs. Samuel J. Mott), Elizabeth L. Brezee (1887–1989), and Dorothy Newton Brezee (1897–1949).
Brezee died in 1929; he and Jennie are buried in Greenridge Cemetery in Saratoga Springs.
Buildings designed Brezee designed primarily in the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. Many Brezee-designed buildings have been preserved in the Union Avenue Historic District and the East Side Historic District in Saratoga Springs. The following is a partial list of these and of his other works: City Address Building type Date Photo Saratoga Springs 105 Lake Ave. Single-family home 1884 Saratoga Springs 130 Circular St. Single-family home 1890 Ballston Spa George West Office Building, within Union Mill Complex, Milton Ave. (NY 50) Queen Anne-style 2-story brick office building 1884 Saratoga Springs 159 Division Street Single-family home 1884–85 Raquette Lake Antlers Hotel 1885 Saratoga Springs 75 Caroline Street Single-family home 1885-86 Saratoga Springs 10 Fifth Avenue Single-family home 1886 Saratoga Springs 156 Caroline Street Summer home 1886-87 Saratoga Springs 109 Caroline Street Single-family home 1887 Saratoga Springs 511 Broadway Office and residence of Dr. Douglas C Moriarta 1887 Saratoga Springs 487 Broadway Residence of Davis Coleman 1887 Saratoga Springs 167 Grand Avenue Single-family home 1887 Saratoga Springs 628 North Broadway Single-family home 1887 Saratoga Springs 170-172 Spring Street Duplex 1887 Saratoga Springs 203 Union Avenue Single-family home 1888 Saratoga Springs 114 Caroline Street Single-family home 1888 Saratoga Springs 34 Clark Street Single-family home 1888–89 Saratoga Springs 59 State Street Single-family home 1888–89 Saratoga Springs 5 Fifth Avenue Single-family home 1889 Saratoga Springs 119 Caroline Street Single-family home 1891 Saratoga Springs 153 Phila Street Single-family home 1892–93 Saratoga Springs 179 Caroline Street Single-family home 1896 Saratoga Springs 86 Court Street Residence 1896 Saratoga Springs 190-194 Grand Avenue Row houses 1896 Saratoga Springs 91 Circular Street Residence 1896 Saratoga Springs 135 Lake Avenue Single-family home 1896 Saratoga Springs 16 Marion Place Single-family home 1896 Saratoga Springs 22 Marion Place Single-family home 1896 Saratoga Springs 21 Van Dam Street Church 1897 Saratoga Springs136 Circular StreetSingle-family home (expansion)1898 Corinth First Baptist Church Church 1898 Saratoga Springs 5 Madison Avenue Single-family home 1898 Saratoga Springs 19 Marion Place Single-family home 1899 Saratoga Springs 96 Lake Avenue Single-family home 1899–1900 Saratoga Springs 112 Spring Street School 1900 Saratoga Springs 55 Union Avenue Single-family home 1901 Saratoga Springs Church Street at West Avenue Saratoga Golf Club—club house 1902 Demolished Saratoga Springs 205 Broadway Single-family home 1902 Demolished Saratoga Springs 90 Lake Avenue Single-family home c.1902 Saratoga Springs 9 Marion Place Single-family home 1902 Saratoga Springs 122 Regent Street Carriage house 1902 Saratoga Springs 120 Circular Street Residence 1903 Saratoga Springs 28 Union Avenue Single-family home 1903 Saratoga Springs 56 Union Ave. Single-family home 1903 Saratoga Springs 142 Lake Avenue Single-family home 1904 Saratoga Springs 687 North Broadway Single-family home 1904 Saratoga Springs 64-66 Ludlow Street the former "Hawley Children's Home" Children's home 1904 Saratoga Springs 25 Fifth Avenue Single-family home 1906 Lake George Triuna Island Summer retreat of Spencer and Katrina Trask 1906-7 Saratoga Springs Union Avenue Yaddo— "West House" 1906–12 Corinth 611 Palmer Avenue Palmer Avenue School 1908 Round Lake US Route 9 Summer home 1908 Barkersville Administration building and Pavilion number 1 Saratoga County Sanitorium Sanitorium 1913 Saratoga Springs 75 Ludlow Street Single-family home ca.1928
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