State Seal Spring – Text from Audio

(located to your Right in the pavilion next to the Creekside Classroom education center)

The search for a drinking water that was pure and ideal for salt-free diets, and healthy diets in general, led to the discovery of State Seal Water in the State Reservation at Saratoga Springs. In 1915, the Reservation’s chemist Herbert (Doc) Ant sampled 15 different springs of still water to find a nutritional, good-tasting drinking water to quench public demand. After careful research, Ant discovered a water that had a strong taste appeal and was ideal for low-salt diets. The state bottled and commercially sold the water as “Saratoga State Seal Water” from 1935 to 1970. Today, State Seal is offered free to the public in two locations, adjacent to the Creekside Classroom and across from the Saratoga Automobile Museum on the Avenue of the Pines.

The Saratoga Springs Lions Club provided this narrative as well as major funding for the rehabilitation of the State Seal Spring. 2025 is the 100th year of the founding of the Saratoga Springs Lions Club.