Hotels

Sorry I have not posted in a while, I was trying to come up with ideas for topics. I thought that it was summer and people are going in vacation that I would post photos of old hotels in the County. Of course in the olden days there were not the chain hotels we know today. Sadly most of them are not around anymore.

The 1st one is the Racquette House in Stark near Colton

It was built by Jerry Reynolds. His son William ran it for a while. Sometime late William McKizer ran it with his wife. In the 1930's it was owned by Northern New York Utilities. In 1935 a fire destroyed the building.

The 2nd hotel is the Hotel Wanakena in the town of Fine

 It was constructed by the Rich Lumber Co. At first it consisted of the center section and two wings. The east wing was enlarged in 1906.

The 3rd hotel is the St. Lawrence Inn in Gouverneur

It was built in 1894.  It is five stories it has a frontage of 46 ft. Robert Murphy opened it on July 1, 1895. Later owners/managers included the Getman Brothers of Theresa, Everett J. Peck, J.H. McLear and a corporation with (F.M. Pratt, C.R. Dewey, Mr. White and Carl Mayhew), Fred McCarney, G. Murray Holmes, Emerett A. Green who formed a corporation with his wife, and her brother H. Walter Lee, The Watertown Mattress Co brought it and made it into a store. During Mr. Mayhew's time more rooms with baths were added, phone service among other things was added.

The 4th hotel is the Hermon House or Hotel Hermon

All the info came from Newspaper Articles I found on the Northern New York Historical Newspapers Website.