Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 153: Hotel History: The Sagamore Hotel (1883), Bolton Landing, New York*

Stanley Turkel | December 14, 2015

By Stanley Turkel, CMHS 1. Hotel History: The Sagamore Hotel (375 rooms) More than 132 years ago, hotel operator Myron O. Brown, manager of the Mohican House Hotel in Bolton Landing, convinced four millionaires, who were summer residents on Lake George, to build an exclusive resort community. Together they bought Green Island and opened the Sagamore Hotel in 1883 with luxurious accommodations. They were later joined by John Boulton Simpson of New York City who was named company president. The architects were the Wilson Brothers from Philadelphia under the supervision of M.O. Brown who became its manager until 1905. A Glens Falls photogr...