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32 | APRIL 2015 nshoremag.com If The Sagamore Resort is a grande dame among historic hotels, Lake George is a king among lakes. Together, they charm visitors with their royal romance. Certainly one of New York's prettiest locales, it is also one of its most storied. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places and a member of Historic Hotels of America, The Saga- more stems from not-so-humble be- ginnings. The original hotel, opened in 1883, accommodated wealthy businessmen and their families who came from New York City and Philadelphia—traveling by train to the village, then by stagecoach for the six-hour journey to the hotel—to enjoy a stay in Bolton Landing. At its opening, it held 300 guests. Throughout its history, The Sagamore has been a social center for well-to-do residents of Green Island and Millionaires' Row, the stately mansions along the lake's western edge. Occupying much of the island's 72 acres, the hotel has always had a close relationship with 32-mile-long Lake George. The first EridJe to connect tKe island to PLACES courtesy of The Sagamore Resort BY KILEY JACQUES At the southern end of New York's Green Island stands one of the state's greatest treasures. The Storied Sagamore The Sagamore Resort occupies nearly all of Green Island. the mainland was erected in 1882, when the island was purchased for $600 by the Green Island Improve- ment Company, which was owned by hotel operator Myron O. Brown and four Philadelphia millionaires. $ll fiYe Pen Euilt ȊcottaJesȋ on tKe property (seven in all), a few of which still stand today, including Villa Nirvana on South Point and Wapanak. Interestingly, they did not equip them with kitchens—a design strategy meant to encourage com- munal dining in the hotel proper. Built in 1883, the Sagamore has had four incarnations to date. 'estro\ed E\ fire in , it Zas reconstructed in just 11 months by tKe Kands oI Pen and cKristened The Sagamore II, which welcomed guests for the next 48 years until ZKen, once aJain, it Zas raY- aJed E\ fire 7Kanks to tKe eIIorts of Dr. William G. Beckers, one of the hotel's early stockholders, and