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Other Recognized Historic Properties

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National Historic Landmarks and Properties on the National Register of Historic Places outside of the Village of Saranac Lake.

Structure Location Date Built
Brighton Town Hall
Brighton 1914 The Brighton town hall was designed and built by master builder Benjamin A. Muncil; it is a largely intact example of early 20th century Craftsman/Bungalow Style architecture adapted for use as a civic building.|
Camp Topridge
Upper St. Regis Lake 1923
Camp Wild Air
Upper St. Regis Lake 1882 Camp Wild Air was the first permanent Great Camp on Upper Saint Regis Lake; it was built by New York Herald Tribune publisher Whitelaw Reid and his wife Elizabeth Mills Reid on a 29-acre peninsula accessible only by water.|
Camp Eagle Island
Upper Saranac Lake 1903 Camp Eagle Island was built in 1903 as a summer retreat for former United States Vice-President and New York State Governor Levi Morton and designed by noted architect William L. Coulter. Camp Eagle Island was named a National Historic Landmark in 2004.|
Loon Lake Mountain Fire Tower
Loon Lake Mountain 1917
Merrillsville Cure Cottage
Merrillsville c. 1900
Moss Ledge
Upper Saranac Lake 1898 Moss Ledge was designed by William L. Coulter for Isabel Ballantine, the daughter of Newark, New Jersey beer baron, John Holmes Ballantine. The camp was one of Coulter's first commissions after he moved to Saranac Lake seeking a cure for his tuberculosis. It is located near two other Coulter Great Camps, Prospect Point Camp and Camp Eagle Island.|
Paul Smith's Cottages
Lower St. Regis Lake c. 1890s The Harriman, Glover and Baker Cottages, which occupied a secluded stretch of lakeshore to the west of the former hotel site, were part of the Paul Smith's Hotel complex. Although the main building burned in 1930, hotel operations continued in auxiliary buildings until 1962.|
Prospect Point Camp
Upper Saranac Lake 1903-04 Prospect Point Camp is an Adirondack Great Camp designed by William L. Coulter's for New York copper magnate and financier Adolph Lewisohn near two other Coulter designs, Camp Eagle Island and Moss Ledge.|
St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower
St. Regis Mountain 1918