Sanschagrin Heights

This page was written by an unidentified user in 2014. Some things worth noting: The Holland House was a hotel in Tupper Lake, not Saranac Lake, Sanschagrin is a not uncommon family name in northern New York, and it appears that Catherine Street was named by Julia Miller for a member of her family.

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Excerpt from letter to Gordon Meade from Mrs. Ronald Baker, Box 115, Paradox, N.Y. 12858, dated August 25, 1982.

My father (surname not given) in the years between 1910 and the mid-20s lived in Saranac Lake and raised his family there. He ran a hotel called "The Holland House"  and several other businesses there, a theater and a restaurant. Also he built a 14 room house next to a church (can't remember the name of the church) and a colony of bungalows. He named streets after his 2 daughters, Catherine and Leona. I believe the development was known as "Sanschagrin Heights." I saw the blueprints of the development, and picture postcards of the businesses years ago. I wonder what ever happened to them?