Seven Gables
Address: Northeast Corner of County Route 30 and Mud Pond Road, Onchiota
Other names: Seven Gables Service Station, Seven Gables Grocery, Camper's Pantry, Seven Gables Antiques
Year built: 1927
Seven Gables was originally built as a gas station in 1927 by Hayden Tormey, Sr. and his son, Bing, then a high school student. Behind the garage door in the picture, beneath a new false floor, the mechanic's pit is proof of the building's original purpose.
Across the intersection and across the street from the general store, the Tormey's had several, perhaps 4 or 5, small rental cottages. Two of those burned down and the others were demolished to make room for a modern residence.
It has been owned by Audrey Miller since 2003.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, July 31, 1981
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that beer license number A-65372 has been issued to the undersigned to sell beer at retail under the Alcoholic Beverage Control law at N.E. Corner County Route 30 & Mud Pond Road, Onchiota, N.Y. 12968, Franklin County for off premises consumption.
Eunice Tormey
Onchiota, N.Y. 12968
(Seven Gables Grocery)
Pub.: July 24, 31, 1981
Sources:
[25, 2009] "Audrey Miller, A life in full bloom"
Robert Harold McGowan, Architecture from the Adirondack Foothills, Franklin County Historical and Museum Society, Malone, New York, 1977, p. 95
External link:
- For many photographs of Onchiota and environs, see [[1]] and the book, Onchiota Remembered by Phil Fitzpatrick