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White Elephant Cottages

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White Elephant Cottages was in Ray Brook that was built on the site of the former Overlook Hotel operated by Mr. and Mrs. Leon Porter.



Adirondack Daily Enterprise, January 14, 1954

Mrs. Leon E. Porter Past Resident, Dies

Word has been received here of the death of Mrs Leon E. Porter, who died Jan. 8 in Florida following an illness of several months.

Mrs. Porter was a former resident of Ray Brook. Her late husband built the first tourist cabins on the site now occupied by the White Elephant cottages.