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'''Old Address:''' 15 Ampersand Avenue 

'''Other names:''' The Saranac (1908 [[Sanborn map]]) 

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'''Other information:''' The hotel started as the "Saranac;"  it appears in the 1902 [[Village Directory|Village Directory]] as "the only $1.50 per day house in the Adirondacks... [[John Weir|John Weir]], Proprietor."  In 1912, it was bought by [[Allen W. Russell|Allen W. Russell]], who had previously operated the "Russell House" in Faust. <sup>1</sup>. The Russell Hotel went out of business in 1917 <sup>2</sup>  In 1920, it was pressed into service to accommodate twenty ex-servicemen. <sup>3</sup> The building was still standing as late as 1945. ([[Sanborn Maps|Sanborn Maps]])     

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1. ''Tupper Lake Free Press and Herald'', January 5, 1912<br/></br>2. ''The Adirondack Record'', September 7, 1917<br/></br>3. ''Ticonderoga Sentinel'', March 4, 1920