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[[File:Villa%20St.%20Armand2.jpg|left|thumb||Villa St. Armand ]] [[File:Villa%20St.%20Armand%202012.jpg|right|thumb||1499 [[New%20York%20Route%203|New York Route 3]]|, 2012 ]] [[File:River%20Mount%20Inn.jpg|right|thumb||River Mount Inn ]] [[File:River%20Mount%20Inn%20ad.jpg|left|thumb|''|Lake Placid News''|, July 3, 1925 ]] [[File:River%20Mount%20Inn%20ad%201930.jpg|left|thumb|''|Lake Placid News''|, August 1, 1930 ]]'''Address:''' 1499 [[New%20York%20Route%203|New York Route 3]], [[Bloomingdale|Bloomingdale]]

'''Old Address:''' Bloomingdale Road

'''Other names:''' River Mount Inn

'''Year built:''' 1927

The '''Villa St. Armand''' was operated by Manhattan restauranteur [[Frank%20Birk|Frank Birk]] as the '''River Mount Inn''' starting in 1927; Birk had come to Saranac Lake in 1911 for the "[[cure|cure]]".

Birk started with the the adjoining nightclub, [[Birk%27s%20Swiss%20Chalet|Birk's Swiss Chalet]], built in 1923.
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''[[Adirondack%20Daily%20Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', September 20, 1974

The Villa St. Armand, which formerly housed [[North%20Country%20Community%20College|North Country Community College]] students, has been purchased by George and Bliss, Inc. of Lake Placid. The Wilkins Agency Saranac Lake office was the real estate agent in the transaction.
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''[[Adirondack%20Daily%20Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', January 28, 1976

[[William%20Miller|William]] and [[Germaine%20Miller|Germaine Miller]] and [[George%20Miller|George]] and [[Jeanette%20Miller|Jeanette Miller]] have bought the villa St Armand on the Bloomingdale Rd. The Villa, built in 1927 was formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Birk and was operated as a summer hotel for many years. The Millers will run an adult proprietary home at the Villa in the near future
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''Added by an anonymous reader, 10/24/2010:'' During the years 1971 through 1973, the villa rented out rooms to students of [[North%20Country%20Community%20College|North Country Community College]]. [[Bob%20Birk|Bob Birk]] ran the place with his wife Betty. Betty taught psychology classes at the community college.

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