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National Historic Landmarks and Properties on the National Register of Historic Places outside of the Village of Saranac Lake.

Structure	Location	Date Built
Brighton Town Hall	Brighton	1914	The Brighton town hall was designed and built by master builder Benjamin A. Muncil; it is a largely intact example of early 20th century Craftsman/Bungalow Style architecture adapted for use as a civic building.\|
Camp Topridge	Upper St. Regis Lake	1923
Camp Wild Air	Upper St. Regis Lake	1882	Camp Wild Air was the first permanent Great Camp on Upper Saint Regis Lake; it was built by New York Herald Tribune publisher Whitelaw Reid and his wife Elizabeth Mills Reid on a 29-acre peninsula accessible only by water.\|
Camp Eagle Island	Upper Saranac Lake	1903	Camp Eagle Island was built in 1903 as a summer retreat for former United States Vice-President and New York State Governor Levi Morton and designed by noted architect William L. Coulter. Camp Eagle Island was named a National Historic Landmark in 2004.\|
Loon Lake Mountain Fire Tower	Loon Lake Mountain	1917
Merrillsville Cure Cottage	Merrillsville	c. 1900
Moss Ledge	Upper Saranac Lake	1898	Moss Ledge was designed by William L. Coulter for Isabel Ballantine, the daughter of Newark, New Jersey beer baron, John Holmes Ballantine. The camp was one of Coulter's first commissions after he moved to Saranac Lake seeking a cure for his tuberculosis. It is located near two other Coulter Great Camps, Prospect Point Camp and Camp Eagle Island.\|
Paul Smith's Cottages	Lower St. Regis Lake	c. 1890s	The Harriman, Glover and Baker Cottages, which occupied a secluded stretch of lakeshore to the west of the former hotel site, were part of the Paul Smith's Hotel complex. Although the main building burned in 1930, hotel operations continued in auxiliary buildings until 1962.\|
Prospect Point Camp	Upper Saranac Lake	1903-04	Prospect Point Camp is an Adirondack Great Camp designed by William L. Coulter's for New York copper magnate and financier Adolph Lewisohn near two other Coulter designs, Camp Eagle Island and Moss Ledge.\|
St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower	St. Regis Mountain	1918

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-<tbody>|-/n|'''Structure'''||'''Location'''||'''Date Built'''||'''Notes'''|/n|-/n|[[File:Brighton%20Town%20Hall.jpg|Brighton%20Town%20Hall.jpg]][[File:Brighton%20Town%20Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Brighton%20Town%20Hall|Brighton Town Hall]]]]||[[Brighton|Brighton]]||1914||The Brighton town hall was designed and built by master builder [[Benjamin%20A.%20Muncil|Benjamin A. Muncil]]; it is a largely intact example of early 20th century [[Craftsman|Craftsman]]/Bungalow Style architecture adapted for use as a civic building.|/n|-/n|[[File:Camp%20Topridge.jpg|Camp%20Topridge.jpg]][[File:Camp%20Topridge.jpg|thumb|[[Camp%20Topridge|Camp Topridge]]]]||[[Upper%20St.%20Regis%20Lake|Upper St. Regis Lake]]||1923||Camp Topridge is an Adirondack Great Camp built for General Foods founder, Marjorie Merriweather Post; Post considered the camp to be a "rustic retreat", although it consisted of 68 buildings, including a fully staffed main lodge and private guest cabins.|/n|-/n|[[File:Camp%20Wild%20Air.jpg|Camp%20Wild%20Air.jpg]][[File:Camp%20Wild%20Air.jpg|thumb|[[Camp%20Wild%20Air|Camp Wild Air]]]]||[[Upper%20St.%20Regis%20Lake|Upper St. Regis Lake]]||1882||Camp Wild Air was the first permanent Great Camp on Upper Saint Regis Lake; it was built by ''New York Herald Tribune'' publisher [[Whitelaw%20Reid|Whitelaw Reid]] and his wife [[Elizabeth%20Mills%20Reid|Elizabeth Mills Reid]] on a 29-acre peninsula accessible only by water.|/n|-/n|[[File:Camp%20Eagle%20Island.jpg|Camp%20Eagle%20Island.jpg]][[File:Camp%20Eagle%20Island.jpg|thumb|[[Camp%20Eagle%20Island|Camp Eagle Island]]]]||[[Upper%20Saranac%20Lake|Upper Saranac Lake]]||1903||Camp Eagle Island was built in 1903 as a summer retreat for former United States Vice-President and New York State Governor [[Levi%20Morton|Levi Morton]] and designed by noted architect [[William%20L.%20Coulter|William L. Coulter]]. Camp Eagle Island was named a National Historic Landmark in 2004.|/n|-/n|[[File:Loon%20Lake%20Fire%20Tower.jpg|Loon%20Lake%20Fire%20Tower.jpg]][[File:Loon%20Lake%20Fire%20Tower.jpg|thumb|[[Loon%20Lake%20Mountain%20Fire%20Observation%20Station|Loon Lake Mountain Fire Tower]]]]||[[Loon%20Lake%20Mountain|Loon Lake Mountain]]||1917||The Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station on 3281-foot Loon Lake Mountain is a 35-foot-tall, steel frame Aeromotor lookout tower.|/n|-/n|[[File:Merrillsville%20Cure%20Cottage.jpg|Merrillsville%20Cure%20Cottage.jpg]][[File:Merrillsville%20Cure%20Cottage.jpg|thumb|[[Merrillsville%20Cure%20Cottage|Merrillsville Cure Cottage]]]]||[[Merrillsville|Merrillsville]]||c. 1900||The Merrillsville Cure Cottage was built as part of a tuberculosis curing facility operated by Elmer and Margaret Merrill. It originally included a large main lodge, which accommodated administrative, communal and dining functions; kitchen and other domestic functions were not needed.|/n|-/n|[[File:Moss%20Ledge.jpg|Moss%20Ledge.jpg]][[File:Moss%20Ledge.jpg|thumb|[[Moss%20Ledge|Moss Ledge]]]]||[[Upper%20Saranac%20Lake|Upper Saranac Lake]]||1898||Moss Ledge was designed by [[William%20L.%20Coulter|William L. Coulter]] for Isabel Ballantine, the daughter of Newark, New Jersey beer baron, John Holmes Ballantine. The camp was one of Coulter's first commissions after he moved to Saranac Lake seeking a cure for his tuberculosis. It is located near two other Coulter [[Great%20Camps|Great Camps]], [[Prospect%20Point%20Camp|Prospect Point Camp]] and [[Camp%20Eagle%20Island|Camp Eagle Island]].|/n|-/n|[[File:Paul%20Smiths%20Cottages.jpg|Paul%20Smiths%20Cottages.jpg]][[File:Paul%20Smiths%20Cottages.jpg|thumb|[[Paul%20Smith%27s%20Cottages|Paul Smith's Cottages]]]]||[[Lower%20St.%20Regis%20Lake|Lower St. Regis Lake]]||c. 1890s||The Harriman, Glover and Baker Cottages, which occupied a secluded stretch of lakeshore to the west of the former hotel site, were part of the [[Paul%20Smith%27s%20Hotel|Paul Smith's Hotel]] complex. Although the main building burned in 1930, hotel operations continued in auxiliary buildings until 1962.|/n|-/n|[[File:Prospect%20Point%20Camp.jpg|Prospect%20Point%20Camp.jpg]][[File:Prospect%20Point%20Camp.jpg|thumb|[[Prospect%20Point%20Camp|Prospect Point Camp]]]]||[[Upper%20Saranac%20Lake|Upper Saranac Lake]]||1903-04||Prospect Point Camp is an Adirondack Great Camp designed by William L. Coulter's for New York copper magnate and financier [[Adolph%20Lewisohn|Adolph Lewisohn]] near two other Coulter designs, [[Camp%20Eagle%20Island|Camp Eagle Island]] and [[Moss%20Ledge|Moss Ledge]].|/n|-/n|[[File:St.%20Regis%20Mountain%20Fire%20Tower.jpg|St.%20Regis%20Mountain%20Fire%20Tower.jpg]][[File:St.%20Regis%20Mountain%20Fire%20Tower.jpg|thumb|[[St.%20Regis%20Mountain%20Fire%20Observation%20Station|St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower]]]]||[[St.%20Regis%20Mountain|St. Regis Mountain]]||1918||The St. Regis Mountain Fire Observation Station on 2874-foot St. Regis Mountain is a 35-foot-tall, steel frame Aeromotor lookout tower.|/n</tbody>
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+|'''Structure'''||'''Location'''||'''Date Built'''||'''Notes'''|
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+|[[File:Brighton%20Town%20Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Brighton%20Town%20Hall|Brighton Town Hall]]]]||[[Brighton|Brighton]]||1914||The Brighton town hall was designed and built by master builder [[Benjamin%20A.%20Muncil|Benjamin A. Muncil]]; it is a largely intact example of early 20th century [[Craftsman|Craftsman]]/Bungalow Style architecture adapted for use as a civic building.|
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+|[[File:Camp%20Topridge.jpg|thumb|[[Camp%20Topridge|Camp Topridge]]]]||[[Upper%20St.%20Regis%20Lake|Upper St. Regis Lake]]||1923||Camp Topridge is an Adirondack Great Camp built for General Foods founder, Marjorie Merriweather Post; Post considered the camp to be a "rustic retreat", although it consisted of 68 buildings, including a fully staffed main lodge and private guest cabins.|
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+|[[File:Camp%20Wild%20Air.jpg|thumb|[[Camp%20Wild%20Air|Camp Wild Air]]]]||[[Upper%20St.%20Regis%20Lake|Upper St. Regis Lake]]||1882||Camp Wild Air was the first permanent Great Camp on Upper Saint Regis Lake; it was built by ''New York Herald Tribune'' publisher [[Whitelaw%20Reid|Whitelaw Reid]] and his wife [[Elizabeth%20Mills%20Reid|Elizabeth Mills Reid]] on a 29-acre peninsula accessible only by water.|
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+|[[File:Camp%20Eagle%20Island.jpg|thumb|[[Camp%20Eagle%20Island|Camp Eagle Island]]]]||[[Upper%20Saranac%20Lake|Upper Saranac Lake]]||1903||Camp Eagle Island was built in 1903 as a summer retreat for former United States Vice-President and New York State Governor [[Levi%20Morton|Levi Morton]] and designed by noted architect [[William%20L.%20Coulter|William L. Coulter]]. Camp Eagle Island was named a National Historic Landmark in 2004.|
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+|[[File:Loon%20Lake%20Fire%20Tower.jpg|thumb|[[Loon%20Lake%20Mountain%20Fire%20Observation%20Station|Loon Lake Mountain Fire Tower]]]]||[[Loon%20Lake%20Mountain|Loon Lake Mountain]]||1917||The Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station on 3281-foot Loon Lake Mountain is a 35-foot-tall, steel frame Aeromotor lookout tower.|
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+|[[File:Merrillsville%20Cure%20Cottage.jpg|thumb|[[Merrillsville%20Cure%20Cottage|Merrillsville Cure Cottage]]]]||[[Merrillsville|Merrillsville]]||c. 1900||The Merrillsville Cure Cottage was built as part of a tuberculosis curing facility operated by Elmer and Margaret Merrill. It originally included a large main lodge, which accommodated administrative, communal and dining functions; kitchen and other domestic functions were not needed.|
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+|[[File:Moss%20Ledge.jpg|thumb|[[Moss%20Ledge|Moss Ledge]]]]||[[Upper%20Saranac%20Lake|Upper Saranac Lake]]||1898||Moss Ledge was designed by [[William%20L.%20Coulter|William L. Coulter]] for Isabel Ballantine, the daughter of Newark, New Jersey beer baron, John Holmes Ballantine. The camp was one of Coulter's first commissions after he moved to Saranac Lake seeking a cure for his tuberculosis. It is located near two other Coulter [[Great%20Camps|Great Camps]], [[Prospect%20Point%20Camp|Prospect Point Camp]] and [[Camp%20Eagle%20Island|Camp Eagle Island]].|
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+|[[File:Paul%20Smiths%20Cottages.jpg|thumb|[[Paul%20Smith%27s%20Cottages|Paul Smith's Cottages]]]]||[[Lower%20St.%20Regis%20Lake|Lower St. Regis Lake]]||c. 1890s||The Harriman, Glover and Baker Cottages, which occupied a secluded stretch of lakeshore to the west of the former hotel site, were part of the [[Paul%20Smith%27s%20Hotel|Paul Smith's Hotel]] complex. Although the main building burned in 1930, hotel operations continued in auxiliary buildings until 1962.|
+|-
+|[[File:Prospect%20Point%20Camp.jpg|thumb|[[Prospect%20Point%20Camp|Prospect Point Camp]]]]||[[Upper%20Saranac%20Lake|Upper Saranac Lake]]||1903-04||Prospect Point Camp is an Adirondack Great Camp designed by William L. Coulter's for New York copper magnate and financier [[Adolph%20Lewisohn|Adolph Lewisohn]] near two other Coulter designs, [[Camp%20Eagle%20Island|Camp Eagle Island]] and [[Moss%20Ledge|Moss Ledge]].|
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+|[[File:St.%20Regis%20Mountain%20Fire%20Tower.jpg|thumb|[[St.%20Regis%20Mountain%20Fire%20Observation%20Station|St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower]]]]||[[St.%20Regis%20Mountain|St. Regis Mountain]]||1918||The St. Regis Mountain Fire Observation Station on 2874-foot St. Regis Mountain is a 35-foot-tall, steel frame Aeromotor lookout tower.|
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