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Address: 248 Lake Flower Avenue

Old Address: 23 Lake Flower Avenue

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Year built: Mid 1950s; demolshed 2019

Other information: The Adirondack Motel was owned by Joan Brush. It was sold to Dick May in 1984, and later to Fred Mueller.

The address was previously the home of Christian Sporck; he was granted a variance to build a cabin within 50 feet of the Lake Flower shore line in 1953, and two more cabins in 1954. In 1960, he applied for a building permit to combine his cabins into a motel. He sold the motel in 1968.

Along with two neighboring motel properties, Lake Flower Inn and the Lakeside Motel this is the proposed site of a controversial ninety room, sixty foot tall hotel that was proposed in 2013.

Adirondack Daily Enterprise, June 29, 2018

. . . Fred and Susan Mueller of the Adirondack Motel and Kim Walasky of the Lake Flower Inn sold their properties Wednesday [June 27, 2018].

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+'''Address:  '''248 [[Lake Flower Avenue]]
 '''Old Address: '''23 Lake Flower Avenue
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 '''Year built:   '''Mid 1950s; demolshed 2019
-[[File:Saranac%20Waterfront%20Lodge2.jpg|right|thumb||The Adirondack Motel is the middle of three motels that were demolished in 2019 to build the [[Saranac%20Waterfront%20Lodge|Saranac Waterfront Lodge]]|.  (Google Maps, 2019)]]<br>'''Other information:  '''The Adirondack Motel was owned by [[Joan%20Brush|Joan Brush]].  It was sold to [[Dick%20May|Dick May]] in 1984, and later to [[Fred%20Mueller|Fred Mueller]].
+[[File:Saranac Waterfront Lodge2.jpg|right|thumb||The Adirondack Motel is the middle of three motels that were demolished in 2019 to build the [[Saranac Waterfront Lodge|Saranac Waterfront Lodge]].  (Google Maps, 2019)]]
+'''Other information:  '''The Adirondack Motel was owned by [[Joan Brush|Joan Brush]].  It was sold to [[Dick May|Dick May]] in 1984, and later to [[Fred Mueller|Fred Mueller]].
-The address was previously the home of [[Christian%20Sporck|Christian Sporck]]; he was granted a variance to build a cabin within 50 feet of the Lake Flower shore line in 1953, and two more cabins in 1954.  In 1960, he applied for a building permit to combine his cabins into a motel.  He sold the motel in 1968.
+The address was previously the home of [[Christian Sporck|Christian Sporck]]; he was granted a variance to build a cabin within 50 feet of the Lake Flower shore line in 1953, and two more cabins in 1954.  In 1960, he applied for a building permit to combine his cabins into a motel.  He sold the motel in 1968.
-Along with two neighboring motel properties, [[Lake%20Flower%20Inn|Lake Flower Inn]] and the [[Lakeside%20Motel|Lakeside Motel]] this is the proposed site of a [[https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/23046/20131021/new-saranac-lake-hotel-design-presented|controversial ninety room, sixty foot tall hotel]] that was proposed in 2013.
+Along with two neighboring motel properties, [[Lake Flower Inn|Lake Flower Inn]] and the [[Lakeside Motel|Lakeside Motel]] this is the proposed site of a [https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org\news/story/23046/20131021\new-saranac-lake-hotel-design-presented controversial ninety room, sixty foot tall hotel] that was proposed in 2013.