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[[File:Brookside.jpg|right|thumb||Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 29, 1952]] | [[File:Brookside.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 29, 1952]] | ||
In 1944 it was owned by former Bloomingdale police chief [[ | [[File:Big Buck.jpg|right|thumb]] | ||
The '''Brookside Hotel''' was on [[State Street]] in [[Bloomingdale]]. The hotel co-sponsored an annual Big Buck Contest for many years. It was the site of numerous meetings and celebratory functions. | |||
In 1944 it was owned by former Bloomingdale police chief [[James Coughlin]]. By 1954 it was owned by [[Michael E. Cimbrec]]. In 1978, it was operated by David Hopp, formerly of the Mirror Lake Inn. The July 7, 1980 issue of the ''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'' notes a $5,876.78 lien by the State Tax Commission against David Hopp, d-b-a Hopp's Brookside Hotel. This is the last mention of the hotel in local newspapers. | |||
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'''Bloomingdale Hotelman Bankrupt.''' | '''Bloomingdale Hotelman Bankrupt.''' | ||
[[ | [[William McCaffrey]], proprietor of the Brookside hotel, Bloomingdale, filed a petition in bankruptcy with the clerk of the district court at Utica. His liabilities are $1,750 and his assets are placed at $1,500. Mr. McCaffrey took possession of the hotel about two years ago, paying $2,000 therefor and taking a quit claim deed. At the time he made the purchase he believed that his title, was good, but it developed later that the hotel was on state land. The state will allow him to move his building, which in the schedule are estimated to be worth $800. His creditors are mostly wholesale liquor dealers. | ||
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''Plattsburgh Press-Republican'', October 3, 1944 | ''Plattsburgh Press-Republican'', October 3, 1944 | ||
Police Chief. [[ | Police Chief. [[James Coughlin]] has resigned to enter business in Bloomingdale. He has purchased the Brookside hotel and farm. Chief Coughlin was appointed to the police force in 1928. | ||
[[File:Hopps.jpg | [[File:Hopps.jpg|thumb|left|''Plattsburgh Press-Republican'', March 4, 1978]] | ||
[[File:Mother's Day.jpg|thumb||Adirondack Daily Enterprise, May 12, 1967]] | [[File:Mother's Day.jpg|thumb||''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'', May 12, 1967]] | ||
[[File:Junior.jpg|thumb|left|''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'', January 12, 1976]]<br> | |||
Latest revision as of 21:56, 15 March 2026
The Brookside Hotel was on State Street in Bloomingdale. The hotel co-sponsored an annual Big Buck Contest for many years. It was the site of numerous meetings and celebratory functions.
In 1944 it was owned by former Bloomingdale police chief James Coughlin. By 1954 it was owned by Michael E. Cimbrec. In 1978, it was operated by David Hopp, formerly of the Mirror Lake Inn. The July 7, 1980 issue of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise notes a $5,876.78 lien by the State Tax Commission against David Hopp, d-b-a Hopp's Brookside Hotel. This is the last mention of the hotel in local newspapers.
Ticonderoga Sentinel, September 6, 1906
Bloomingdale Hotelman Bankrupt.
William McCaffrey, proprietor of the Brookside hotel, Bloomingdale, filed a petition in bankruptcy with the clerk of the district court at Utica. His liabilities are $1,750 and his assets are placed at $1,500. Mr. McCaffrey took possession of the hotel about two years ago, paying $2,000 therefor and taking a quit claim deed. At the time he made the purchase he believed that his title, was good, but it developed later that the hotel was on state land. The state will allow him to move his building, which in the schedule are estimated to be worth $800. His creditors are mostly wholesale liquor dealers.
Plattsburgh Press-Republican, October 3, 1944
Police Chief. James Coughlin has resigned to enter business in Bloomingdale. He has purchased the Brookside hotel and farm. Chief Coughlin was appointed to the police force in 1928.
