Lake George Hotel, Estate of the Day
This grand old lady of a home was built in 1895 and sits on Lake George with over 650 feet of shoreline. The mansion could be a great bed and breakfast or just your own very impressive home. It has 16 bedrooms, an exercise area that includes a sauna, steam room, massage room and locker room, and two complete bars. It's essentially your own private hotel complete with elevator. On the seven-acre property there is also a small, two-bedroom cottage, a twelve bay garage with room for over twenty automobiles, tennis court, swimming pool, a private sandy beach, and a dock complex. It is listed at $17,900,000. After the jump, the ideal setting for a 19th century drama.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
K Aug 4th 2006 3:47PM
For those readers wondering where "Lake George" is because the author didn't list a more detailed location (I guess she presumes every reader knows where every lake is located!) ... "Lake George stretches for thirty two miles along the southeastern boundary of the Adirondack Mountains" (New York, USA). Lovely estate.
CK Dexter-Haven Aug 4th 2006 7:03PM
Does Jack Nicholson come with it???
Max Aug 5th 2006 1:24AM
CK Dexter-Haven -- *exactly* what I was thinking myself.
Spectacular Bid Aug 7th 2006 12:31PM
Lake George is a very lovely area and if you are going to the Saratoga Race Track it isn't too far away. At $17.9 million, however, the economics aren't there to do a "a bed and breakfast" let alone a boutique Inn. LG is not a year-round hotbed of tourism and even at $1,200 a night it never will operate in the black. I'm sure the current owners picked it up for dirt cheap when these white elephants on the Lake George for cheap. Even for a grand private home that is exceedingly steep and NYS taxes and upkeep will decimate even the wealthiest of people.
Bernardini Buddy Sep 9th 2006 3:02PM
Oh, by the way. The current owner paid $2.14-million for the property and two adjacent lots, according to the story in The Chronicle. Not a bad return on his investment, if he gets his price!
Bernardini Buddy Sep 9th 2006 3:15PM
The news is out! A big front-page story in The Chronicle, the leading weekly newspaper in the Adirondack region! This was a well-kept secret, apparently! The current owner wouldn't comment for the story. It is a gorgeous piece of property! Spectacular!