The Sagamore

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Sagamore Hotel Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest city:	Bolton Landing, New York
Built/Founded:	1882
Architect:	Multiple
Architectural style(s):	Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
Added to NRHP:	July 21, 1983
NRHP Reference#:	83001824 ^[1]
Governing body:	Private

The Sagamore is a Victorian era hotel located on Lake George in Bolton Landing, New York. The name Sagamore is taken from the title for the chief of a Native American tribe. The Sagamore of the Mohicans was a featured character in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, many scenes of which were set in the Lake George region. Several of Lake George's nearby islands also bear the names of characters from Cooper's book.

The resort occupies a private island (Green Island) on Lake George.

The main feature of The Sagamore is the historic hotel, which overlooks the lake. In addition, a number of more modern buildings have been constructed on the island containing hotel rooms and suites and condominiums, as well as a conference center.

[edit] History of the Sagamore

The Sagamore opened in 1883, financed by a number of prominent summer residents. It succeeded in attracting a wealthy clientele.

Twice damaged by fire, in 1893 and 1914, The Sagamore was fully reconstructed in 1930 through the efforts of Dr. William G. Beckers of New York City, one of the hotel's early stockholders, and William H. Bixby, a St. Louis industrialist. Together they financed the cost in spite of the bleak economic climate of the period.

Throughout its history, The Sagamore has been a social center for wealthy tourists and residents of Millionaires Row, the stately mansions along Lake George's western shore.

The hotel eventually fell into disrepair before closing its doors in the 1970s. In 1983, one hundred years after construction of the first Sagamore, builder and real estate developer Norman Wolgin, of Philadelphia, purchased the hotel and restored it. The Sagamore is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.