George Mussen homestead, 236 Broadway. Mussen was a guide and caretaker of the Polhemus Camp on Spitfire Lake
Courtesy of Adirondack ExperienceAddress: 323 Broadway
Old Address: 236 Broadway
Other names: Mussen Cottage, Buckley Cottage (TBSWC)
Year built:
Other information: 246 Broadway was the home of George Mussen and family c. 1900.
Note from David R. Wright:
"Framed photo of Mussen homestead, 246 [sic] Broadway (at Ampersand Ave), Saranac Lake. The Adirondack style frame, as I was told, was made by one of George's sons. My guess is that it was by his oldest son Marshall Mussen (May 25, 1871-October 10, 1946). At age 16 he joined his father as guide and caretaker of the Polhemus Camp on Spitfire, retiring in 1932 after 45 years of service."It was also the home of Henry Pedroni from 1925 to 1962, and of John J. Pedroni from 1948 to 1967. Earlier it is said to have been the home of Marshall Brown.
The Edward Keating family with their five children, including the youngest, Diane Keating Seidenstein, lived here from at least the 1940s. Mr. Keating ran Keating's Heating, a delivery business, with heating oil he bought from Hyde Fuel Company. A very old log cabin in the back yard was used as a chicken coop. The house is now divided into several apartments.
Susan Moody and Alan Brown owned today’s 323 Broadway (in 2020 the site of tent maker Crua Outdoors), previously 236 Broadway. The deeds to the property begin with Milote Baker and wife to Marshall Brown in 1868. The cabin was torn down due to insurance company concerns.
