Overlook Hotel

Hotel Overlook, undated
Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library, 14.7(a)The Overlook hotel was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Leon Porter, who also operated the Brown Bear restaurant in Ray Brook.

In 1922, it was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bridgman, who had previously worked for the Lake Placid Club.

It was later the site of the White Elephant Cottages.

Lake Placid News, May 26, 1922

"Overlook" Opens Monday

Hotel Overlook on the horizon, possibly the Ray Brook in foreground.
A handwritten note on back reads, "Farm House, White Schoolhouse, Overlook Hotel [with drawn outline of the building], & barn."
A second note on back reads, "Taken from the Dam. Arthur Hallett took this 1918." Another note reads, "Gladys, a Happy Easter. A. H."
Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake, 2023.095.110a"Overlook", formerly the Mountain View House, situated between Lake Placid and Saranac Lake, opens for business Monday, May 20th. The property, which includes besides the house and outbuildings, one hundred and seventeen acres, was purchased several months ago by C. B. Bridgman, a former resident of Lake Placid.

The building has been thoroughly overhauled and renovated, and a steam heating plant has been installed. The furnishings are new throughout.

Fine verandas surround the house, permitting in or outdoor dining. A tea room will be maintained at this hostelry. Mr. Bridgman plans keeping the hotel open all year, and will cater to both transient and permanent guests.

Ticonderoga Sentinel, May 8, 1924

SWISS SPECIALIST TOURING ADIRONDACKS

Dr. Bela Shick, famous specialist of Switzerland, has been spending the past few weeks touring the mountains in this section. Dr. Shick is in the United States in connection with his diphtheria anti-toxin test. Accompanied by a party of friends, he spent some time at the Overlook Hotel, near Ray Brook Sanitarium Saranac Lake. He expressed approval regarding the methods used there in combating and curing tuberculosis.

Adirondack Daily Enterprise, February 12, 1952

25 Years ago today (1927)

Ex-servicemen of Saranac Lake planned the seventh annual get together dinner of the Saranac Lake post, American Legion, at the Overlook Hotel.

Lake Placid News, 28 July 1922A SUMMER PARADISE

 A Directory of Places of Interest, Hotels and Boarding Houses in America's Most Popular Vacation Land 

AN ILLUSTRATED, DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE TO THE DELIGHTFUL AND HEALTHFUL RESORTS REACHED BY
The Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation

PUBLISHED BY THE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT
Albany, N. Y., 1930 
Copyrighted 1930, by M. J. POWERS 

p. 278

Hotel Overlook 

Hotel Overlook — C. B. Bridgman, Proprietor, Saranac Lake, N. Y. 

Two miles from Saranac Lake village. One-fourth mile from Ray Brook station where guests will be met by auto. On the Roosevelt Highway between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. Trout, pickerel and bass fishing. 117 acre private hunting preserve. Dancing, bathing, golf, tennis. Starting point of 200 mile canoe trip. 160 feet of inclosed porches. Modern improvements. Accommodates 40. Terms, $20.00 upward per week; transients $4.50 and up per day. Special rates for long stay. Open all year.

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Plattsburgh Press-Republican, October 6, 1944

FORMER FRANKLIN COUNTY MEN KILLED

…Private Jack Porter was killed In France last month. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Porter, former operators of the Brown Bear restaurant and the Overlook hotel at Ray Brook. They now reside in Jacksonville, Fla. Prior to entering the service Porter was employed by the Western Union Telegraph Co. at Saranac Lake...