Algonquin Hotel Lower Saranac Lake Algonquin New York 1920's Postcard

Description

Beautiful Early Post Card
This postcard is unused. The Hotel Algonquin occupied a commanding eminence at the foot of Algonquin Avenue, on the shore of Lower Saranac Lake. It was built in 1884 by Jabez D. Alexander of Vermontville and named "Alexander's". In 1890, the hotel was purchased by John Harding, a Paul Smith protege, who renamed the "Algonquin". A wealthy camper, Edmond Guggenheim, whose property faced the Algonquin site from the opposite shore, purchased the property for reasons of his own. It could be that he wished to control the view from his own camp by protecting it from unwanted development but on the other hand he might have had philanthropic ideas at the outset. In any event, he donated the land to the Trudeau Institute and the present handsome building sits on the exact site of the old Algonquin Hotel.
It is in very good condition with no bends, folds or tears.
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