Explore the History of
the Lower Adirondacks, Lake Champlain
and Lake George Regions.
the Lower Adirondacks, Lake Champlain
and Lake George Regions.
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Explore the History of the Lower Adirondacks, Lake Champlain and Lake George Regions.
Preserving the History of the Lower Adirondacks and Lakes Champlain and George Region
Step through the doors of the Hancock House and enter a fascinating four-story museum that highlights the history of the lower Adirondacks, Lake Champlain and Lake George. Permanent and seasonal exhibits each have a story to tell – all within a building that is a representation of American Patriot John Hancock’s home, a Georgian-revival structure highlighting some of the finest in Colonial decorative arts – woodworking, wallpapers, flooring and reproduction furnishings of the period.
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Photo Gallery: A selection from the Museum’s Photograph Collection
These are photos of some of the many babies born at the Moses Ludington Hospital during its first 100 years. They were part of the Hancock House Museum exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Hospital.
This view of Lake George looks southeast from Indian Kettles Point in Hague. It is the site of two former restaurants, Indian Kettles and The View. Nearby are the “Indian kettles”, kettle-like holes eroded into the bedrock by water.
This 1901 photo of the ruins of Fort Amherst at Crown Point was taken looking south, from the Bullwaga Bay side of the site. The Fort was built by the British General Sir Jeffrey Amherst during the winter of 1759 and destroyed by fire in 1773.
The Ticonderoga Mill, Employees’ Mill Benevolent Association Softball Team, 1948 – 1949.
Joseph Cook was 14 years old and a student at Whitehall Academy when he made this drawing of “an animal” which he found in a plowed field. He could not identify it, and so made this life-sized sketch with the hope of figuring out what it was at some future time. Born in Ticonderoga in 1838, he attended Phillips Academy, Yale College and graduated from Harvard College in 1865. He lived in Boston for more than 20 years and was well known as a lecturer, clergyman and writer in the tradition of American philosophy.
This Whitehall, New York, river scene is from Joseph Cook’s sketch book of 1852. Only 14 years at the time, Cook already displayed great talent. The boats are “sailing canal boats” used in the mid 1800’s to transport all types of cargo through the Champlain canal and north into Lake Champlain.
This view of Lower Chilson Road (now Racetrack Road) shows the barn which later became John Paul’s ice cream store. The land shown is part of the Wicker farm.
In the 1970’s the Candy Striper program introduced many young women to the nursing and health care professions. This photo shows the 1976 Candy Striper Capping Ceremony at Moses Ludington Hospital, with RN Margaret Warden overseeing the ceremony.
The first Lake Champlain Bridge at Crown point opened to traffic on August 26, 1929. This photo shows the construction of the bridge, one of the first continuous truss road bridges in the country. Notice that construction is complete on both the Vermont and New York sides, with a crane and barge in place to finish the middle section.
The USS Ticonderoga (CV14), shown returning Pacific Area solders to Tacoma, Washington on Oct 27, 1945. Note that the ship is still painted in camouflage. The ship’s arrival in Tacoma was part of Operation Magic Carpet, which returned 8 million US service personnel to their homes between September 6, 1945, and September 1, 1946.
The women’s rifle team practicing at Camp Ticonderoga, Cooks Bay. Although originally founded as a camp for boys, Camp Ticonderoga later became coed and provided an outdoor camp experience for girls as well as boys.
Split Rock, shown here in an October 1929 photo, is a glacial erratic, a boulder 15 feet high, 40 feet in diameter and weighing more than 500 tons, left behind as the glaciers melted following the last ice age. Today it rests in the woods on private property but can be seen from the car along Split Rock Road in Hague, NY.
This is a postcard photo of Hilltop House, on Lake Champlain, near Wright’s Ferry, Putnam, NY (Washington County).
Postcard: The Steamer Evelyn has arrived at Pottersville Dock, and its passengers are being picked up by the Adirondack State Line stagecoach. Ames Hitchcock is the stagecoach’s driver. (ca 1907 – 1910)
The USS Ticonderoga (CG47) AEGIS cruiser, shown here, was commissioned by Nancy Reagan on Jan 27, 1983, and decommissioned Sept 30, 2004. It was the 5th and last of the naval ships named “Ticonderoga”. This August 2001 photo is signed by ship’s commander.
This Ti Ski Club photo shows Ticonderoga’s “Snow Bowl” in the late 1930’s. The Snow Bowl was located where the Five Nations mini-golf course is now, on Route 9N between Ticonderoga and Hague.
Postcard: The Westport Railroad Station in Westport, New York. The station was built in 1876 by the Delaware and Hudson Railroad and expanded in 1891 and again in 1908, when this photo was taken. Since 1979 the station has housed the Depot Theater, a professional summer theater.