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General Solon D. Hungerford – Northern New York Renaissance Man of the 19th Century General

Orville Hungerford’s Son, Richard E. Hungerford, Builds a Mansion Next to Hungerford’s on Washington Street

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Searchlight Stands Watching, Its Tower Looms Tall. . . Constructed as the summer home for

Large Brick “Wise Mansion,” at 428 Washington Street, Built By Early Pioneer Howell Cooper, Later

162 Paddock Street’s Long History of Notable Owners Includes William W. Herrick, Herbert R. Huested,

Talcottville’s Georgian Limestone  “Edmund Wilson House” was once the Summer Home of the Famous Writer

Widow of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail Road Buys Woodlands, Later Summer Home “Zenda”

General Contracting Giant Thomas A. Gillespie Builds Summer Home on Basswood Island Thomas Gillespie, a

Long-Owned By Walter J. Green of Utica, Indolence Island, Also Known as Watch Island, Was

Well-Known Monticello Hotel Had Its Beginnings As John F. Walton’s Home In Alexandria Bay The

Attorney, Colonel, Brevet Brigadier Gen., Mayor, Senator Bradley Winslow’s Seven Isles Summer Home Seven Isles

New York Millionaire, Ship Builder & Commodore Charles Mortimer Englis Erects Palatial “Owatonna” The island

Ex-King of Spain Joseph Bonaparte House In Natural Bridge Was Expanded For Home In Northern

Round Island Park Becomes Home To Baptist Cottage Community, Hon. James J. Belden Cottage Aside

Watertown’s Orren G. Staples, An Influential Hotelier From 1000 Islands to Washington, D.C. A descendent

Cornelius T. Sacket, Son of Famous Gen. Delos B. Sacket, Builds Historic Sacket House On

Yale Alumnus George Douglas Miller Bequeaths Deer Island To Skull and Bones Upon Death, Decades After

The Fascinating History of the Cup and Saucer House In Cape Vincent, Built For Napoleon

The Summer Home With Many Names, Amongst Them, Cinavo and Manatoana, On Wellesley Island Deva

Arthur T. Hagen, of Rochester and a Successful Manufacturer of Laundry Equipment, Builds Palatial Summer

Former Ogdensburg Native and New York Air Brake President Royal C. Vilas Builds Mansion At

John “Jack” Walter Wood III Designed and Built Childhood Friend Sherman Pratt a Modern, Ferro-Concrete

Broadway Star May Irwin Summer Home Built Upon Club Island Near Clayton Born in 1862

Idlewild Grows From Small Cottage To 21 Room Mansion With Various High-Profile Owners Over The

Putting the “Con” In Zavikon Island Smallest International Bridge Story There’s a saying that may

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas At Constable Hall: Cherished Poem Celebrates 200th Year Completed in

George Boldt Cottage: Building Upon Sen. Eliza Hart’s Cottage before Building Boldt Castle Most “summer

Inventor Frank Ritter of Rochester Purchases Kepler’s Point, Builds Lindenhof In 1889 One of the

Col. George Flower purchases Stone House at 31 Washington Street In 1867 One of the

From Harboring Slaves Fleeing To Canada To Ghost Hunting With Meat Loaf: Isle Of Pines

Frederick Frazer Purchases Land On Cherry Island, Builds Nelfred Lodge, Later Known As Win-Lee, In

Crevolin Family Builds, Then Rebuilds, Beechwood  In Cape Vincent After Fire Destroyed Original Originally built

Maud Island Purchased From Dr. Rev. F. B. A. Lewis By R. A. Livingston, Renamed

Enterprising Knapp Brothers Build Stone Mansion “Kilborne House” In Brownville Believed to have been built

Joel Sherwood Builds 18-Room Mansion On Iroquois Island In 1898 The Joel Sherwood summer home

James D. Le Ray de Chaumont Builds Historic Cape Vincent Stone House In 1815 Constructed

Theresa Native, Author, Inventor Byron A. Brooks Builds Brooklyn Terrace In Thousand Island Park Brooklyn

Boldt’s Wellesley Island Properties Included The Birches And Swiss Chalet According to The New York

James T. Easton Of Brooklyn Erects Stuyvesant Lodge On Cherry Island Stuyvesant Lodge is another

Cleveland Mayor William G. Rose Builds Mansion On Rose Island – Later Summer Home for

Edwin Paddock Mansion Becomes Jefferson County Historical Society The Paddock Mansion on Washington Street in

The Carson Mansion, Most Photographed Victorian Mansion In The USA? The story of Eureka, California’s

Twin Island – Two Little Islands With Two Big Stars Not too far from Castle

Castle Francis, The 1000 Islands Summer Home With A Turret Castle Francis was another summer

Wau Winet Island – Then And Now One of the earliest information on the many

Michael Chauncey of New York City Erects A Thousand Islands Showcase Property On Cuba Island

H. H. Babcock Mansion Gets A Greek Revival Makeover By Anson R. Flower And Later

Rosette Island – Longue Vue Island Added To U.S. National Register  Of Historic Places In

J. B. Taylor Summer Home Turned Into Pine Tree Point Club By Thomson Family The

Fairyland Island, Home To The Hayden Family Summer Homes Fairyland is the curious name given,

The History Of The Oscar Paddock Carriage House – The Finest Of Its Time The

New York City Supreme Court Judge Donahue Summer Home On Steamboat Island One of the

The Oscar Paddock Mansion On Washington St. Along With The Other Paddock Mansions Were Sights

The Palatial Orville Brainard Mansion Became Elks Club In 1913 One of the earlier palatial

Imperial Isle in the 1000 Islands Long before Gilbert T. Rafferty built his castle-like summer

Neh-Mahbin, Summer Home To James H. Oliphant And Family One of the more curiously named

Judge Sawyer Mansion at 141 Ten Eyck Street One of the large, old homes in

Singer Castle Built For Frederick G. Bourne, President Of  Singer Manufacturing Company Singer Castle on

Hillcrest Farm on Ives Street Has An Impressive History Of Ownership Hillcrest Farm on Ives

George Boldt’s Wellesley House on Wellesley Island George Boldt‘s Wellesley House is often overshadowed by

The Carlisle At 273 Paddock Street – Named After 3rd Owner, Floyd L. Carlisle The

James F. Starbuck, Prominent Attorney, and Later State Senator, Builds Starbuck Mansion At 253 Clinton

The Hungerford Mansion Will Be 200 Years Old In 2025 Orville Hungerford had the Hungerford

George C. Boldt Builds Mansion On Belle Island, Sells It To Former Carnegie Vice President

Many Prominent Owners Of The Old O’Brien House At 216 Keyes Ave Over The Years

Wall Street Broker Charles I. Hudson Built “The Ledges” at Anthony Point In 1885 In

Micah Sterling Builds Sterling Mansion, Later Becomes Home To Holy Family School Micah Sterling built

Louis Marx Purchases Melrose Lodge, Expands Upon It And Renames “Casa Blanca” Casa Blanca (also

Harriett Pullman Carolan Builds Carolands Chateau In San Francisco Bay Area Taking nearly two years

Stony Crest Island, aka Warner Island and Jewel Island The first mention of Warner Island,

Shadow Lawn, the “White House by the Sea” John A. McCall, President of the New

Emma Flower Taylor Residence 224 S Massey St Built After Divorce From J. B. Taylor

Johnston and Hudson Residence Erected by William Johnston in 1895 at 246 S Massey St,

Neil Hunt, Neighbor of Henry Heath, Purchases St. Elmo Island in 1884 St. Elmo Island

The Florentine D. Roth Mansion Becomes Home to Sisters of St. Joseph’s Music Conservatory The

Nobby Island: Henry Heath’s Vision of Utopia in the 1000 Islands The “recorded” history of

Sport Island and its short-bridged neighbor, Little Lehigh The history of Sport Island and Little

Fairlawn, the Pullman Summer Residence on Ocean Ave, Elberon, N.J. Built in 1874 at Elberon,

A Look Back at the History of Manhattan Island in the 1000 Islands The first

The Pullman Mansion on South Prairie Ave, Chicago, Illinois Construction on the Pullman Mansion in

Neuschwanstein Castle: Construction Started in 1869 But Never Completed For King Ludwig II Of Bavaria

The E. W. Dewey Cottage on Friendly Island, 1887 – 1947 One of the more

George Pullman Spurs Thousand Islands Growth With Guest President Grant’s Visit In 1872, Later Builds

Charles M. Schwab Mansion, “Riverside,” Upper West Side of Manhattan Taking four years to complete,

Keewaydin, “Northwest Wind,” Constructed In 1893 For J. W. Jackson Built in 1893 on the

Hopewell Hall On Wellesley Island, Completed In 1891 Construction on William C. Browning’s Hopewell Hall

Wyckoff Villa, A Deteriorating Mansion Built On The Island Of A Strategic Revolutionary War British

Chaumont Landmark For Many Years, O. S. Wilcox Residence Became National Hotel Then Carlier Hotel

Bonniecastle, Named After Fictional Character and 1874 Novel “Arthur Bonnicastle” The history of Bonniecastle, the

Abraham Abraham Summer Home On Cherry Island Had Many Connections, Part Of Millionaires Row (1899

Tobacco Giant Charles G. Emery Constructs Emery Castle On Calumet Island In 1882, Tobacco giant

Boldt Castle: The Heart of the 1,000 Islands The crown jewel of the 1000 Islands

Emma Flower Taylor Mansion – A Wedding Gift From Father To Daughter The story of

White House Inn – Once Stood Where State Office Building Is Located Though only 65

The Harlow E Bundy House In Binghamton, New York Built in 1893, the Harlow E

The LeRay Mansion, Located On Fort Drum, A Place Rich In North Country History… And

House of the Woodruffs becomes the former Governor Flower Mansion The former Governor Flower mansion

The Remington Mansion (Later The Remington Institute) One of the old, glorious mansions of Watertown

Adriel Ely, A Prominent Figure Of Early Watertown, N.Y. History In Joel R. Monroe’s Through