A home, an American Legion camp infirmary, an abandoned relic and then restored.
Around 1860 a “little hunting lodge” was built on Paradise Point, and came to be called the Tupper Lake House, the first hotel on the lake. It burned in 1894 , and was subsequently bought by the Lakeside Club, a “gentleman’s club.” One of its members, Thomas Barbour, bought much of the land around it. His son, Col. William Barbour, extended the family’s holdings to nearly 20,000 acres, which included the club property, buildings, and farm. His son Warren built a one-story lodge, circa 1900, on a point (now called Warren Point) on the property.
Primary source: The Adirondack Architectural Heritage Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 2 Winter 2008-2009
During World War I, the New York Department of the American Legion bought 1260 acres from the Barbour family to establish the Veterans’ Mountain Camp of the American Legion. They raised the original first floor of Warren’s lodge and built a new floor underneath which is now the first floor. They operated the lodge as an infirmary along with other structures on the property (now demolished) from the 1920’s until 1965. The lodge sat unused and neglected for many years after the American Legion ceased operations.
Image courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Image courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Image courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Image courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Image courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
Image courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.
The property was sold to Adirondack Mountain Properties in 1982, which undertook a 14-lot subdivision and installed a five-mile underwater electrical line. In the 1990s a portion was further subdivided, with a portion of shoreline donated to New York State. They began the process of stabilizing and restoring the lodge. In 1994 Vincent and Tracy Giuseffi acquired the Warren Point Lodge, and extensively rehabilitated and restored it. The current owner acquired the lodge in 2017 and continues to restore and improve the lodge and its surroundings.
