New-York tribune., 1897-06-13
AMID LAKES AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS.

AMID LAKES AND MOUNTAIN PEAKS.
THE STEVENS HOUSE AND ITs SUPERB LOCATION
EVERYTHING THAT GUESTS CAN DESIRE
It is the general consensus of opinion among
visitors TO the Adirondacks that Lake Placid ID
the prettest resort In the mountains, and that tho
view from the Stevens House Is the finest In Lake
Placid There two lakes there Lake Placih
and Mirror Lake. and the Stevens House overiooks
both standing IT does a hilltop 200 feet above
their level and 2.063 feet above tldewater. Mirror
Lake not over a mile In length Is beautiful
sheet OF water. It's banks partly wooded ana paruy
lined by the houses and Of the little village
OF Lake Placid. The larger lake. from which the
Village takes its name. extends five miles or more
northward, its lower end being In the rear OF the
Stevens House. Not all Of the lake is visible from
any one point, as turn occurs mile or two up.
Not far from its lower end. where Il IL separated
by only a few hundred feet OF comparatively low
ground from Mirror Lake. is Moose Island. little
mountain surrounded by the water. and some dis
tance further up the lake Is Hawk Island. larger
and not steep OF bank All around the two
lakes are the mountain ranges. many OF tho
famous peaks being in view. Far UP Lake Placid.
TO the northeast. is SCARED and solitary Whiteface.
lofty and forbiddine. and by Mount Mckenzie
Is seen. Around to the eastward. Mirror Lake
are the peaks OF the Wilmington range. Beyond
them. toward the south. towers Marcy. greatest Of
all the five hundred Adirondack peaks. his diff
cult summit more than mile above the sea level;
and surrounding Marcy. and only less majestic than
the monarch, Mcintyre. Pitch-Of. Golden. the
Gothics and others equally well known. Away
around to the southwest and Seward and
Amprsand
The Stevens House is one OF the big hotels Of
the North Woods. four stories high and OF gen.
erous length, with pazzas thirteen feet wido ex-
tending around the building. a fcw yards down
the curving carriage road by which the hotel Is
approached from the village is the annex. three
story building containing fifty The hotel
and annex have electric light. steam heat and
equipment Of electric bells. IN the dining room,
office. hall and parlors are big open nreplaces, In
which II Is not infrequently necessary night and
morning to light fires. in order TO take the chill
Off The Interior Of the hotel II finished In natural
wood. The sanitary arrangements all that
could be desired. the drainage being delivered two
miles away. with 800 feet fall. The water Is sup
piled from mountain spring, through newly
laid aqueduct. Connected with the Stevens House
Is a 20-acre farm from which is always obtainable
an abundant supply of fresh vegetables. eggs. but
ter, milk and cream. At the Stevens House. as ev-
eryThere else the guests go In for" golf and an
excellent golf course has been laid out for their
a high ridge. half mile from the hotel, and pict.
uresGueress ne OF view as well as & for golf
all on the top Of little natural knobs. and along the
whole course the ground is OF character 10 suit
structed this summer from the hotel through the
two tennis courts than which there are no better
anywhere in the mountains. and every summer
tournament Is contested on them, crack players
from many hotels participating The baseball
grounds are also kept In good condition and are In
frequent use Boating Is always popular. the Stew
ems House maintaining boat-houses both lakes.
Good trout fishing may be had not far from tho
hotel, and experienced guides always 10 be Sc
cured. Every guest Of the Stevens House Is
pected 10 ascend Whteface at least In tho
season. Many places OF interest. reached by good
roads. within easy driving distance and the
hotel convenences include first-rate livery. For
evening enjoyment an orchestra plays every night
and dances and concerts are frequent
one OF the Stevens House cottages just across
the road from the annex, has been leased for the
season by Chief OF Police Conlin OF this city.
whose family now occupying II. Mr.. Conlin
has bought a cottage site little north OF the
hotel where several cottages already stand. j. W.
Burdick, general passenger agent OF the Delaware
and Hudson road. Is building a cottage which
should be finished before August /. site near
that chosen by Chief Conlin. George II. Daniels.
general passenger agent OF the NewYork Central.
will have his cottage close by completed In the
fall. and II will be ready for occupancy next sea.
The Stevens House, pioneer Of the hotels OF
Lake Placid Is the property OF J. A. 4 q. A. Stev-
ems. who also own fully i.o'0 acres OF land In the
neighborhood George 4. Stevens, with whom the
guests more particularly into contact is uni
versay popular with them. as he Is with his
neighbors. who twice recently sent him TO Albany
their Assemblyman.