Address: 255 George LaPan Highway
Old Address: 33 Algonquin Avenue
Other names: The Governor, Johnnie's Bar & Grill (1948-'50), Paige's (1993)
Year built: 1901
Algonquin Bar & Grill was on the upper section of Algonquin Avenue near it's intersection with Lake Street, a section which would become part of the LaPan Highway.
It was the home of the Saranac Lake Lions Club in 1967. It was also the home of Edward J. Fogarty in that year. It has been the home of the Tri-Lakes Humane Society since 1998.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, December 18, 1987
RANDOM TALES
By ROGER TUBBY
Beer for Governor Smith
While a young art student, Anne Wendel was vacationing one summer in Saranac Lake during prohibition, she played piano with a small dance band started by Christy Mathewson, Jr., Gene Keet, and Tim Whiteing.
One night coming home from Lake Placid Tim said he wished he knew where to find some beer. Governor Al Smith of New York was staying at Saranac Inn on Upper Saranac Lake and his men had been looking for some beer for him. Tim thought if he could tell them where to find beer, he'd get in good with the Governor.
Anne allowed as to where it might be found, at Elk Inn (across from what is now the Algonquin Bar on the Tupper Lake Road). She had shopped in the store there and had ridden Inn horses.
So they went to Elk Inn and were served beer by the proprietor, Mr. Lester.
Two days later Anne was passing the Inn and Mr. Lester called to her and said Governor Smith's representatives had stopped by and bought some beer for the Governor. The next year the Governor rented a house next to the Inn and evidently, Anne says, "enjoyed a happy summer." Incidentally, that house is now the home of Trooper Francis Ryan. She doesn't know what reward, if any, Tim Whiteing got out of being a finder of that supply of beer.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, September 18, 1992
ESTATE AUCTION
Saturday, September 19th 10:00 A.M. at the Algonquin Bar & Grill
Rt. 3, 1 mile west of town hall, Saranac Lake, NY
Preview 9:00 A.M.
Marie Fogarty has commissioned us to sell the following:
Early inlaid Corner Cupboard, Mission Oak Sideboard, Ball & Claw foot Curve glass China Cabinet, Gate leg table, Queen Anne tilt top table, Mahogany Dining table, 6 Lyre back chairs, 4 early inlaid chairs, Pine Hutch, 2 Oak Chests of Drawers, Deco tables, Deco Vanity, King size bed, Step ladder chair signed Paris Maine, Cobbler's Bench, Adirondack table w/2 chairs, Art Glass Lamp, Old stained glass Fruited hanging Dome, Vintage clothing, Beaver Coat, Black Seal Stole, sheared Beaver stole, Chalk Rogers group statue, Adirondack primitive oil painting of farm scene. Sterling Candle Sticks, Victorian S.P. Coffee pot, Rogers S.P. Flatware (Daffodil pattern). Rogers S.P. Coffee service, Chinese teapot and Chocolate pot, Depression stemware, Cheese glass, 24 place setting of China, Bric-a-Brac; Wood Rocking Horse, fishing tackle. Old coins Silver dimes, New Zealand coins, 1955 Cordon Rouge French Champagne, 1956 Television, Zenith Color Console T.V., Christmas Decorations, Bedding, Linens, tablecloths, Microwave, Washing Machine, Upright Fridgidare freezer; Sump pump, rug shampooer, plus many more items too numerous to mention.
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