Schroon North Hudson Historical Society

05/13/2026

We are excited to announce that our Annual Volunteer Meet & Greet Brown Paper Bag Luncheon will be held on Thursday, June 11 from Noon to 2pm at the Schroon North Hudson Historical Society Museum located at 1144 US Rt 9, Schroon Lake NY. just north of the school. Make sure to bring a brown paper bag lunch and we will provide desert.
We have many volunteer opportunities, you do not need to make huge commitments, we would love to have you join us at what ever level of commitment you are comfortable with. You pick how you would like to help and how much time you can volunteer

We are excited to announce that our Annual Volunteer Meet & Greet Brown Paper Bag Luncheon will be held on Thursday, June 11 from Noon to 2pm at the Schroon North Hudson Historical Society Museum located at 1144 US Rt 9, Schroon Lake NY. just north of the school. Make sure to bring a brown paper bag lunch and we will provide desert.

We have many volunteer opportunities, you do not need to make huge commitments, we would love to have you join us at what ever level of commitment you are comfortable with. You pick how you would like to help and how much time you can volunteer.

05/13/2026

We are excited to announce that our Annual Volunteer Meet & Greet Brown Paper Bag Luncheon will be held on Thursday, June 11 from Noon to 2pm at the Schroon North Hudson Historical Society Museum located at 1144 US Rt 9, Schroon Lake NY. just north of the school. Make sure to bring a brown paper bag lunch and we will provide desert.

We have many volunteer opportunities, you do not need to make huge commitments, we would love to have you join us at what ever level of commitment you are comfortable with. You pick how you would like to help and how much time you can volunteer.

03/03/2026

The Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society mourns the loss of yet another longtime member of our museum family, Lillian (Noxon) Richardson. She was a lifelong resident of Schroon Lake who passionately loved her hometown, its people and places. Her knowledge of local history could not be overstated.

The mission of the Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society is to preserve and protect the history of our two towns. In 1975, Lillian fought hard to save the Boathouse Theater from being torn down when the Town purchased the property from the Ritter estate. Fifty years later, in June 2024, she was on hand to give remarks when the prestigious Pomeroy Foundation historic marker for Augustus Bogle was unveiled in front of the Boathouse. Mission accomplished!

Through the years, Lillian served as a member of the Historical Society Board as a ready volunteer, helping out wherever she was needed for special events like the Annual Strawberry Festival. Since she lived a short block from the museum building, she would often water the thirsty flowers on her daily walk to town.

Docents were fortunate to share a shift with Lil Richardson. She always had a welcoming smile and was a delight to work with. She lived and loved the history of Schroon and was eager to answer any question that came up.

When a recent inventory of the museum’s collections was done, Lil proved to be an invaluable resource in labeling many of the unmarked photographs. She sorted her way through every file in the filing cabinets from A to Z that year!

The Historical Society is grateful to Lillian for all her years of faithful volunteering. Some individuals are irreplaceable. She is one of them.

https://suncommunitynews.com/news/124075/lillian-noxon-richardson/

01/08/2026

As the long winter days set in, we thought you may like some light reading about our beloved Schroon Lake. We hope that you enjoy and share with your friends and family.

Amelia Potter- Whitman, wrote the following memoire in approximately 1936. She was born in Schroon Lake, Essex, NY on November 1859, so her memories would have been from when she was approximately...

10/03/2025

Summer has come to an end, and fall is in the air which meant it was time for our 2025 Volunteers to gather at the Rocky Acres Inn B&B for our annual volunteer luncheon. Once again, Laura Donaldson and her assistant Betsy Ross did an exceptional job providing us with delicious foods, and a fun atmosphere. We had 24 volunteers attend. The afternoon kicked off with a moment of prayer to remember our Volunteers we lost this year... Joanne Treff, Ann Breen Metcalfe, Ralph Cook, Bob Yoekel, and Dave Moffit. There is a huge void at the museum now ..we will miss our friends as we move forward. Next on the agenda was a welcome from our Volunteer Coordinator Brenda Borquist, and updates from our President Tammy Whitty-Brown, followed by lunch. While deserts were being enjoyed our President once again thanked everyone who volunteered and gifted each volunteer a gift to show appreciation for their hardwork and then Brenda our Volunteer Coordinator shared our guest statistics and beautiful comments by our 2025 guests at our museum and then some incredible organic brain storming began to happen amongst the volunteers on how to grow the museum on many levels. It was an amazing afternoon. If you are interested in volunteering in 2026 please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator, Brenda Borquist or our President, Tammy Whitty-Brown. We would love to have you join us.

09/06/2025

It is with deep sadness that we share that one of our long time volunteers and former board members, Ralph Cook passed away Wednesday.. We will for ever remember his kindness and his dedication to the museum.

Burial will be Monday 9/8 at 2:00 in the Severence Cemetery.

The faith community of Our Lady of Lourdes
will be offering a Memorial Mass for long time. parishioner, Ralph Cooke on
Tuesday, September 9th at 11:00AM
at Our Lady of Lourdes

Ralph wanted everyone to know how grateful he was for the kindness, generosity and friendship shared over the years. Please remember him in your prayers and take comfort knowing he is no longer suffering.

08/31/2025

Over the last few months, the Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society Board of Directors have been busy raising money for our 2025 Building Fund Fundraiser for our up and coming 50th Anniversary.

One of our projects we had mentioned in our spring fundraiser letter was our need for a new and safer sidewalk. Sadly our old plank sidewalk had become very unsafe and it became a mandatory fix to make sure that our volunteers and guest were safe entering the museum. In addition, we had the handicapped ramp inspected and that was found to be sound, however some of the railings had become loose or had fallen off.

We first addressed the railings by having local Schroon Lake contractor Cody Merrill come and replace all the top rails, smoothing down the edges of the new lumber, replacing broken bottom railings, and adding additional support to the 4x4's for the railing so that they could be tightened and avoid any loose parts in the future.

Secondly, we contracted Volt Landscaping & Irrigation Co, Inc of North Creek to come install a new sidewalk using paving stones which turned out beautiful. In addition, they kindly spruced up our flower beds which we look forward to having new flowers in the spring to enhance our new beautiful and safe sidewalk.

We want to thank Cody Merrill and the team at Volt Landscaping & Irrigation Co. Inc for their hard work and their dedication to providing quality work. We appreciate all you have done.

But most importantly, we want to thank all the donors that have donated to our fundraiser so far. Your generosity is helping us complete the renovations that need to be done at the museum by spring of 2026. With out all of your support we would not be able to tackle these monumental projects.

Now that the sidewalk is done, we are now working on gathering bids for painting the building and a new porch roof over the main entrance door and ramp landing. We are excited to have a new look for our 50th Anniversary Celebration in 2026.

To see the before and after pictures of our walkway, please check out the attached photos provided by Duke Connors, Wayne Dewey and Tammy Whitty-Brown.

08/31/2025

The Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society would like to take a moment to thank everyone that attended our "Victorian Tea meets the 1940s, Patriotism, & Big Band Sound" annual tea this year.

We were blessed to have the privilege of having the tea at the historic lake home and boathouse owned by Shawn & Dave Bellwoar this year. We can not thank the Bellwoar's enough for their gracious hospitality.

The day was delightful. The Bellwoar's beautiful lush grounds sweeping down to the shores of Schroon Lake was so inviting. There was a soft late summer breeze coming off the lake, as our attendees arrived in their beautiful dress clothes, with summer hats and matching gloves. Their was excitement dancing in the air as everyone stopped to visit with our host Dave and admire the grounds.

As folks entered the building, which we would like to add, was the boathouse for the former Alburnorm Hotel many years ago, they were invited to make their way to the top of the stairs to the second floor that opened up in to a grand room with tables decorated in red white and blue.

As everyone found their seats looking out over our beautiful Schroon Lake, they were entertained by the Schroon Lake Band which played fun tunes from the 1940's. The room was alive with laughter and fellowship. Tea was flowing and it was great time held by all.

A special guest joined us, Stephen Yung, the architect that has been instrumental in the renovation of the Bellowoar's beautiful historical boat house. Stephen had flown in from California to join us for the event and took time to speak to our guest and explain the entire renovation process.

We want to thank the Bellwoars again for their gracious hospitality, The Schroon Lake Band for their amazing music, all the attendees, and the many volunteers that set up, served, and cleaned up after the tea. We would also like to thank the Schroon Lake Chamber of Commerce, and the Schroon Lake Library staff that assisted with printing fliers, and selling tickets. And lastly our Tea Committee which was co-chaired by Mrs. Barbara Connors and Ms. Brenda Borquist this year. The committee once again pulled off an epic tea party that will not be forgotten soon.

All the proceeds from this event was applied toward our 2025 Building Fundraiser for our 50th Anniversary renovations.

Please enjoy the photos, all the photos below were provided by Barbara Connors, Tammy Brown, Laura Donaldson, and Punkie Whitty. If you were in attendance and have any photos you would like to share , please email them to Tammy Brown at [email protected].

Once again thank you for attending, and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year!

08/21/2025

PSA..Due to our Victorian Tea (Sold Out) being held today, our MUSEUM will be CLOSED TODAY (August 21st). The museum will reopen tomorrow at noon. Thank you for your understanding and please visit us Thursday through Saturday Noon to 4pm.

08/08/2025

Our history friends at The Lower Adirondack Regional Center for History (formerly the Hancock House in Ticonderoga) has asked us to share an amazing program being held next Thursday, August 14th at 7pm. If you have never heard David Ruch, you must take time and go and listen to him. He is an amazing artist and historian using his voice and instruments to tell the history of the Erie Canal! This is a FREE Public Program.