Collection item of the Week – 03/03/2023 Charles Tisch Cottage at Schroon Lake, NY

The Charles Tisch Cottage at Schroon Lake, NY was recently demolished. The cottage built in the year 1917 was located at the southern entrance to Schroon Lake village. It was designed by noted Glens Falls architect Ward Grover Shippey who did many projects in the Schroon Lake area including Scaroon Manor and the Brown Swan…
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Brown Swan Club – Summer Entertainment

On July 24, 2020 I published an article about the Brown Swan Club at Schroon Lake.     I recently received an email from John Iacovino of North Carolina who sent some digital photographs of an orchestra called “The Original University Syncopated Orchestra” of Boston, Massachusetts.     John’s father, Louis Iacovino was the drummer…
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