Peabody, Royal C., Estate

Lake Shore Dr., Lake George, New York. County/parish: Warren.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 21, 1984. NRIS 84003386.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Wikosco

From Wikipedia:

Royal C. Peabody Estate

Royal C. Peabody Estate, also known as Wikiosco ("Home of Beautiful Waters"), is a historic lakefront estate located at Lake George, Warren County, New York. It was built about 1905 and is a 2+12-story, asymmetrical Tudor Revival–style summer residence. It is a stuccoed frame structure above a raised basement and first story sheathed in rough-cut granite. It was originally built for Royal C. Peabody the founder of Brooklyn Edison now part of Con Edison.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322795

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