Hague Hotels

The Rising House was built in 1887 and was located on Lake Shore Terrace Rd. and Route 9 N, across from today’s Dockside Marina. In the early days, it could accommodate 25 guests; it was later expanded to accommodate around 100 guests.

An article in The Ticonderoga Sentinel in May of 1887 said, “Mr. Rising opens the Rising House the first of next month. The house will offer a charming residence for summer visitors.”

“In the early 1890s, another small inn was erected by Byron and Carrie Rising. Across the road from Ward’s Marina (now Dockside) stood a lovely hotel which accommodated 25 guests. As the business, grew additions were made until at the height of their prosperity in the 1920s they could accommodate about 100. Byron Rising, being the son of an innkeeper, was well suited to being the proprietor of this hotel, his father having one time operated the Phoenix and also the Rising House […] in Chestertown. When Byron Rising went to his reward, he left two sons to assume the management of the inn, and for many years Reginald and Stuart R. did just that. Reginald and Kate rising had three children: Ruth (Barnett), Heldar, and Elton. After his father's death, Elton assisted his mother in the operation of the hotel until it was torn down and the property was sold in 1967. It is now the site of many permanent residents which enjoy the spectacular view once admired once so admired by the summer visitor.”—The History of The Hague Summer Hotel by Bernard and Francis Clifton (June 20, 1978)

An article from the Troy Times Art Press says, “The Rising House not only has the delightful and healthful location, free from malaria, hay fever, mosquitoes, and insect pests but itself is itself an attractive modern summer hotel, three stories in height, surrounded by 1500 square feet of piazzas, so arranged that even on of the most sultry day advantage may be taken of the seldom failing breezes from the lake and woods.”

From The Ticonderoga Sentinel, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916

CHILD PARALYSIS SCARES TICONDEROGA AND HAGUE
Quarantines Imposed When Hague Case is Pronounced Infantile Paralysis
 

Stewart Rising, 15 years old, a son of Byron A. Rising, proprietor of the Rising House, a Hague summer hotel, is a victim of infantile paralysis. That he is a victim of the disease is the verdict of Dr. Prest, supervisor of the sanitary district, who examined the boy last Friday upon request of Dr. Cummins of Ticonderoga. Both of the boy's legs, are affected, the left very slightly and the right one apparently not very seriously. He is in bed, not walking around, as repeatedly rumored, and this morning it was reported that there is no change in his condition.
   As soon as the disease was pronounced infantile paralysis Mr. Rising notified his guests that he would close the hotel at once and canceled all his bookings. This action was not due to orders from Dr. Prest. On the contrary, Dr. Prest told him that he could keep the hotel open. This physician, who has made a special study of the disease, held that since the boy had been isolated for eight days before he saw him, and as not other cases had developed, all danger of infection, at least as far as this particular case was concerned, had passed. The father, however, desiring that his son, who had been confined in two remote rooms, should have more room concluded to close the hotel. That there is no danger of infection from the Rising boy case will, or should, allay the fears of the people of Hague and adjoining towns. There should, however, be no lessening of the precautionary measures that have been taken to prevent further spread of the disease.
   Quarantines have been in effect in the towns of Ticonderoga and Hague since last Friday. Children under sixteen years of age are not allowed to enter either town for the purpose of staying any length of time, though they are allowed to pass through either place. There is no restriction upon the going or coming of adults. Children under sixteen are [unreadable] and the pastors of various churches have been requested to close their Sunday schools and to keep such children from church services.

From The Ticonderoga Sentinel, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916

GRAPHITE.
 

Aug. 22 - Owing to the town of Hague being under strict quarantine, the cause being a case of infantile paralysis at the Rising House at Hague, there will be no entertainments whatsoever given at Echo Mountain Hall until the quarantine is lifted. Sunday services, however, at the hall will go on as usual but, of course, children are expected to remain at home.

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In a letter from Jackie Ambra on February 24, 2010, she explained that the fireplace in her home was made with bricks from the Rising House. “In the spring of 1965, Frank Fitzgerald, father of Martin Fitzgerald Sr., started the construction and framing of the home. By late spring/early summer, basic walls and roofing were complete. It was time for the fireplace and antique brick was requested. Frank Fitz said he thought he could get the chimney from the old Rising House/ Frank was successful and obtained the brick.”