Sabbath Day Point House

In the early 1760’s, Samuel Adams settled on Sabbath Day Point and applied for a land grant, which he received in 1766. His petition included the phrasing “that your petitioner hath been Encouraged to Erect a house of Entertainment of Passengers on Sabbathday Point on Lake George.”

Revolutionary War soldier Samuel Patchin and his family moved to Sabbath Day Point in the early 1790s where he built a simple log house. In 1817 the property was transferred in a deed from a John Taylor of New York City to Lyman Patchin, second son of Samuel. In the description of the property it contains the phrasing “where the house of Samuel Adams formerly stood.”

Samuel Patchin, known locally as “Captain Sam” died in 1844 at age 86 in Hague.

The property was purchased by Samuel Weston (Westurn) from Lyman Patchin in 1849. According to some sources, the first farmhouse was built in 1860 by Samuel Westurn for about 20 guests. When his health started to fail, he invited his niece, Florence Adele Westurn Carney and her husband, Franklin, to move to Sabbath Day Point.

The main hotel building was built in 1887 and by 1891 the capacity rose to 24 under the proprietorship of F. A. Carney. Carney also established a post office due to the hotel’s close proximity on the hill above the steamboat pier. The addition of cottages increased the capacity to 65 guests.

The Sabbath Day Point House was torn down for development in 1956, following 68 years of the property being in the Carney family.