Friends of Historic Huletts Landing

Big News: The Lake George Association and The FUND for Lake George have joined forces! https://www.lakegeorgemirror.com/lga-and-fund-to-merge-int/

This photo titled Approaching Huletts Landing was taken by William Henry Jackson in 1904 as part of a series on Lake George published by Detroit Photographic Company later known as the Detroit Publishing company. Jackson was the best know for his iconic photographs of the American West but he was an Adirondack boy, born in Keeseville New York in 1843. As a youngster, Jackson learned to paint and draw from his mother who was an accomplished artist. As a teen, he moved to Tro...y, New York, and later Rutland, Vermont where he learned photography by working in studios as a re-toucher. After serving in the Civil War he moved west and became the official photographer of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories from 1870 to 1878. He was the first to publish photographs of Yellowstone and his work was used to promote the formation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872. In 1897 he sold his large body of photographic work to Detroit Photographic Company and later became president of the company. The Detroit Photographic Company was started by Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingstone, Jr., and photographer and photo-publisher Edwin H. Husher. They had the exclusive rights to use the Swiss "Photochrom" process for converting black-and-white photographs into color images and printing them by photolithography. Detroit Publishing became well known for its postcards and prints many of which were copies of Jacksons' photos. The Library of Congress holds Jackson’s collection of photographs of the eastern United States which includes 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies along with 300 color photolithograph prints. Later in life, Jackson returned to painting and illustration. He died in New York City at 99 years old. -HGR

Friends, you are the richest source of information on Huletts. Do you have a memory or story about Huletts you would like to share? Tell us below - it can be new or old, long or short! . . Image below is from the Condit collection... https://historichuletts.org/galleries-an/condit-collection/ -shs

Happy Holidays from FHHL! Photo thanks to Pam Hansen.

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FHHL Presents: The Artist Series One of the earliest summer residents of Huletts Landing was the artist Asher Brown Durand. He along with his son Frederic took sketching trips to Lake George often camping on the islands of the Narrows, soon they were camping at Vowers Farm along with other early summer residents. His son Frederic built the house Forest Ledge. Asher Durand was a member of the Hudson River School of art, taking over its leadership after the death of its found...er Thomas Cole in 1948. Durand was born in Jefferson Valley New Jersey in 1786 and started his career as an engraver and portrait artist. After becoming friends with Cole he soon converted to landscape painting. He was a big advocate of working outdoors and made many sketches and paintings around the Huletts area. Durand died in 1886 and was memorialized by Daniel Huntington the president of the Century Association, an arts and letters club that was founded by Durand in 1847. In it, he describes a trip he took with Durand to Huletts. Durand was fond of Lake George scenery, and there painted many of his best studies. I visited the pleasant resort he frequented later in life, called Bosom Bay, at Huletts Landing. Arriving late in the afternoon, as the shadows were deepening in the ravines of Black Mountain. We were kindly welcomed by the white-haired artist, who was smoking his quiet pipe on the old-fashioned stoop of the snug farmhouse surrounded by a group of friends and members of his family. The following day we made a party to row to Harbor Islands for sketches and a picnic. It was a lovely day in the early autumn. Harbor Island is one of the beauties of Lake George, irregular in shape, varied by forests and rocky shores, having a sequestered interior bay with a narrow entrance, where the still, transparent water, protected from wind, reflects every leaf. Durand, with his accustomed industry, was soon busy with a study. Some sketched or strolled about, or lounged. With idle oars to various points of the shore. The views are beautiful. To the East rises the massive form of Black Mountain; to the South stretches the lake dotted by the hundred islands of the Narrows; and the western outlook of Tongue Mountain. In this fascinating region, Durand calmly but earnestly pursued his summer studies for several seasons. The serene, translucent waters of Lake George were typical of the frank, placid, and truthful spirit of the man. HGR

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The Landing from Burgess Island -shs

The original Arcady was comprised of five houses. The Mansion, The Whitehouse, The Peter Pan, The Den, and The Boathouse. The Whitehouse and The Peter Pan are n...ow in the possession of other owners. The site of The Den is currently occupied by The Library. This site has a long history. The first building to occupy this site was a washhouse built by the original owner DeLorme Knowlton. When the property was bought by the Jelliffe family in 1904 the washhouse was remodeled into The Den which over the years saw many additions. In 1953 The Den was destroyed in a fire. A structure nearby, The Library was subsequently moved to this site, it too saw many additions over the years. The Library structure was a barn from the original farm on the property. The Library was named for the large collection of books kept there by Dr. Jelliffe. The Library building was very old and eventually collapsed. In its place, a new home was built in 2007. In honor of the old library, the new house has been christened The Library. See more