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George C. Boldt miscellany

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 6577

Scope and content

Includes four published booklets by Roger S. Lucas: relating to George Boldt and Boldt Castle in the Thousand Islands at Alexandria Bay, New York; 4 Boldt Castle placemats, and two Alexandria Bay visitors guides.

Dates

1992-1998.

Creator

Lucas, Roger S (Collector, Person)
Lucas, Roger S. (Title of work: Bellvue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..) (Person)
Lucas, Roger S. (Title of work: Waldorf Hotel, New York, New York..) (Person)
Lucas, Roger S. (Title of work: Boldt's boats, Alexandria Bay, New York and the Thousand Islands..) (Person)
Lucas, Roger S. (Title of work: Boldt Castle, Heart Island..) (Person)

Biographical / Historical

George C. Boldt was born in 1851 at Dammgartin, on the island of Rugen, in the Baltic Sea. After coming to the United States and working in New York State, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, during which time he opened the Bellevue Hotel in Philadelphia, he also managed others in Philadelphia and New Jersey. In 1890 he became proprietor and manager of the Waldorf Hotel in New York City, which opened in 1893. He joined his family in Alexandria Bay, N.Y. in July of 1893; from 1895 until his wife, Louise Augusta Boldt, died in 1904 he had a summer cottage constructed. After her death he never returned to Alexandria Bay.