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18-537: Mount McGregor or variation , may refer to: Mount McGregor Correctional Facility , a former New York State prison Mount McGregor (mountain) , a mountain in the town of Wilton, New York, USA Mount McGregor (Selkirk Mountains) , a mountain in the Nelson Range of the Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia, Canada McGregor Mountain (Washington) , USA;

36-409: A lake. Administrative services, such as Reception or Commissary, were located on the lower level, in the tunnels connecting the buildings. The buildings covered 550,000 square feet and ranged in age from 1913 to 2007. The prison, which used only the central cluster of buildings, closed in 2014. Neighboring Moreau Lake State Park will incorporate 750 undeveloped acres of the former facility. In 2015,

54-575: A mountain McGregor Mountain , (New York), USA; a mountain in Stamford, New York, USA See also [ edit ] McGregor Plateau , Nechaka Plateau, Interior Plateau, British Columbia, Canada; a mountainous plateau McGregor Range , Central Interior, British Columbia, Canada; a mountain range McGregor (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

72-550: A purchase offer to the state. Brodt, of Glens Falls, wants to use the prison to host events similar to the tours that Haunted Nights conducts across the country: in a former county jail in Salem, an old asylum near Pittsburgh and a former mineral springs hotel on the Mississippi River. Grant Cottage State Historic Site , where former U.S. president and army general Ulysses S. Grant spent the last six weeks of his life,

90-411: The adobe brick walls from rain. Other features included long exterior arcades , an enfilade of interior rooms and halls , semi-independent bell-gables , and at more prosperous missions curved 'Baroque' gables on the principal facade with towers . These architectural elements were replicated, in varying degrees, accuracy, and proportions, in the new Mission Revival structures. Simultaneous with

108-713: The Franciscan missionaries all came from the same places of previous service in Spain and colonial Mexico City in New Spain . The New Spain religious buildings the founding Franciscan saw and emulated were of the Spanish Colonial style, which in turn was derived from Renaissance and Baroque examples in Spain. Also, the limited availability and variety of building materials besides adobe near mission sites or imported to Alta California limited design options. Finally,

126-469: The church and crematorium. The sanitorium closed in 1945. After World War II, the sanatorium served as a facility for military veterans returning to civilian life. Local stories suggest Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner looked into purchasing the property in the 1960s or early 1970s. In 1960 the facility was taken over by the State of New York as a school for the developmentally disabled . At first

144-540: The missionaries and the indigenous Californians had minimal construction skills and experience with European designs. The missions' style of necessity and security evolved around an enclosed courtyard , using massive adobe walls with broad unadorned plaster surfaces, limited fenestration and door piercing, low-pitched roofs with projecting wide eaves and non-flammable clay roof tiles , and thick arches springing from piers . Exterior walls were coated with white plaster ( stucco ), which with wide side eaves shielded

162-492: The original style's revival was an awareness in California of the actual missions fading into ruins and their restoration campaigns, and nostalgia in the quickly changing state for a 'simpler time' as the novel Ramona popularized at the time. Contemporary construction materials and practices, earthquake codes, and building uses render the structural and religious architectural components primarily aesthetic decoration, while

180-590: The resort faded in popularity. The "Sanatorium on the Mountain" at Mount McGregor was opened in 1913 by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the benefit of its employees suffering from tuberculosis . This sanatorium , fully staffed by doctors and a nursing staff, had a goal of restoring the health of all the company's employees. A labyrinth of underground passages still exist that were used to transport corpses of patients to

198-557: The school was the Mount McGregor division of Rome State School and then became Wilton State School. The New York State Department of Corrections assumed control in 1976. At first the complex was a minimum-security prison, later adding medium-security facilities. It consisted of 100 structures on over 1,000 acres, including dormitories, a 1915 Mission-style chapel with a pipe organ, a dining hall with large windows and panoramic views, newly-built gymnasium and medical building, and

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216-428: The service elements such as tile roofing, solar shielding of walls and interiors, and outdoor shade arcades and courtyards are still functional. The Mission Revival style of architecture, and subsequent Spanish Colonial Revival style, have historical, narrative—nostalgic, cultural—environmental associations, and climate appropriateness that have made for a predominant historical regional vernacular architecture style in

234-488: The state began considering proposals for the sale of an additional 325 acres, including all the buildings, for redevelopment. As of 2017, the prison has not been sold and the site is still closed to the public. In 2022, Steve Brodt, founder of Haunted Nights, filed a proposal with the state's economic development arm to reimagine Mount McGregor. He and his business partner, Mark Erskine, a real estate investor who lives outside Chicago, were reported to be preparing to submit

252-423: The style is known as Spanish Mission . The Mission Revival movement was most popular between 1890 and 1915, in numerous residential, commercial and institutional structures, particularly schools and railroad depots . All of the 21 Franciscan Alta California missions (established 1769–1823), including their chapels and support structures, shared certain design characteristics. These commonalities arose because

270-511: The title Mount McGregor . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_McGregor&oldid=1172267479 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mount McGregor Correctional Facility The peak, Mount McGregor ,

288-477: Was originally called "Palmertown Mountain", named after a local native tribe. It was renamed after Duncan McGregor, who purchased the land in a tax sale and constructed a small resort along with a restaurant for summer visitors. The Saratoga, Mount McGregor and Lake George Railroad later bought the property and opened a more sumptuous resort at the end of a rail line. When the Hotel Balmoral burned in 1897,

306-507: Was part of an architectural movement , beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century Spanish missions in California . It is sometimes termed California Mission Revival , particularly when used elsewhere, such as in New Mexico and Texas which have their own unique regional architectural styles. In Australia,

324-592: Was within the grounds of the correctional facility and visitors had to pass a checkpoint. Grant spent the last weeks of his life there, finishing his memoirs, the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant , just a few days before he died. The historic site is not part of the area to be sold. A fence prevented inmates from entering the grounds of the cottage. 43°12′06″N 73°44′54″W  /  43.20167°N 73.74833°W  / 43.20167; -73.74833 Mission-style The Mission Revival style

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