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The lodge complex was located on Lake Superior and consisted
of the large log cabin lodge, a garage, a child’s playhouse, a
separate building called the maid’s quarters, a carriage house,
and a guest house. The lodge at Granot Loma had 22 bedrooms
arranged in 10 suites. Because the lodge was sited on a small
peninsula, many of the lodge’s rooms faced Lake Superior.2
The old farm complex was located down the road from the
lodge complex and consisted of a farmhouse, a caretaker’s house,
a barn, a piggery, a manure house, a slaughterhouse, a creamery
which had been converted to a pool house prior to 1987, and a
pheasant/pigeon house. The farmhouse and the caretaker’s house
were both habitable residences in 1987. The garage, pool house,
and depot were the only other buildings in usable condition in
1987. The remaining buildings were all in need of substantial
repairs, renovation, and cleaning.
The area around Granot Loma was essentially a wilderness
area. The property was forested and contains mature stands of
hemlock, maple, pine, birch, cedar, spruce, and poplar. Included
in its acreage was over a mile of frontage on the Little Garlic
2The lodge was built in the 1920s by financier Lewis Kaufman
in the style of an Adirondack camp. Visitors during the 1920s
and 1930s included Governor Al Smith, actress Mary Pickford, and
the pianist and composer George Gershwin. The deal to build the
Empire State Building was finalized at Granot Loma. By 1987,
however, when petitioner purchased Granot Loma, the grand days of
Granot Loma were long over; no one had lived in the lodge for
decades.
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