The Glenmore Hotel has been a popular destination resort since the early 1800's. High class dignitaries, corporate big wigs and many celebrities often traveled the Adirondack Railway with hopes of escaping the trials and tribulations of the everyday working world.

Vice President Theodore Roosevelt frequently lodged at the Glenmore Hotel while on hunting vacations. It was on a train to the Adirondacks that Mr. Roosevelt was informed of President McKinley's death and was soon sworn in as our 26th president.

The award winning literary classic, "An American Tragedy" Written by Author Theodore Dreiser, was based on the Murder that took place on Big Moose Lake many years ago.

Chester Gillette, murders his pregnant Girlfriend, Grace Brown,

all for the love of another woman, a rich and beautiful socialite. Chester and Grace worked together in 1905 at a skirt factory in Cortland, New York owned by Chester's uncle.                                        

Chester was born in Montana and traveled around the Pacific Northwest with his parents, who were captains of the Salvation Army.  He attended Oberlin Academy prep school and later worked as a railroad brakeman before coming moving to Cortland, N.Y.

There Chester met Grace Brown, a farmer's daughter from South Otselic in Chenango County, N.Y. who had originally moved to Cortland to baby - sit for her older sister. They dated occasionally but most of their relationship was  conducted in secret. In the spring of 1906 Grace found herself  pregnant with Gillette's child and she went home to her parents  after Gillette promised to take her away on the trip to the Adirondacks. While she apparently assumed this was to be a  wedding trip, it is unknown whether Gillette actually promised to marry her.

After a number of letters begging him to fulfill his promise, Gillette met Grace in Deruyter, New York on July 9, 1906 and they began a trip together. They spent the first night in Utica and then took the train to Tupper Lake, where they spent their second night together. On the morning of July 11 they took the train back towards Utica and stopped at Big Moose Lake in  Herkimer County. They rented a boat together from the Glenmore Hotel Boat house and spent the entire afternoon out  on the water. Grace left her trunk in the train station at the Glenmore Hotel, but Chester took everything he had with him out onto the boat.

Sometime around 6 p.m. Grace ended up in the bottom of the lake, She had told Gillette in one of her letters that she could not swim. Chester, taking his suitcase, camera and tripod, ran off into the woods and found a trail to the south. Later that night he arrived at the Arrowhead Hotel in Inlet and stayed there until his arrest three days later.

During his trial in November and December, Gillette said Grace had jumped into the lake and committed suicide because of her plight. The district attorney said Chester hit Grace over the head with the tennis racket that had been attached to his suitcase. The jury found him guilty of first degree murder and sentenced him to die in the electric chair. He was executed on March 30, 1908.

The Book was subsequently made into the Oscar winning film, "A PLace In The Sun", starring Montgomery Cliff, Shelly Winters and Elizabeth Taylor in her award stealing performance. A must see movie for the classic film lover.

The Glenmore Hotel, a grand four story edifice of classic Adirondack Architecture, featured a spacious dining room large enough to accommodate 200 guests, a soda fountain and ice cream parlor, and of course...modern radio receiving equipment was made available to guests during regular business hours.

The Original Glenmore Hotel burned to the ground in 1950 due to a suspicious strike of bankruptcy lightning that cost the livelihood of many insurance agents.

The building that is now presently known as the Glenmore Hotel which was an annex to the original structure, is located directly across the street from where the original Hotel once stood. At the time of the great fire, the present Glenmore was being operated as The Big Moose Supply Company, and was the biggest store of its kind in the nation when it was built back in the 1920's.

The Supply Company was changed into the new Glenmore Hotel after the fire. In 1970, Carlton and Marilyn Muller, from Whitesboro, N.Y. purchased the Glenmore and along with their 3 sons; Carlton Jr., Stephen and Robert created an eating establishment once again worthy of historical acclaim.

In 1989, after many years of success, Carlton and Marilyn's youngest son, Robert, made the decision to take control of the Glenmore's Future, and lead it into the next century.

Robert has recreated the dream that his Mother and Father had started. The Glenmore name was changed to the Glenmore Hotel, "Bar & Grill" and Robert has opted to go with a more informal atmosphere, hoping to instill a sense of family and home for his customers. The food is light hearted and reasonably priced and the portions are large.

Children of all ages are not only welcome, but warmly anticipated. There is a play area away from the bar for the Children, as well as a comfortable couch in front of an old stone fire place with a Television and Children's videos and a game console to entertain the kids. A playground for the children is also provided in the front yard.

The Glenmore Bar and Grill is a "True" Family Restaurant. The Muller Family has always believed in family and in the hopes and dreams of all children, and welcomes you to their home. Kick back and relax, enjoy yourselves and the next 30 years of fun food, fine drinks and good times.