Owl's Nest
A historic lakeside estate and National Historic Landmark in Queensbury, New York.
Owl's Nest, also known as the Edward Eggleston Estate, is a historic estate property located on the shore of Lake George in Queensbury, New York. Developed in the 1870s and 1880s, it was the home of Edward Eggleston (1837-1902), one of America's first realist writers. He began summering there in the 1870s and it was his permanent home from the mid-1880s until his death. The property was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.
Quick Facts
- Location
- Off NY 9 L / 9,000 cc, Queensbury, NY
- Area
- 10 acres / 0.04 km²
- Built
- 1881
Lore & Background
Owl's Nest sits on the east side of Lake George, in an area known as Joshua's Rock, overlooking Dunham Bay northeast of the village of Lake George. The property covers about 10 acres and includes three historic buildings plus a family graveyard where Edward Eggleston is buried. The main house, called "The Homestead," is a two-story clapboarded frame structure with a hip roof, built in 1879 for Eggleston's daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Elwin Seelye. Eggleston's own house, built in the late 1880s, is a 1+1⁄2-story stone structure, with a frame wing added about 1890. It connects via a breezeway to "Mellowstone," another stone structure built in 1883 to serve as Eggleston's library.
Reader's Guide
Owl's Nest is located on the east side of Lake George, in the area known as Joshua's Rock, overlooking Dunham Bay northeast of village of Lake George. The property is about 10 acres in size, and includes three historic buildings and a family graveyard in which Edward Eggleston is buried. The main house, known as "The Homestead," is a two-story clapboarded frame structure with a hip roof, which was built in 1879 for Eggleston's daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Elwin Seelye. Eggleston's house, built in the late 1880s, is a 1+1⁄2-story stone structure, to which a frame wing was added about 1890. It is connected by a breezeway to "Mellowstone," another stone structure built in 1883 to serve as Eggleston's library.
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