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 White Gate has long been regarded as one of
Ogdensburg’s most gracious and most storied homes.
Although its present footprint dates to 1903, city officials
believe the original portion of the structure dates to the
1850’s when Charles G. Myers, one of Ogdensburg’s
early attorneys, purchased the site from the George Parish
Estate. Myers, who would later in life serve as New York
State’s Attorney General, and his family set the elite
tone of the neighborhood. The six-block area featured
spacious homes on large treed lots with no alleys and was
regarded as the most desirable real estate in the city. It still
has that reputation today. From the 1850’s on, men like
Charles Myers, Thomas Fine Strong, AB James, Grant
Madill, Levi Hasbrouck, John Howard, and Walter Guest
Kellogg, all prominent movers and shakers in the city’s
history, established residences in the areas. One of White Gate’s longest residencies was the twenty-five year period from 1925 to 1950 by the Levi Hasbrouck family. The Hasbroucks traced their roots in Ogdensburg from 1804 when their patriarch Louis Hasbrouck arrived and commenced what would be a lifetime of community service. His numerous descendants who resided in Ogdensburg for nearly 150 years followed his example. Local wags report that during the Levi Hasbrouck ownership of the house he proposed a significant piece of jewelry to his wife to celebrate a wedding anniversary. She countered with a request for a decorative fence for the property. A handsome white fence on a stone foundation was subsequently installed at great cost. Mrs. Hasbrouck referred to the fence as her “string of pearls” and from that moment on their home was called “Whitegate”. Built in the so-called Federal style the house features a center front entrance balanced by floor-to ceiling double hung windows on each side. Beautifully leaded sidelights frame the front door. A handsomely corniced front gable dominates the facade and third floor. The interior of Whitegate features the same attention to detail. Ceilings are nearly 11 feet high and boast beautiful moldings. Still operable pocket doors separate the original living areas. Numerous fireplaces add warmth to the well-proportioned rooms. Floor-to ceiling French doors compliment the large fireplace in the library. Second floor bedrooms in the main house are equally high ceilinged and spacious. Whitegate’s present owners Kathie and Brian Wade have a long history in Ogdensburg having both worked and raised their family here for the last forty plus years. Their rehabbing and refurbishing of Whitegate into a Bed and Breakfast have restored its former graciousness. |
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