Ashes Hotel has a long, unique story starting all the way back to 1836. Originally opening as the Baker House, resting on 260 acres of undeveloped land, it was owned and operated as a six room boarding house next to the original Warren County fairgrounds. In 1888, Henry Ashe and his father, James purchased the establishment. After making several improvements and additions eventually decided to call it the “Agricultural Hotel” in 1906. It has been rumored that Teddy Roosevelt and his staff stayed at the hotel in 1890! This particular location for the county fairgrounds hosted annual events until 1928, when the fairgrounds were moved a couple miles out of town on the bank of the Schroon River. Maurice Ashe then inherited the hotel from his father Henry and renamed it “Ashes Hotel.” The Ashe family owned the hotel for 84 years and even had a radiotelephone installed in 1922 so the townsfolk could listen to the world series that year! The hotel has had a variety of different owners since the late 1980’s, each adding their own touch and special charm to make the business what it is today.