![]() Warren County New York Historical Society. Today we have only fond memories of this unique theme park. Gaslight Village was demolished about 30 years after opening. ![]() Gaslight Village offered plenty of entertainment and amusement rides for the enjoyment of visitors of all ages: ice shows, vaudeville shows, trained tigers, silent movies, and much, much more. Look at the crowd of cars in the parking lot! (c) Warren County New York Historical Society (c) Warren County New York Historical Society (c) Warren County New York Historical SocietyĪmusement rides after dark. Rowdy visitors are hauled off to jail in the paddy wagon. The village was open in the evening and at night,Įarly evening at the park. (c) Warren County Mew York Historical Society Visitors boarding the horse drawn trolley. View along Main Street looking toward the amusement rides. Looking toward the Palace Theater (c) Warren County New York Historical Society Staff were costumed in Gay 90’s turn-of-the-century outfits befitting the gaslight era of America.Īn early concept drawing of what the village would look like. While the village was under construction a staff had to be assembled. Note the layout for the horse drawn trolley tracks.Įarly staff members of Gaslight Village (c) Warren County New York Historical Society (c) Warren County New York Historical SocietyĪ second view of the village construction site taken from the air looking to the southeast. The property was located at the foot of Lake George adjacent to the Fort William Henry Hotel.Ĭonstruction site of Gaslight Village looking southeast. ![]() Construction site for Gaslight Village (c) Warren County New York Historical SocietyĬonstruction on the site began in the late 1950’s and the village opened for the 1959 tourist season. After mid-20th century amusement park creator Charley Woods Gaslight Village closed (late 1980s) and his subsequent Lake George Action Park shut its gates (it operated in the last half. Lake George businessman Charles R Wood created the Gaslight Village amusement park at Lake George, New York after his success with Storytown USA. ![]()
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