Lake View Cottage

Lake View Cottage

Lakeview Cottage 1930

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• 1906 Thompkin's Lakeview Cottage was built in 1906 for George Thompkins (1870 - 1915) on land purchased from Arthur Warner. Tompkins ran the Cottage as a boarding house, taking in people who would come up from Albany or New York City to stay two weeks or even the whole summer.
• 1914 the cottage was sold to Dick Mattice (1872 - 1929) and his wife Lottie Roney Mattice (1873 - 1946). They had a boat house and a small dance hall partially on a pier where there was a bar that sold drinks, ice cream and candy bars. Dick died as a reslult of injuries suffered in an accident while cutting ice on the lake.
• 1929 the Lakeview Cottage was owned by the Austin Mattice (1900 - 1958), son of Dick and Lottie Mattice, and his wife Elsie Ecker Mattice (1899 - 1955). It was operated as a boarding house during the summer months. In the event of an overflow of boarders, they were directed to the Warner homes next door.
• 1943 the property was sold to Matthew and Pearl Schnurr of Albany. They converted it into a restaurant, enlarging the dining room and adding a bar in the front area.
• 1950 Zwicklebaur's Hofbrau - Karl Zwicklebaur and Hilde bought the property and turned it into Zwicklebaur's, a very popular German-American restaurant by enclosing the the original porch thus adding on the big dining room with a bar.
• 1976 the property was transferred to Reinhold and Adelheid Scholz and was operated as Scholz Hofbrawu.
• owned by John Pleat from Albany.
• 1996 Reinhold transferred the property to his children, Mandy and Reinhold Jr.
• 2010 - The Hofbrau Restaurant. There are a couple of apartments in use on the upper floors.

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  Mattice's Fireplace
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  Dance Pavillion
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  Tompkin's Family
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  Tomkin's family also owned the Lake View Cottage, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  The Dining facilities for Mattice's Lake View Cottage, photo from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Lakeview Cottage on Warner Lake, from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Steam launch "Sarah E." at Lake View Cottage on the lake July 16, 1911, from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Bathing at Lakeview Cottage, from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Boarders at the cottage, from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Looking South from Lake View Cottage, from the collection of Willard Osterhout
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  View of the Lake View Cottage, from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Lake View Cottage in 1915, from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Lakeview Cottage at the lake, owned by the Tompkins family
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  Boarders on the dock, courtesy of Susan Rockmore
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  The three Mattice sisters with another lake resident, courtesy of Susan Rockmore
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  A view looking South with Lake View Cottage on the shore, courtesy of Susan Rockmore
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  Lakeview Cottage, courtesy of Susan Rockmore
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  Lakeview Cottage, courtesy of Susan Rockmore
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  A young boy and rowboats on the shore, courtesy of Susan Rockmore
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  Rowing on Warner Lake, courtesy of Susan Rockmore]]
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  Boarders on the porch at Lake View Cottage, courtesy of Susan Rockmore
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  Mildred Mattice, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Mildred, Alice and Dorothy Mattice, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Old fashion 1920s mens bathing suits, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Ralph Briggs with his catch, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Bee keepers at Mattice's, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Richard(Dick)Mattice, who died after falling on the ice and hitting his head, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Benny Mitchell, Pete Mattice, Ray Mahar July 5th 1941, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Linter's dock August 1941, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Elsie Mattice and Martin Roney, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Elsie and Arnold Mattice, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Arnold Mattice WWI, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  The Hofbrau, photo courtesy of Tom Nagengast
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  Bathers on the beach at the Hofbrau,photo courtesy of Tom Nagengast
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  The Hofbrau,photo courtesy of Tom Nagengast
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  Interior of the original dining room,photo courtesy of Tom Nagengast
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  Interior of the original dining room, photo courtesy of Tom Nagengast
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  A drink check from the Hofbrau, courtesy of Tom Nagengast
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  On the porch at the cottage, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Servicing our automobile, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Pete Mattice with friends, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Boat house and dock seen from the porch, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Looking for a drowning victim,courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  In front Mildred Mattice and Robert Goetz,courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Robert Goetz in uniform,courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Young children checking out a row boat,courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Young ladies on the stern of the steam launch Sara E.,courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Rowing on the lake 1921,courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Steam launch the "Sarah E.",courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Place mat from the Hofbrau,courtesy of Tom and Maryellen Nagengast
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  An early view of the Lake View Cottage, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Ruth Collins 1930, from the Camp Pinnacle collection
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  Shore line at the Lake View Cottage,from the Camp Pinnacle collection
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  View from the Tompkin's camp, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Laundry day at the cottage, notice the old wooden wash tub and wringer, courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  Boarders at the cottage, check out the bathing suits,courtesy of Willard Osterhout
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  A young bather with the Steam Launch"Sarah E." in the background,courtesy of Willard Osterhout

Source: Life at the Lake; Warner's Lake, N. Y., published by The Warner's Lake Improvement Association, and edited by Willard Osterhout. The book has much more information and many more pictures.