Now the entrance to The Club, a senior living community this was once the entrance to The Briarcliff Lodge, a 300+ room luxury resort hotel. It was a notable example of Tudor Revival architecture, and at the time was one of the largest wooden structures in the United States. It was built by Walter W. Law in 1902 and the Law family owned it until 1937. When the lodge opened it was one of the largest resort hotels in the world.

In 1933, the lodge ended year-round service and housed a “health-diet sanitarium” until the Edgewood Park School for Girls began operation there from 1937 to 1954. From 1936 to 1939, the lodge was run again as a hotel in the summer months while the school was closed. From 1955 to 1994, The King’s College used the lodge building and built dormitories and academic buildings. Abandoned and unmaintained after 1994, the Briarcliff Lodge was destroyed between 2003 and 2004.

Although the Lodge is long gone the gates seen in the picture are original and were found some years ago in storage at the Briarcliff Manor Department of Public Works.

Taken with a Sony RX100 III