St. Charles Borromeo/Beaver Brook Outfitters

Beaver Brook Outfitters, North Creek, 1875
(photo 9/24/2010)

This building once St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church gives a very good sense of what the other churches built by Father James A. Kelly once looked like.

Painting a steeple isn't an easy chore but somebody should figure it out soon before more extensive work is required.

St. James Catholic Church, North Creek

St. James Catholic Church, North Creek, 1875
(photo 9/24/2010)

This appears to be a modern replacement for the original church built by Father James A. Kelly which was nearly identical to the Wevertown Church (now Beaverbrook Outfitters) and the Catholic Church of the Infant Jesus in Lake Luzerne. The Outfitters building is the only one still in existence.

Adk Churches notes that Father Kelly first met William West Durant at the dedication of this church and "their ensuing friendship  had at least some influence on Durant's later decision to support the construction of two Catholic churches in the neighborhood of Raquette Lake."

Church of the Holy Infancy

Church of the Holy Infancy, Holy Mother and Child Parish 1929/1956; formerly Church of the Infant Jesus. Catholic.
Lake Luzerne  (photo 9/24/2010)


Originally built under the leadership of Father James A. Kelly in 1876 as one of three nearly identical churches (St. Charles Borromeo in Wevertown, now Beaver Brook Outfitters; St James Catholic  in North Creek---only  St. Charles Borromeo building still exists) the current church, built in 1929, stands on route 9N in Lake Luzerne.