Gould Mansion Complex

Overlooking the Black River in Lyons Falls, this three-building complex was built between 1902 and 1904 for paper manufacturer Gordius H. P. Gould. It includes a large shingled and limestone mansion with a conical-roofed round tower and an octagonal tower, a carriage and horse barn, and a small Romanesque office of local limestone and Gouverneur granite. Albany architects Fuller and Pitcher designed it, and local masons and contractors carried out the work. Gould began as a stagecoach driver and went on to build a network of pulp and paper mills. As a state legislator he backed waterway improvements and the 1888 Adirondack preservation bill. The buildings combine Richardsonian Romanesque, Arts and Crafts and Queen Anne Revival influences, and they show how a home, office and barn were planned together beside a major paper mill. The mansion now houses the Lewis County Historical Society's museum.