From the Seymour Point Scrapbook

ROAD WILL LOOP FOUR LAKES

Scenic Drive Around Lower Section Expected to be Passable Next Fall.

A wonderful scenic drive of more than 28 miles around the first four lakes of the Fulton Chain is to be made possible with the completion of the Old Forge-Inlet road up to the south side of First, Second, Third and Fourth Lakes this year.

The surveyors are working along the present Little Moose road and County Superintendent of Highways W.H. Corey says he expects to have the new part of the road cut out and graded for use this fall.

From Old Forge, the new road will follow the Little Moose road to a point near the West Marsh Creek bridge.  There it turns toward the lake front and follows the line of the old tote-road for a greater part of the way.  It passes back of the Green camp, the Baum camp, the Aquipine and the Tuttle camps and along the line of the Fourth Allotment cottage lots to the Inlet road.

As the road stands now it is a town proposition and will remain so unless the State adopts it. The road will be macadamized for two and one-half miles from Old Forge.  The total distance from Old Forge to Inlet will be 12 miles.

It will be remembered that this is a part of the proposed State highway from Old Forge to Blue Mountain Lake, the legislation for which was lost in the shuffle of the last session at Albany. But despite this fact the motorists of the State are to be blessed with this south shore road which will make possible a complete loop of the beautiful bodies of water comprising the Lower Chain. The man with the motor car will be able to start from Old Forge, swing up along the south side, or vice versa, according to his taste.  The announcement of Mr. Corey that he hopes to have the cutting and grading done and the road in shape for use this fall will be received with a great deal of pleasure by thousands.  The job is a sizeable one and will be of inestimable benefit to the entire middle Adirondacks.  Contracts are to be let as soon as bids can be secured.

Penwood History - September 28, 1944 to September 30, 1953

In 1944, the property was sold to James and Marjorie Kennedy of Rome, New York. When the property was sold, it came with the custom built furnishings in excellent condition, as well as a library full of books, including a scrapbook kept by Mrs. Sylvester. Kennedy was president of Revere Brass & Copper, Inc. and was an avid fisherman. He liked the proximity of the property to his home, only an hour away by car. Kennedy cleared the burned boards and materials that were the remnants of the original boathouse and constructed a new but modest boathouse with no guest quarters. It was large enough for two boats. They replaced the illuminating gas system in the main lodge with electricity.The property was renamed Kenwood. In the 1990’s the children and cousins of the Kennedys visited the property at the invitation of the property's current owners, Margery Gordon Burstein and Alan Burstein. James Kennedy found the wheelbarrow he used to hand carry groceries and luggage from the parking lot to the main house, which remains on the property today. The driveway from the South Shore Road to the house, one third of a mile long, ended at the bottom of the hill on which the main house was built. Everything had to be hand carried from the parking lot or dock to the main lodge until 1991, when Margery and Alan Burstein extended the driveway all the way up to the main house's back entrance.