Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility
- Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility
Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility is a medium security prison for male inmates in Saratoga County, New York, USA. Before updating security, was called "Camp Walkaway" due to the number of breakouts.Fact|date=December 2007
The facility was a former sanitarium, taken over by New York State.
History
The peak, Mt. McGregor, was originally called "Palmertown Mountain," named after a local native tribe. It was renamed after Duncan McGregor, who purchased the land on a tax sale. He then constructed a small resort along with a restaurant for summer visitors. A railroad line then bought the property and opened a more sumptuous resort at the end of a rail line. When the Hotel Balmoral burned in 1897, the resort faded in popularity.
The "Sanitarium on the Mountain" at Mt. McGregor was opened in 1913 by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the benefit of its employees. This sanitarium, fully staffed by doctors and a nursing staff, had a goal of restoring the health of all the company's employees.
Address
1000 Mt. McGregor Road, Box 2071
Wilton, New York 12831-5071
(518) 587-396
Grant Cottage
Grant Cottage State Historic Site, the last home of Ulysses S. Grant, former president and army general, is on the grounds of the correctional facility. Grant spent the last weeks of his life there, finishing his memoirs.
See also
* List of New York state prisons
External links
* [http://www.grantcottage.org/ Grant Cottage]
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