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The Waters Edge Lighthouse restaurant is the first phase of a multi-phase waterfront development project located on the Mohawk River in the Town of Glenville, New York.

Phase I of the project focused on the renovation of the existing restaurant, which was a dilapidated under-utilized facility along the riverfront with tremendous potential. The renovated building, for which Synthesis was also the project architect, was renamed the Waters Edge Lighthouse Restaurant, and the facility has already become one of the region’s most distinguished facilities for its food and ambiance. The primary goal of Phase I is to restore the architectural integrity of the historic Seely house, as well as provide a variety of accessible outdoor seating areas for the Lighthouse restaurant patron, while engaging the site’s topography, and fostering views to the river.

The restaurant is designed to comprehensively fit into the overall master plan for the site. The overall master plan includes the future development of a 50 room inn, an outdoor pavilion, renovation to the existing marina shop, improved and enlarged parking lots and various landscape improvements to create a premier waterfront destination along the important tourist waterway, the Mohawk River and historic Erie Canal

Architecture: The Waters Edge Lighthouse Restaurant