Adirondack Great Camps

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Adirondack Great Camps are historic, rustic yet luxurious wilderness estates built by wealthy families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as seasonal retreats in New York’s Adirondack region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
historic estate type
associatedWithFamily Durant family
Morgan family
linked to: Delano family

Rockefeller family
Vanderbilt family
associatedWithPerson William West Durant
characteristic bark siding
boathouses
guest cabins
guide houses
integration with natural landscape
large private estates
log construction
luxurious amenities
multiple buildings on one compound
recreation buildings
rustic architecture
service buildings
stone foundations
twig work detailing
use of native materials
constructionMaterial cedar logs
fieldstone
local timber
country United States
developedDuring early 20th century
late 19th century
hasNotableExample Camp Kill Kare
Camp Pine Knot
Camp Uncas
Echo Camp
Great Camp Santanoni
Sagamore Camp
The Hedges
Topridge
White Pine Camp
heritageStatus some designated National Historic Landmarks
some listed on the National Register of Historic Places
influencedBy American rustic architecture
Arts and Crafts movement
picturesque movement
locatedIn Adirondack Mountains
New York State
linked to: New York
relatedTo Adirondack Park
American Gilded Age
linked to: Gilded Age

wilderness recreation
tourismRole heritage tourism attraction
historic lodging
typicalClientele Gilded Age elite
prominent New York families
wealthy industrialists
usedAs seasonal retreat
summer residence

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Adirondack Mountains contains Adirondack Great Camps
Camp Uncas partOf Adirondack Great Camps tradition
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Camp Uncas category Adirondack Great Camps
Camp Pine Knot partOf Adirondack Great Camps
Camp Pine Knot category Adirondack Great Camps
Topridge architecturalStyle Adirondack rustic
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Topridge category Great Camps of the Adirondacks
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Sagamore Camp architecturalStyle Adirondack rustic architecture
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The Hedges isPartOf Adirondack Great Camps tradition
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White Pine Camp isPartOf Adirondack Great Camps tradition
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Durant family associatedWith Adirondack Great Camps
Echo Camp architecturalStyle Adirondack Great Camp style
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Adirondack Park knownFor Adirondack Great Camps
Marjorie Merriweather Post residence Camp Topridge, Upper St. Regis Lake, New York
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William West Durant architecturalStyle Adirondack Great Camp style
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William West Durant influenced Adirondack rustic architecture movement
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Town of Santa Clara, New York hasHeritage Adirondack great camps
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Santanoni Preserve significantFor Adirondack Great Camp architecture
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Gate Lodge Complex associatedWith Adirondack Great Camps
Raquette Lake region knownFor Great Camps
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Raquette Lake region hasHeritage Adirondack Great Camp tradition
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Long Lake region hasCulturalHeritage Adirondack great camps
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Upper Saranac Lake hasCulturalAspect Adirondack great camp tradition
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Big Moose, New York hasHistoricAssociation Adirondack rustic architecture movement
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Camp Topridge category Great Camps of the Adirondacks
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