William West Durant

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William West Durant was an American architect and developer best known for pioneering the rustic yet luxurious Adirondack Great Camp style in upstate New York during the late 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American person ⓘ
architect ⓘ
real estate developer ⓘ
activeInPlace Adirondack Mountains ⓘ
upstate New York ⓘ
architecturalStyle Adirondack Great Camp style ⓘ
rustic architecture ⓘ
birthDate 1850-07-21 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1934-06-01 ⓘ
designed Camp Pine Knot ⓘ
Camp Uncas ⓘ
Great Camp Sagamore ⓘ
linked to: Sagamore Camp
educatedAt Dresden, Germany (schooling) ⓘ
linked to: Dresden

European schools ⓘ
Twickenham, England (schooling) ⓘ
linked to: Twickenham

University of Bonn (attended, did not graduate) ⓘ
employer Durant family Adirondack land holdings ⓘ
familyName Durant ⓘ
father Thomas C. Durant ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Durant
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
land development ⓘ
fullName William West Durant ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
heritageDesignationRelatedToWork Camp Pine Knot National Historic Landmark ⓘ
linked to: Camp Pine Knot

Great Camp Sagamore National Historic Landmark ⓘ
linked to: Sagamore Camp
influenced Adirondack rustic architecture movement ⓘ
design of American wilderness camps and lodges ⓘ
influencedBy European resort architecture ⓘ
knownFor creating elite wilderness retreats for wealthy clients ⓘ
integrating buildings with natural landscape ⓘ
use of native materials such as logs and stone ⓘ
mother Hannah Heloise Trimble Durant ⓘ
notableFor development of Adirondack Great Camps ⓘ
pioneering rustic yet luxurious Adirondack architectural style ⓘ
notableProject development of Long Lake region ⓘ
development of Raquette Lake region ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
developer ⓘ
land speculator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn
placeOfDeath Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
Raquette Lake, New York ⓘ
linked to: Raquette Lake
sibling Charles W. Durant ⓘ
soldProperty Camp Pine Knot to Collis P. Huntington ⓘ
Camp Uncas to J. Pierpont Morgan ⓘ
Great Camp Sagamore to Alfred G. Vanderbilt ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adirondack Great Camps → associatedWithPerson → William West Durant ⓘ
Camp Uncas → constructedFor → William West Durant ⓘ
Camp Uncas → creator → William West Durant ⓘ
Camp Uncas → significantPerson → William West Durant ⓘ
Camp Pine Knot → builtFor → William West Durant ⓘ
Camp Pine Knot → developer → William West Durant ⓘ
Camp Pine Knot → creator → William West Durant ⓘ
Durant family → hasNotableMember → William West Durant ⓘ
William West Durant → fullName → William West Durant ⓘ
Hannah Heloise Trimble Durant → hasChild → William West Durant ⓘ