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Camp Uncas | |
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| Nearest city | Raquette Lake, New York |
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| Coordinates | 43°44′41″N 74°38′53″W / 43.74472°N 74.64806°W |
| Area | 1,550 acres[1] |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architect | William West Durant |
| Architectural style | Other |
| MPS | Great Camps of the Adirondacks TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002937 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 03, 1987[2] |
| Designated NHL | [[_____]], 2008 |
THIS IS SANDBOX VERSION DEVELOPING FROM JULY 9 VERSION, WITH ADDITION OF NHL NEWS[1]
Camp Uncas, begun in 1890, was the second Adirondack Great Camp built by William West Durant for his own use, after Camp Pine Knot, which he sold to industrialist Collis P. Huntington, due to financial difficulties. It was built on the shore of 110-acre (0.45 km2) Lake Mohegan, near Sagamore Camp. It was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark on [[___]], 2008.[1]
Uncas was completed in two years. The camp was built of logs felled on the property, and all iron hardware was forged on site. In the main lodge and dining hall, the log construction was unusual in that the logs were not interlocked, as in conventional log buildings, but rather were pinned together at beveled corners. The scale is massive: the dining hall is 24 by 36 feet (11 m), the walls 12 feet (3.7 m) high at the eves with a cathedral ceiling 20 feet (6.1 m) high at the ridge, with a huge fireplace at one end. Floors, walls and ceilings were all of polished planks and peeled and polished natural logs.
Durant sold Uncas to J. Pierpont Morgan in 1896, with 1,100 acres (4.5 km2). After Morgan's death in 1913, the camp stayed in the Morgan family until 1947, when it was sold to the widow of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who also owned Sagamore. General and Mrs. George Marshall, as guests of Mrs. Vanderbilt entertained Madame Chang Kai-shek at Uncas in 1949. Mrs. Vanderbilt left Uncas to a foundation, which sold it; eventually it was bought by the Rockland County Boy Scouts who used it as a Camp, the scouts sleeping in tents while the leaders revelled in the camp's luxuries. In 1975, it was returned to private use and is presently available for vacation rental.
The camp was included in a multiple property submission for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, and was listed there in 1987.[3]
It was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark on ____ 2008.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Wesley Haynes and James A. Jacobs (November 22, 2006). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Camp Uncas / Uncas Preserve" (PDF). National Park Service.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ^ Gobrecht, Larry E. (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Great Camps of the Adirondacks" (PDF). National Park Service.
Sources
[edit]- Gilborn, Craig. Durant: Fortunes and Woodland Camps of a Family in the Adirondacks. Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1981.
- Gilborn, Craig. Adirondack Camps: Homes Away from Home, 1850-1950. Blue Mountain Lake, NY: Adirondack Museum; Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2000.
- Kaiser, Harvey. Great Camps of the Adirondacks. Boston: David R. Godine, 1982.
External links
[edit]- Site belonging to the present owners,with many current photos
- St. Hubert's Isle - Great Camps - Camp Uncas
- New York Times, "Preserving Adirondacks Great Camps", June 11, 1992
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