National Register of Historic Places

Echo Camp

Raquette Lake, Hamilton County, New York
Listed
November 7, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
86002939

About this property

Echo Camp is an Adirondack Great Camp on the tip of Long Point adjacent to Camp Pine Knot on Raquette Lake. It was used as a private girls' camp from the mid-1940s to the mid-1980s. It was sold in 1986, and is now a privately owned summer residence. Built for Connecticut governor Phineas C. Lounsbury in 1883, its design bears the influence of William West Durant. Its main buildings were nearly identical with those of two other nearby camps built in 1880, Camp Fairview, built on Osprey Island by cousin C. W Durant Jr., and The Cedars, built by cousin Frederick Durant on nearby Forked Lake. Neither is still standing, though they are preserved in photographs by Seneca Ray Stoddard and Edward Bierstadt (elder brother of Albert Bierstadt). Like other Durant camps, Echo Camp is built of locally felled logs, with separate buildings for each function. The main lodge consists of a one-floor log hall flanked by twin two-story log towers, giving a villa-like appearance. Interiors are sheathed in polished planks and narrow wainscoting, rooms are lightened by large, half-round clerestory windows, and twig work decorates verandas and eves. Some buildings have applied cedar bark sheathing, still remarkably intact. The camp was included in a multiple property submission for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and was listed in 1986.

Location

Raquette Lake, Hamilton County, New York
43.82410, -74.63478

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Nearby Historic Sites

St. William's Catholic Church
Industrial
0.2 mi
Camp Pine Knot
Industrial
0.4 mi
Whelan Camp
Listed
1.5 mi
Sagamore
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3.4 mi
Sagamore Lodge (Boundary Increase)
Industrial
4.1 mi

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When was Echo Camp listed on the National Register?

Echo Camp was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1986.

What type of historic resource is Echo Camp?

Echo Camp is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Echo Camp?

The period of significance for Echo Camp is recorded as the industrial era.

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