Camp Kiwanee is a summer camp and function facility at 1 Camp Kiwanee Road in
Hanson, Massachusetts
Hanson is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Part of Greater Boston, Hanson is located 20 miles (32 km) south of Boston and is one of the inland towns of the South Shore. The population was 10,639 at the 2020 census ...
. The core of the property is a summer estate called "The Needles" which was built by industrialist
Albert Cameron Burrage between 1899 and 1905. This property was purchased by the Boston chapter of the
Camp Fire Girls
Camp Fire, formerly Camp Fire USA and originally Camp Fire Girls of America, is a co-ed youth development organization. Camp Fire was the first nonsectarian, multicultural organization for girls in America. It is now gender-inclusive, and its p ...
, and adapted for use as a girls' summer camp. From the 1930s to the 1950s a series of recreational facilities was constructed, and the camp was enlarged by the purchase of adjacent properties. The Town of Hanson purchased the camp from the Camp Fire Girls in 1979, and continues to operate it as a campground and function facility.
The camp was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 2005.
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See also
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References
External links
Camp Kiwanee website
Historic districts in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Shingle Style architecture in Massachusetts
Hanson, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Campgrounds in Massachusetts
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Camp Fire (organization)
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