Eagle Nest is an
Adirondack Great Camp
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The Great Camps of the Adirondack Mountains are often grandiose family compounds of cabins that were built in the latter half of the nineteenth century on lakes in the Adirondacks. The camps were summer homes for the wealthy, sites ...
built in 1938 for Kathrine and
Walter Hochschild on the north shore of
Eagle Lake,
New York
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History
The extensive grounds, surrounding both Eagle Lake and
Utowana Lake
Utowana Lake is a lake in the Eckford Chain in the Adirondack Mountains of the state of New York. It is connected to Eagle Lake and Blue Mountain Lake to the east and the Marion River/Raquette Lake to the west. It was owned by adventure writer ...
, belonged to adventure writer
Ned Buntline
Edward Zane Carroll Judson Sr. (March 20, 1821 – July 16, 1886), known by his pen name Ned Buntline, was an American publisher, journalist, and writer.
Early life and military service
Judson was born on March 20, 1821 in Harpersfield, New York ...
in 1867 and a 2000-acre parcel owned by
William West Durant
William West Durant (1850–1934) was a designer and developer of camps in the Adirondack Architecture, Adirondack Great Camp style, including Camp Uncas, Camp Pine Knot and Great Camp Sagamore which are National Historic Landmarks. He was t ...
in 1888,
before being purchased by mining magnate
Berthold Hochschild
Berthold Hochschild (March 6, 1860 – January 24, 1928) was a mining magnate, a founder of the American Metal Company, and a philanthropist.
Biography
Hochschild was born to a Jewish family in Biblis, Grand Duchy of Hesse, the son of Augus ...
in 1904.
Much of the property is still owned by the Hochschild family; most of the rest of the original property is under
conservation easement
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The camp was designed by
Saranac Lake architect
William G. Distin
William G. Distin (1884–1970), an architect of Saranac Lake, New York, was an early associate of Great Camp designer William L. Coulter who went on to design a number of Adirondack Great Camps.
Born in Plattsburgh, New York, Plattsburgh, h ...
based on ideas collected by Walter's wife Kay.
The camp compound consist of three buildings: the main house, guest house and boat house. The buildings are of frame construction, with exterior sheathing of split logs; exterior logs are of British Columbia cedar, while those on the interior of the main rooms of the main house are of peeled spruce felled on the property. The interior walls of the bedrooms and hallways are of pecky cypress.
[Alice Gilborn, ''The Walter Hochschild Camp at Eagle Nest'', 1975]
References
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External links
GREAT CAMP GETAWAY
Adirondack Great Camps
Houses completed in 1938