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The Great Camps
1897
Raquette Lake, New York
Mwanner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
William West Durant invented a style for the very rich, log and bark buildings with twig work and huge stone fireplaces, arranged as a compound so the family, the guests and the forty staff lived separately. Vanderbilts, Morgans and Huntingtons built them. The idea that a wilderness retreat should look rustic while costing a fortune starts in these woods and runs through every national park lodge since.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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