Who owns camp topridge

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But there was plenty of other local news. Here are excerpts from a page 1 story by Carol Bruce about the famous camp originally owned by Marjorie Merriweather Post … who, at that time, owned Mar-A-Lago in Florida, now owned by a famous golfer.

Reinforcing that plea, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Sue Dyer said that 4, people took the week-end tours this summer. I was manager of the Lake Placid Club at that time, and a representative of Gov. There were around three dozen original Great Camps. Over the years, Merrill L.

Thomas, Inc. Originally built in , the property was bought in by Marjorie Merriweather Post, founder of General Foods and daughter of C. She expanded the camp to acres and renovated it extensively. As recently as 20 years ago, they were considered white elephants. But New York State's decision to burn Nehasane Camp after acquiring it in — in keeping with their "forever wild" provision — spurred a preservation movement that is thriving today. It now takes many forms, with individuals, associations of owners, universities and non-profit groups attempting to breathe new life into at least a dozen camps and restore a part of America's heritage.

On a bluff above a lake at the end of a two-mile dirt road, White Pine Camp is surrounded by water on three sides and towering pine trees on the fourth. The initial sense of isolation is overwhelming. So, too, is the romanticised forest life. Cabins painted green and black blend into the woods, their windows glow welcomingly as I arrive at dusk. Its elements of modernist design — such as the high slanted roofs and skylights — are unique among the great camps, although it still has a faux rustic charm.

My two-room cabin, complete with a small kitchen, has stone fireplaces filled with logs and a moose head straddled by antique fishing nets. Old wooden floors creak underfoot.

White Pine feels preserved in time, like an old English country hotel. There is no main lodge — usually a great camps' centrepiece — as it burned down in the s. But in one impressive room — which was used as the dining room in the retreat's heyday — a vintage "Keep Coolidge" sign points to when White Pine was the summer White House of President Calvin Coolidge.

Open to guests since , it can accommodate 60 people in 13 lodges, including the cabins where the first lady and president stayed. The region has long been an experiment in living with nature. The Adirondacks is historically the most important but least known park in the US.