National Historic Landmark · Great Camps · Raquette Lake, New York

Camp Pine Knot

United States historic place in Raquette Lake, New York. Built 1877. Added to the National Register in 1986, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1877Listed 1986rustic architecture
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What it is

Wikipedia · Camp Pine Knot

Camp Pine Knot, also known as Huntington Memorial Camp, is a Great Camp on Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Constructed in 1877 by William West Durant, it was the first of the Adirondack "Great Camps" and epitomizes the architectural style. Elements include log and native stonework construction, decorative rustic items of branches and twigs, and layout as a compound of separated structures. It is located on the southwest tip of Long Point, a two-mile long point extending into Raquette Lake, in Long Lake, New York.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressLong Point, Raquette Lake, Raquette Lake vicinity, NY
CountyHamilton County
ListedNov 7, 1986
Reference number86002934
Built1877
Type of placeGreat Camps
Stylerustic architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources20 buildings, 2 structures, 1 objects

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressLong Point, Raquette Lake, Raquette Lake, NY
Coordinates43.82212, -74.62779 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitFort Stanwix National Monument · 59 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 86002934. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.