{"nrhp_refnum":"02001048","name":"Bear Mountain Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Seven Lakes Drive","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bear Mountain","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.31308213600005,"lon":-73.98977964899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large rustic park lodge in the southeast corner of Bear Mountain State Park, Rockland County, New York, built in 1915 to a design by New York City architects Tooker and Marsh.","why_significant":"The inn is argued to be an outstanding early example of a monumental rustic park lodge, and it is tied to the development of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Its design adapted the rustic idiom of the Adirondack Great Camps using native stone and chestnut. It has been the center of social life in the park for nearly a century and retains a high level of integrity.","narrative":"Bear Mountain Inn is a two-and-one-half-story lodge, 200 feet long and 80 feet wide, set on a plateau at the foot of Bear Mountain beside Hessian Lake in Bear Mountain State Park. Built in 1915 to designs by the New York City firm Tooker and Marsh, it was first conceived as an open pavilion for the growing number of day visitors. The ground story is made of fieldstone boulders gathered nearby, while the upper floors use heavy chestnut log framing, wood and glass over a reinforced concrete structure. A slate hip roof covers the building. Inside, the second floor holds a lounge and dining rooms with exposed log rafters and massive stone fireplaces. The inn was enclosed for year-round use in 1922-23 and later gained overnight rooms. Its design drew on Adirondack Great Camp rustic styling, and it ranks among the earliest rustic lodges built in a national or state park. It is closely linked with the Palisades Interstate Park Commission and its development of the park.","period_of_significance":"1915-c1940","architect_builder":"Tooker and Marsh","architectural_style":"no style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as an inn; a comprehensive restoration has been under way, reestablishing many interior finishes, fixtures and furnishings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.125097-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02001048.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001048/e73241264c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001048/e73241264c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Zeete","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bear_Mountain_Inn_after_reconstruction.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zeete</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bear_Mountain_Inn_after_reconstruction.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321418","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Mountain_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4876511"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/bear-mountain-inn-02001048/"}