{"nrhp_refnum":"76001221","name":"Sagamore","other_names":["See Also:Sagamore Lodge (Boundary Increase)"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off NY 28 at W end of Sagamore Lake","address_restricted":false,"city":"Racquette Lake","county":"Hamilton County","state":"NY","lat":43.77057807250003,"lon":-74.6184420734113,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-01-11","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2000-05-16","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of rustic log and bark-sheathed buildings on a point at the west end of Sagamore Lake in the town of Long Lake, Hamilton County, New York, built 1897-1901 by William West Durant and expanded by later owners.","why_significant":"The nomination calls Sagamore the most sumptuous wilderness camp of its time and the third in Durant's series of Adirondack camps. Together with Pine Knot and Uncas it established the camp as a grouping of separate-function buildings. Its blend of forest materials, rustic motifs and Swiss chalet elements helped create a new, indigenous American architectural style.","narrative":"Sagamore is a lakeside complex of rustic buildings on a point at the west end of Sagamore Lake, in the Adirondack town of Long Lake. Its centerpiece is the Main Lodge, a log chalet measuring 76 by 104 feet, built of conventional stud framing faced with half logs and topped by a broad gabled roof. William West Durant began the camp in 1897, and later owner Alfred Vanderbilt and his widow added cottages, a water system and other buildings through the 1930s. The Dining Hall grew into a rambling structure sheathed with stretched bark and spruce slabs. The property matters because it was the third and largest of Durant's camps, following Pine Knot and Uncas. Together they set the pattern of the Adirondack camp as a cluster of separate buildings, combining forest materials with Swiss chalet features. Its fame spread through media coverage and influenced many later camps and vacation retreats. The form notes the buildings were at risk of loss unless arrangements were made to keep them.","period_of_significance":"1897-1901","architect_builder":"William West Durant","architectural_style":"Rustic Adirondack camp architecture with Swiss chalet influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and little altered; occupied and used for educational purposes by Syracuse University, with state acquisition under way.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.697822-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001221.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001221/1163c12f3e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001221/1163c12f3e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sagamore_Camp,_Long_Lake,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mwanner</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:Sagamore_Camp,_Long_Lake,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93001451","name":"New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/new-york-central-railroad-adirondack-division-historic-district-93001451/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318096","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Camp_Sagamore","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7398974"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/hamilton-county/sagamore-76001221/"}