{"nrhp_refnum":"86002934","name":"Camp Pine Knot","other_names":["Huntington Memorial Camp"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Long Point, Raquette Lake","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raquette Lake","county":"Hamilton County","state":"NY","lat":43.822115464000035,"lon":-74.62779312599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-11-07","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2004-08-18","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Camp Pine Knot is a rustic Adirondack camp complex on Pine Knot Point, part of Long Point on the southeastern side of Raquette Lake, Hamilton County, New York. The buildings were developed over about twenty-five years starting around 1877.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the camp as a distinctive example of Adirondack camp architecture, using indigenous rustic materials in a creative and artistic manner and combining several building traditions. It states that general ideas about decentralized camp planning were drawn from the development of Pine Knot. The form is part of the multiple property listing 'The Adirondack Camp in American Architecture' and was prepared as a National Historic Landmark nomination.","narrative":"Camp Pine Knot is a cluster of rustic log and bark-clad buildings on Pine Knot Point, a small neck of land on Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks, reached by boat. Construction began around 1877-78 with the Trapper's and Maid's cabins and continued for roughly twenty-five years, ending with the Huntington Cabin around 1900. Notable buildings include the two-story Swiss Chalet, with its cantilevered upper story and bark-sheathed walls, and the Recreation Hall, known as Metcalf Hall, with elaborate twig and birch bark ornament and a large granite fireplace. The Durant Cabin keeps original bark ceilings and rustic furnishings, and the carpenter's shop holds a small photographic processing area used by Seneca Ray Stoddard. The camp is described as a leading example of Adirondack camp design, with buildings spaced among trees and facing the lake. Several structures were lost to fire in 1983, but many historic buildings survive, and the site now serves as an educational facility.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: \"Adirondack Style\"","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used for education; owned and operated by the Outdoor Education program of SUNY Cortland. Five buildings burned in October 1983, and the dining hall and ice house/cook's cabin were rebuilt in 1984.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.921245-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86002934_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002934/1bf7fafe03-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002934/1bf7fafe03-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camp_Pine_Knot,_Metcalf_Hall.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:Camp_Pine_Knot,_Metcalf_Hall.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/75315772","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Pine_Knot","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5027505"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/hamilton-county/camp-pine-knot-86002934/"}