{"nrhp_refnum":"86002941","name":"Eagle Island Camp","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Eagle Island, Upper Saranac Lake","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saranac Inn","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.27644540000006,"lon":-74.33381269813134,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-04-03","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2004-08-18","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A decentralized Adirondack camp complex on Eagle Island in Upper Saranac Lake, Town of Santa Clara, Franklin County, New York, built mainly in 1903 to designs by William L. Coulter for Levi Morton.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the camp as a cohesive group of specialized, single-purpose buildings in the rustic Adirondack style, designed by William L. Coulter for Levi Morton and integrated with the island's topography. It follows the decentralized camp model developed by William West Durant at Camp Pine Knot. Only resources from the Morton ownership period and Coulter's work are counted as contributing.","narrative":"Eagle Island Camp occupies a rugged, roughly thirty-one acre island in the lower part of Upper Saranac Lake in Franklin County, New York. Most of its historic buildings were erected in a single campaign in 1903, when architect William L. Coulter designed a decentralized camp for Levi Morton, following the model William West Durant developed at Camp Pine Knot. The principal buildings, the Main Lodge, Family Cabin and octagonal Dining Pavilion, are linked by rustic verandahs and walkways and share brown-stained cedar shingles and extensive cedar pole and post detailing. Service buildings such as the kitchen, laundry and guide's house are plainer and sit apart from the main group. Henry Graves bought the camp after Morton's death in 1920 and transferred it to the Girl Scouts in 1938. Despite decades of camp use and some alterations, Coulter's overall design intent remains clearly readable, and the camp is recognized as a National Historic Landmark.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William L. Coulter (architect), for client Levi P. Morton","architectural_style":"Other: \"Adirondack Style\"","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned and operated by a Girl Scout council as an outdoor recreation camp, reached by boat; the buildings retain most character-defining features despite deterioration and modifications from Girl Scout use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.928086-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86002941_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002941/e76b91bc84-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002941/e76b91bc84-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Leslie Lindeman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BLdgLodge_EIC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Leslie Lindeman</a>, <a href=\"http://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:BLdgLodge_EIC.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/75315758","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Island_Camp","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5027148"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/eagle-island-camp-86002941/"}