{"nrhp_refnum":"86002952","name":"Camp Topridge","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Keese Mills Rd., Upper St. Regis Lake","address_restricted":false,"city":"Keese Hill","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.42099687600003,"lon":-74.30224098380897,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Camp Topridge is an Adirondack Great Camp of 45 buildings and structures on a ridge between the Spectacle Ponds and Upper St. Regis Lake, near Keese Hill in Franklin County, New York. It was rebuilt from 1923 on the site of an earlier camp.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of the last phase of Great Camp design in the early twentieth century. It was redesigned by Theodore Blake for Marjorie Merriweather Post and is described as the latest and most opulent of the Great Camps. Its elaborate rustic exterior detailing and its lodge interiors are described as the most architecturally dramatic of any Great Camp.","narrative":"Camp Topridge is an Adirondack Great Camp in Franklin County, New York, spread along a steep ridge that separates the Spectacle Ponds from Upper St. Regis Lake. The complex holds 45 buildings and structures on 105 acres, and 36 of them date from the historic period. Visitors once arrived by boat at an elaborate rustic boathouse, then climbed to the main camp by electric tram lift or a cobblestone stair. At the top stand a large log-framed lodge, two guest houses, special-purpose cottages and a service area of staff housing and workshops. Marjorie Merriweather Post had an earlier camp rebuilt from 1923 to designs by Theodore Blake of Carrere and Hastings. The camp is notable as a late, lavish example of the Great Camp type. Its clapboard buildings carry rustic trim made from tree trunks, burls and natural curves, and the lodge interiors feature polished logs, birch bark walls and large stone fireplaces. The camp largely retains its appearance from about 1935.","period_of_significance":"1923-1936","architect_builder":"Theodore Blake","architectural_style":"Adirondack Great Camp; rustic architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; privately owned and used as a private residence. The camp is reported to retain the integrity of about 1935, with a few post-1973 alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.919976-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86002952.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002952/3f361fa0df-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002952/3f361fa0df-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Topridge_Boathouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mwanner at en.wikipedia</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:Topridge_Boathouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312958","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Topridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2561461"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/camp-topridge-86002952/"}