{"nrhp_refnum":"89002089","name":"Whelan Camp","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Mick Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Long Lake","county":"Hamilton County","state":"NY","lat":43.807609411000044,"lon":-74.65324578799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-12-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private Adirondack camp complex on the west shore of Raquette Lake, Long Lake township, Hamilton County, New York, built about 1915-18 for George J. Whelan. It has a large Shingle style main camp and support buildings on 6.7 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the camp as a well-preserved example of early twentieth century Adirondack camp architecture, a rustic interpretation of the Shingle style with Stick, Arts and Crafts and Bungalow elements. It shows how camp life and design changed at Raquette Lake and documents a more modestly scaled camp among the estates of wealthy families. It also retains a high degree of integrity in setting, design, materials and craftsmanship.","narrative":"Whelan Camp is a lakeside retreat on a point of land on the west shore of Raquette Lake, in the Adirondack Park of Hamilton County, New York. Built between about 1915 and 1918 for New York City cigar store magnate George J. Whelan, it centers on a sprawling shingled main camp measuring 102 by 54 feet, with an enclosed verandah, sleeping porches and fieldstone chimneys. Five support buildings include servants' quarters, a power house, a workshop and a log lean-to. A curving fieldstone terrace wall frames the main camp on its wooded slope. Inside, Arts and Crafts furniture, granite and fieldstone fireplaces and a stage in the north wing survive. The property is considered important as a smaller, well-preserved example of early twentieth century Adirondack camp design, built when wealthy families arrived by private rail car and steamboat. Historic photographs show the setting changed little over the years, and the camp keeps its original character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Shingle style with Stick, Arts and Crafts, and Bungalow elements (Adirondack Rustic)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a camp; the form notes the power house apartment was being renovated for a caretaker and the boathouse was reconstructed in 1986-1988.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.238102-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89002089.pdf"},"photo":null,"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/75318102","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whelan_Camp","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7992382"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/hamilton-county/whelan-camp-89002089/"}