{"nrhp_refnum":"95000674","name":"Camp Merrie-Woode","other_names":["Camp Fairfield Lake"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"US 64 N side, 1.6 mi. N of jct. with NC 1120, at end of 1-mi.-long dirt rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cashiers","county":"Jackson County","state":"NC","lat":35.134326833000046,"lon":-83.04268862642661,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-06-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Camp Merrie-Woode is a girls' summer camp in the Sapphire Valley near Cashiers in rural southern Jackson County, North Carolina, on the northern shore of Fairfield Lake. The historic camp complex, with cabins, activity buildings and structures built from 1919 through the 1990s, is listed as a district.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the camp illustrates early-twentieth-century recreational activity and the growth of organized girls' resident camping in western North Carolina. It also argues the camp is an outstanding collection of Adirondack-style rustic buildings, with bark shingles, split log and board-and-batten siding and stone chimneys, set within an intact mountain landscape.","narrative":"Camp Merrie-Woode is a girls' summer camp in the Sapphire Valley near Cashiers, Jackson County, North Carolina, on the north shore of Fairfield Lake at the foot of Bald Rock and Cowrock mountains. It opened in 1919 as Camp Fairfield Lake, serving daughters of guests at the nearby Fairfield Inn. Mabel Dammie Day bought it in 1922, renamed it, and led it for three decades, adding English-themed traditions such as age groups called pages, squires, yeomen and knights. Its buildings, mostly one-story frame cabins and halls, are sided with bark, split logs and board-and-batten and rest on wood piers or stone foundations. The camp is regarded as an outstanding local group of Adirondack-style rustic buildings set in an undeveloped mountain landscape. Its significance rests on its role in early-twentieth-century girls' camping and on this intact architectural and rural setting.","period_of_significance":"1919-1945","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Adirondack style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Camp is in continued use as a summer camp; the historic core and later buildings are described in the document.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.684185-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7209/47720938/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/95000674.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000674/62636a9c7c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000674/62636a9c7c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"RichardKenni","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camp_Merrie-Woode.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">RichardKenni</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_Merrie-Woode.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720938","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Merrie-Woode","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5027408"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/jackson-county/camp-merrie-woode-95000674/"}