June, 1912 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
207 
Set in the midst of a clump of pines, this delightful camp became a permanent Summer home, unique in its arrangement 
A Camp Experiment that Became a Permanent Summer Home 
By Helen N. Marion 
Photographs by Mary H. Northend 
OME years ago, Mr. Robert C. Coit, of 
Boston, purchased several acres of land at 
Rockport, Massachusetts, with the idea of 
erecting here a Summer home. The site 
was ideal for the purpose. On all sides 
stretched meadows and woodland tracts, and 
in consequence, it seems destined for long, continuous use. 
It is an ideal little home in its way, combining in its con- 
struction several interesting features, and at the same time 
is wholly commodious and comfortable. It was designed 
by the owner with little thought for architectural effect, and 
it presents an exterior wholly in harmony with the natural 
at no great distance was the 
ocean, affording facilities for 
bathing. Undecided as to 
just what sort of dwelling to 
erect, Mr. Coit determined 
for the first year to try camp- 
ing out, and thought of pur- 
chasing tents and pitching 
charm of the surroundings. 
It is built of rough boards, 
with an overlayer of tarred 
paper on the roof, and the 
roof slants at either end to 
shed rain readily and to pre- 
vent it from soaking in. 
At the front, two broad 
them for living purposes. 
Before the Summer came, 
however, he changed his 
mind about the tents, and in- 
stead a rough shack or camp 
steps lead from a clearing 
paved with stones picked up 
on the premises, and afford 
access to the camp interior. 
The bedrooms occupy the 
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was constructed. ‘The pleas- 
ure derived from this substitute home was so great that the 
members of the family agreed that they would far rather 
have the shack permanently than any other dwelling, and, 
The floor plan of the Coit camp 
burlap curtains, and they are 
by a waterproof sail, which is supported when not in use 
front ell, being screened by 
protected in stormy weather 
on forked sticks at the outer edge, and attords a covering 
