An Adirondack Lodge 
THE VERANDA OF THE MAIN HOUSE 
The main lodge consists of a living-room 25 feet 
by 40 feet, eight bedrooms, five bath-rooms and a 
gun room. Large closets and a native rough 
stone fireplace are provided in every room. The 
living-room is one of the principal features of 
the camp, having a wide rustic staircase at one 
end and a great rough stone open fireplace and 
raised alcove with cushioned seats at the other. 
The ceiling is constructed of solid hewn beams 
showing the axe marks with chamfered edges, 
supported on hewn posts with corbeled brackets. 
The panels formed by the posts and studs, which 
are also hewn, are filled in with burlap and all 
exposed wood stained a dark brown. The acety¬ 
lene gas brackets are made to resemble kero¬ 
sene lamps with glass chimneys and mica shades. 
The dining-room is a large 
octagonal room twenty-five 
feet in width, open to roof, 
which is supported by heavy 
hewn trusses. The upper 
part of the room is lighted 
by a row of small windows 
around the entire room which 
also give additional ventilation 
when required. Directly be¬ 
low these windows and above 
the wood wainscoting are large 
panels filled with burlap. 
Opposite the main entrance 
to dining-room stands a large, 
open fireplace, six and one 
half feet wide and five feet 
high. 
The dining-room veranda 
overlooking the lake is at the 
end of the passage from main 
lodge and when the weather 
permits the meals are served 
here. 
The walls and ceilings of 
the bedrooms are finished in 
a native spruce, paneled and 
stained in a variety of soft 
colors, which brings out to 
great advantage the beauti¬ 
ful grain and gives a quiet, 
restful and picturesque effect 
distinctly appropriate to life 
in the woods. The windows 
throughout consist of a single 
sash, hinged at the sides with 
the glass cut up in small 
panes, such as are always to 
be found in the old loo- cabins 
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and a considerable part of 
the quaintness of the camp 
is due to this feature. 
One of the chief attractions about the lodge is the 
long, wide veranda with its rustic seats and nooks 
running almost around the entire building, where 
one can always find a shady and cool spot. The 
second story balconies are reached by outside rustic 
staircases as well as by doors from bedrooms. The 
kitchen and servants’ quarters are joined to the 
dining-room by a butler’s pantry and are almost 
entirely hidden from the lake by the thick foliage 
which abounds. Adjacent to the kitchen is placed 
a commodious ice-house consisting of a large ice 
chamber and two cold air rooms. Adjoining the 
dining-room and connected with it by a rustic stair¬ 
way and a passage is a boat house and dock, while 
on the opposite side of the camp is located at the 
water’s edge a picturesque group of bathing-houses 
THE DINING-ROOM VERANDA OVERLOOKING THE LAKE 
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