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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1914 
The bedroom hangings are of chintz, with a bright pattern, and the walls have 
a coat of water-color on rough plaster 
Adirondack camp bears some resemblance to the original 
species, the hunter’s or lumberman’s camp. The relation¬ 
ship may be expressed in the materials of construction, if 
not in form, as, for instance, in the use of logs for walls, 
more or less after the primitive manner of pioneer days. Some¬ 
times the form suggests the original prototype, but always an 
attempt is made to follow some architectural form indigenous to 
the mountains. The Swiss chalet has been successfully adopted, 
and in one notable instance Japanese workmen and artists were 
imported to build a real Japanese structure in which wood and 
exposed structural articulation is characteristic, and seems par¬ 
ticularly appropriate to the woods, if not the United States of 
America. 
The camp here illustrated is a very excellent example of a mod¬ 
ern Adirondack camp, not of the largest or most elaborate type, 
but having all the equipment and convenience of modern living 
and at the same time preserving most of the characteristics of the 
woods and admirably fitting its sur¬ 
roundings. 
Hukweem is situated on Loon Lake, 
Franklin county, New York, and is the 
summer home of Mr. and Mrs. W m. 
Curtis Demorest, of New \ork. It is 
occupied four or five months in the year, 
and is also used, as a rule, for a short 
period every winter for the enjoyment of 
the winter sports which are becoming 
more and more popular pastimes of the 
Adirondack. The building is, there¬ 
fore, well built for winter use, and is 
heated with a combination hot-air and 
hot-water heater, and has been found 
thoroughly comfortable at 24 below zero. 
The question of water is an important 
one in building a camp, in order to se¬ 
cure both a pure and a constant supply. 
In this instance the water is led to the 
spring located nearly a mile from the 
camp, at an elevation of nearly 100 feet 
above it. The pipe is laid not more than 
12 inches under ground, and, in order to 
prevent freezing, a continual flow of 
water is maintained. During the winter, 
when the camp is not occupied, the pipes 
in the building are drained off. and 
through a by-pass the supply from the 
spring flows directly into a waste pipe 
The stained woodwork, the unfinished trim and the direct lines of the furniture lend spon¬ 
taneity to the whole interior scheme. Hukweem is the Indian word for loon and this bird 
was used throughout as a decorative symbol 
emptying into the lake. A continual flow is thus maintained. 
When the camp is occupied during the winter the supply is run 
through to a tank in the attic, with an overflow waste, and again 
continual flow is maintained. During the summer the supply 
pipes in the camp are connected through a second by-pass directly 
with the supply from the spring, thus conserving the water supply 
and assuring cold water from the spring without its having to pass 
through the attic tank. The arrangement of valves and by-pass 
is a little complicated, but has worked well and no trouble has 
been experienced from freezing pipes or failing water supply, a 
matter most essential to comfort. 
It was the aim of the builder to have the house conform as 
much as possible to its natural surroundings; to make it, as it 
The proper Ireatment of the grounds was an important consideration, and here the idea was to preserve as far 
as possible the natural attractions of the place. At the same time all the units of the ordinary garden were 
utilized 
