A Green Mountain Camp 
By LOUISE SHRIMPTON 
HE mountain camp shown in our 
illustrations is a $400.00 investment 
of two young professional men, who 
built it themselves, the work filling 
their leisure time during one sum¬ 
mer. They occupy the camp for a 
month each year, renting it to friends for the rest 
of the season at $56.00 a month, thus obtaining 
returns on their investment in both enjoyment and 
cash. 
The cost of building this camp is estimated at 
$100.00 as it would take two workmen a month 
to complete it, and a man competent to put up 
a rough building can be hired in the neighbor¬ 
hood at $50.00 a month. The estimate of $500.00 
for material and labor, while accurate for the Green 
Mountain region, and for some other sections of 
the country, might not apply to a similar structure 
erected in any locality, on account of the varying 
prices of labor and material. Brick for the chimney 
was brought from a town a few miles away, hut all 
other material was procured near the site. The 
construction is of the simplest. The walls are of 
unmatched lumber and no attempt was made towards 
weatherproof construction, as the building is intended 
merely for summer occupancy. 
The camp has a high-pitched roof. A porch ex¬ 
tends around two sides and its roof has also consider¬ 
able pitch. No paint or stain has been applied to the 
exterior, which has been left to turn gray with age. 
It is a quaint, simple little structure, that harmonizes 
with its woodland surroundings, and it is delightful 
to come across it in the deep woods. 
The porch is an important part of the camp. The 
front portion of it is used as an outdoor living-room 
and is furnished with rocking chairs and a ham¬ 
mock. On the side porch are the dining-room and 
kitchen. The dining-room space is furnished with 
a big table and chairs. The kitchen is partly 
boarded in, and is lined with shelves to a height of 
about seven feet. The cook stove is in the sheltered 
part of the kitchen. The fact that the cooking for 
the camp is done outdoors adds greatly to the happi¬ 
ness of the campers. Fiv e or six young people 
occu'py^the camp at 
a time. They do their 
own cooking, and as 
they wish to spend all 
the time possible out¬ 
doors, the advantages 
of a kitchen on the 
porch are obvious. 
The interior of the 
camp is divided by 
seven foot partitions 
and consists of a living- 
room and two bed¬ 
rooms. The living- 
room occupies the 
greater part of the 
interior and meas¬ 
ures eighteen feet by 
twenty-two feet. At 
one end is the big fire¬ 
place, with its opening 
large enough to hold 
good-sized logs. A 
pair of old-fashioned 
iron andirons are 
used. The material 
employed for the fire¬ 
place is field stone of 
the region, which re¬ 
sembles marble, and 
is of a grayish color. 
ATTRACTIVE VIEWS OF THE CAMP 
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