Camp Wild Air is a historic Adirondack Great Camp of twelve rustic buildings on a peninsula on Upper Saint Regis Lake in Brighton, Franklin County, New York, begun in 1882 by the newspaper publisher Whitelaw Reid on land initially laid out by his niece Ella Spencer Reid and purchased outright in 1890. Its main lodge, rebuilt in 1917 after a fire and known as the Living Room, is the only known rustic design by the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, whose partner William Rutherford Mead contributed to the camp, and the octagonal log Bishop's Palace, with its large fireplace, takes its name from its use by visiting Episcopal clergy. As the first permanent camp on Upper Saint Regis Lake, it remains owned by descendants of the Reid family and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as part of the Great Camps of the Adirondacks nomination. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountNew York, United States 2 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
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Camp Wild Air is a historic Adirondack Great Camp of twelve rustic buildings on a peninsula on Upper Saint Regis Lake in Brighton, Franklin County, New York, begun in 1882 by the newspaper publisher Whitelaw Reid on land initially laid out by his niece Ella Spencer Reid and purchased outright in 1890. Its main lodge, rebuilt in 1917 after a fire and known as the Living Room, is the only known rustic design by the architectural firm McKim, Mead and White, whose partner William Rutherford Mead contributed to the camp, and the octagonal log Bishop's Palace, with its large fireplace, takes its name from its use by visiting Episcopal clergy. As the first permanent camp on Upper Saint Regis Lake, it remains owned by descendants of the Reid family and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as part of the Great Camps of the Adirondacks nomination.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1882)
completion_date/completed = 1882
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 390839): New York, United States
Wikidata item Q5027685, property P131/P17 (location): New York, United States
In Style: Rustic Architecture, Wikidata P149
architectural style: rustic architecture
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Great Camps)Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Great Camps)
Wikidata item Q5027685, instance of (P31): Great Camps
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