Debar Pond Lodge is a historic

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and national

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located within the

Adirondack Forest Preserve New York's Forest Preserve, comprises almost all the lands owned by the state of New York within the Adirondack and Catskill parks. It is managed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). , the Forest Preserve covers nearly ...

at Duane in

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. The camp was designed by William G. Distin and built about 1940. The main lodge is a rambling two-story,

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building of light-frame construction with an exterior veneer of half and full round logs. The interior features a centrally located, two-story Great Room. Also on the property are the contributing boathouse; a guide house/garage; a generator house; a barn; a shed; a greenhouse and potting shed; and stone posts which mark the associated stone-lined walkway to the lodge's principal entrance. The property was privately owned until 2004, and is now a part of the Adirondack Forest Preserve and under the management and control of the

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. ''Note:'' This includes an
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in 2014.

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An Outing to Debar Pond Lodge with Adirondack Architectural Heritage, July 19, 22, and 23, 2004
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