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Osgood Pond Osgood Pond is a five hundred acre lake in the hamlet of Paul Smiths, Town of Brighton, Franklin County, New York. It is the site of White Pine Camp, the Summer White House of President Calvin Coolidge, and of the historic Northbrook Lodge, li ...
is a historic camp located within the Adirondack Forest Preserve in Paul Smiths in Franklin County, New York. The camp complex was built by noted great camp builder
Benjamin A. Muncil Benjamin A. Muncil (28 Aug 1867 – 16 Dec 1930) was an American master builder in the Adirondacks early in the 20th century. He was a major figure in the architectural development of the Adirondack Great Camps; among his many projects was ...
for Canadian Senator Wilfrid Laurier McDougald Construction took circa 1925. Contributing resources in the camp complex include a small stone electrical building; covered canoe slips; pumphouse; stone bridge ; guideboat house; tennis cottage and court; dining room; kitchen; breezeway; library; shuffleboard court; Marcy cabin; boathouse; Gabriels cabin; Main cabin; Whiteface cabin; and Fairfield / staff house. The buildings exhibit
American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...
style architectural influences. Northbrook Lodge was operate as a summer resort until 2009 and is now privately owned. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2014.


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Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Adirondack Great Camps Houses completed in 1919 Buildings and structures in Franklin County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, New York Paul Smiths, New York American Craftsman architecture in New York (state) {{FranklinCountyNY-NRHP-stub