Putnam Camp is a historic former farm and Adirondack seasonal

camp Camp may refer to: Outdoor accommodation and recreation * Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site * a temporary settlement for nomads * Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to descri ...

and national historic district located at St. Huberts,

Essex County, New York Essex County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,381. Its county seat is the hamlet of Elizabethtown. Its name is from the English county of Essex. Essex is one of only 2 counties that are e ...

. The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the Lower Camp and Upper Camp relating to the property's historic uses as a farm and later a camp. It was developed in the mid-19th century as the Beede farm and the property includes the Beede farmhouse (c. 1850) and timber frame barn / woodshop (c. 1850). Later farm-related buildings include the Bungalow (pre-1875, 1894). The camp was established in 1875–1876 and subsequently cabins were built including the Coop (c. 1878), Chatterbox (c. 1890), Stoop (c. 1877), Shanty (c. 1875), Nursery (c. 1888) and Parent's Assistant (c. 1890), Ark (1905), and the Doctor's House (c. 1905). The property was developed in the mid-1870s by three prominent Boston families - Bowditch, Putnam, and James, namely

Henry Pickering Bowditch Henry Pickering Bowditch (April 4, 1840 – March 13, 1911) was an American soldier, physician, physiologist, and dean of the Harvard Medical School. Following his teacher Carl Ludwig, he promoted the training of medical practitioners in a contex ...

(1840–1911),

William James William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. James is considered to be a leading thinker of the lat ...

(1842–1910), Charles Pickering Putnam (1844–1914), and

James Jackson Putnam James Jackson Putnam (October 3, 1846 – November 4, 1918) was an American neurologist. Biography Born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1866, Putnam went to Europe to study in the co ...

(1846–1918). ''Note:'' This includes an
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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 ...

in 2012.

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