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798: 419: 68: 407: 93: 1304: 1324: 51: 1314: 805: 100: 75: 349:. They would be driven to a launch which would take them to one of the boat houses. From there, they could either take the stairs or ride a covered, six-person electronic lift or funicular, installed for Post's aunt Molly Post, who suffered from heart trouble. For years, the caretaker of the camp and his wife would feed lunch to staff in a dining room in the caretaker's home. 334:; the trailhead is near the private property line of Camp Topridge. From the parking lot, staff would walk a hilly, unpaved path into the workers' side of the camp. In the early 1970s, this unpaved path was widened and became suitable for one-way car traffic. Prior to the paving, vehicles could only be driven over the ice in the winter. 314:
to the main building at the top of the ridge. Three times each week, guests would gather in the 65-by-50-foot (20 by 15 m) living room where full-length movies could be screened; an adjoining dining room seated thirty guests. Many of the original furnishings of the room, which included an
280:, was considered by Post to be a "rustic retreat"; it consisted of 68 buildings, including a fully staffed main lodge and private guest cabins, each staffed with its own butler. It was one of the largest of the Adirondack great camps and possibly the most elaborately furnished. 1358: 1126: 1121: 1209: 1204: 1274: 1066: 1214: 1116: 1046: 841: 1199: 1106: 1026: 961: 946: 851: 1051: 931: 1368: 1091: 1081: 1056: 1041: 1036: 986: 926: 921: 901: 886: 881: 876: 871: 861: 826: 735: 1133: 1076: 1071: 1001: 991: 976: 951: 911: 866: 856: 1228: 1101: 1096: 1061: 1016: 1011: 1006: 996: 981: 966: 956: 916: 906: 846: 836: 821: 1238: 1166: 1138: 1111: 1086: 941: 896: 891: 352:
Post bequeathed the property to the State of New York. The main lodge, most of the buildings and 105 acres (42 ha) were offered for sale, while the remaining acreage became part of the
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is one of Crow's regular guests, spending a week each summer at Topridge for the past two decades. One of the decorations at the lodge is a photo-realistic painting by
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As originally built, the property could only be reached by water, though a driveway was added in later years. Guests arrived by
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and drive around the water and leave their cars in a parking lot, now used as public parking for the trail to
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Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
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built for Post's third husband, who had served as ambassador to the Soviet Union.
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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bought in 1920 and substantially expanded and renovated in 1923 by
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extensive collection of American Indian artifacts, are now in the
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National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, New York
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The camp had 207 acres (84 ha) and was situated on an
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The second boathouse at Topridge, added by Harlan Crow
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Buildings and structures in Franklin County, New York
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Camp Topridge is located in New York
Camp Topridge is located in the United States
Keese Mill, New York
44°25′01″N 74°17′55″W / 44.417°N 74.2985°W / 44.417; -74.2985
MPS
Great Camps of the Adirondacks TR
86002952
Adirondack Park
Great Camp
Marjorie Merriweather Post
General Foods
C. W. Post
Keese Mill
U.S. state
New York
esker
Upper St. Regis Lake
Saranac Lake, New York
Ben Muncil
Theodore Blake
floatplane
funicular
Smithsonian Institution
dacha
Paul Smiths
Saint Regis Mountain
Lake Clear
Vickers Viscount

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