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Vanderbilt Great Camp Sagamore Tour

We tour the mother of all cabins, a camp once owned by the Vanderbilt family, in the woods of upstate New York's Adirondack mountains.
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Vanderbilt Great Camp Sagamore Tour

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" What this is a fantastic places and not tell me who built it when was it built this building that we're looking at dates and 1897 it was built by William Webster rampant this is the grandest of his architecture architectural Adirondack buildings. And the rent really was the innovator of the style yes yes he -- also land developer right right but he -- the jewels -- Adirondack right. And he didn't own them for -- now particularly that's what he meant to keep this -- for himself but there were several lawsuits and his life. And he had to sell this went to the Vanderbilt family in 191 and they kept it to 1954. Now the great conceit -- these places that they look like they're very rustic but they're not right well you know there European architecture that dealt with indigenous materials. But the point was when he got here to the wilderness to -- just like you didn't town you want to live very well this solid logs. Well this particular -- to look that way but of course it's standard frame construction it's covered with half --"

" And it has some beautiful detailing in the windows themselves those rich red casement or very very refined and look at these doors with the studs -- open. Very take a look into your place."

" Like just."

" Coming to remain lunch it's terrific. And there's a part on what is beautiful. It isn't it -- a what an incredible room. In this huge pine table right in the middle of the --"

" Yes let's actually sort of famous because one of the few pieces of original furnishings still half here at the camp. Tell me about this template to take this well doesn't want to via find cases -- sniping work that we have here camp. And this was made right here in camp Smith of course session the horses but they also that a lot of this beautiful work like a chandelier -- a great camp was totally self sufficient sufficient right so the Smith was right here in camp and of course all the workers who built camps were living here in -- This is red spruce and these themes are in fact the supporting beams for the building. And you can see here how they sat in the saddles the styles of the fireplace. And this is because of course built fireplace first the whole chimney is the security -- of the buildings put around it so then of course you have to do this kind of work to make that happen to fit it right if you don't grant editor. Yes this -- I believe called nice. -- And -- point here so we have the lick all around us and take a look -- sure. -- that this thing. Yeah now this is very. Typical to rent the architecture he had -- build ends. And this is in fact probably piece -- route rather than a piece of a branch for example. But the sheet has just the house -- beautiful stuff. Yeah look at it. So this is racket lake. I actually this is called fact more -- it was named after the camp in fact we're means wise old juvenile -- point that's something that lots of people like -- where there -- other great camps along the banks alone on on the of completely private like and the Vanderbilt family owned the 1500 acres surrounding the lake itself state and now we're at one time I was -- great place to spend the summer. Was a great place to spend the summer but the first part of the summer in June was a black flies isn't they came about July 15 and stay -- Labor -- maybe six or eight weeks yes parent may. Could we look at the dining about cassette -- I want to via walkways hair to a lot of were covered like this those went from building to building of course you keep out of the weather and you got wasn't here pictured it."

" the amazing amount of -- that goes into these places. --"

" Really Al -- caretakers good carpenters and and a keen sense of design who's. It's it's a nice face that we she's created the large rectangle ending in this octagonal bay and it's a beautiful space and -- great views that's the best and can't. Back to the lodge where they lived yes to the dining hall where they -- right to play cards or whatever out some different part of canceling need to take a lot all right."

" The White House is just a small version of the main watch same exact design isn't it yes."

" And I guess it's ideally located to watch people playing on the tennis -- right the -- quartz very near in the afternoon or whatever and then. After dinner inside that's right this games you'll -- sure. It's huge automated stuff. A lot bigger wants to get inside here isn't what you would think from the outside and of course the structure. What really catches."

" My this incredible. Well I guess that the trust them right back and gets out of the red spruce would have no furniture. Well there was an auction at one point -- and -- so everything left at that point in there used to be roulette wheel over in the corner hand up ping pong table here yeah. And then the --"

" Table here all the billions well anything left the light fixtures pitiful as that was that made here right here in boxes. Now if anything that chimney. Is bigger in in this many lives than it is in the mainland in its very grandiose -- massive right. And we look at the keystone in the middle of music. Let's start aren't there now -- I heard a rumor that it was a private bowling Alley it plots not a room records show that tape great which went. Often the flat."

" I bowling Alley in the woods that's -- person remains -- remarkable wasn't that it's -- the Vanderbilt spell those it would six feet of concrete -- would last -- it's eighty years old."

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