Rockywold–Deephaven Camps
Rockywold–Deephaven Camps | |
One of the buildings at Rockywold | |
43°46′35″N 71°32′36″W / 43.77639°N 71.54333°W / 43.77639; -71.54333 | |
Area | 391 acres (158 ha) |
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MPS | Squam MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 13000382[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 14, 2013 |
The Rockywold–Deephaven Camps (RDC) is a historic family summer camp on Squam Lake in Holderness, New Hampshire. Now operated as a single facility, the camp began life as two adjacent camps. Rockywold Camp was established in 1901 by Mary Alice Armstrong and Deephaven in 1897 by Alice Mabel Bacon. Since 1918 the camps have been under combined administration, first under control of Mrs. Armstrong and the Howe family, and now under an organization owned primarily by the camp's returning guests.[2] The camps have been a major influence on the development of Squam Lake as a summer destination, with many of its early campers returning to the lake (if not the camps) for many years.[3] The camp grounds and facilities have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
The camps are located in northern Holderness, near the northwest tip of Squam Lake, on a pair of peninsulas separate by an inlet known to campers as The Bight. The camp occupies 103 acres (42 ha) of land, most of which is on the mainland, but also includes a few small islands in the lake. (The National Register listing also includes 288 acres (117 ha) of the lake itself, between the mainland and those islands.) There are more than 60 residential cottages at the camp, as well as two lodges, two dining halls, and numerous smaller service-related facilities. The cottages are all distinct constructions, with many set along a portion of the camp's 8,000 feet (2,400 m) of shoreline. All are of wood-frame construction. Recreational facilities at the camp, in addition to water-based activities, include tennis and basketball courts.[3] The camp's shareholders announced in May 2020 that RDC would not be open for the 2020 summer season, the first time it has not opened in its 123-year history.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "RDC History". Rockywold–Deephaven Camps. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Rockywold–Deephaven Camps" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
External links
- Camp website
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Landmark
- The Epic of American Civilization Murals
- Ashland Gristmill and Dam
- Canaan Street Historic District
- Central Square Historic District
- Colburn Park Historic District
- Dorchester Common Historic District
- Enfield Shaker Historic District
- Enfield Village Historic District
- Haverhill Corner Historic District
- Hebron Village Historic District
- Lyme Center Historic District
- Lyme Common Historic District
- Orford Street Historic District
- Plymouth Historic District
- Shepard Hill Historic District
- True Farm
- Webster Estate
- Abbie Greenleaf Library
- Ashland Junior High School
- Ashland Railroad Station
- Bath Covered Bridge
- Bedell Covered Bridge‡
- Boulderwood
- Brick Store
- Bristol Town Hall
- Burleigh Brae and Webster Boathouse
- Burt–Cheney Farm
- Camp Carnes
- Camp Mowglis
- Camp Ossipee
- Canaan Meetinghouse
- Centre Village Meeting House
- Chapel of the Holy Cross
- Chocorua Island Chapel
- Daniel Carr House
- Dorchester Community Church
- Dow Academy
- Edward H. Lane House
- Enfield Center Town House
- Felsengarten
- First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry
- Frost Place
- Goodall-Woods Law Office
- Great Hollow Road Stone Arch Bridge
- Hanover Town Library
- Haverhill–Bath Covered Bridge
- Hewitt House
- Holderness Free Library
- Holderness Inn
- Jeremiah Hutchins Tavern
- Lisbon Inn
- Littleton Town Building
- Lovett's by Lafayette Brook
- Lyme–East Thetford Bridge‡
- Minot–Sleeper Library
- Morey Memorial Bridge‡
- Moses Kent House
- Norman and Marion Perry House
- North Holderness Freewill Baptist Church–Holderness Historical Society Building
- Old Grafton County Courthouse
- Owls Head
- Piermont Bridge‡
- The Rocks
- Rockywold–Deephaven Camps
- Sawyer–Medlicott House
- Sphinx Tomb
- Spring Hill Farm
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church
- Stone Arch Underpass
- Swiftwater Covered Bridge
- Thayer's Hotel
- Trinity Church
- US Post Office and Courthouse–Littleton Main
- Watch Rock Camp
- Whipple House
- Woodsville Opera Building