![]() He doubled Durant's original dining capacity and enlarged the kitchen and service facilities to allow for increased guest activity. He added Wigwam, a major guest facility and men's entertainment headquarters, built a hunting camp at the end of the lake, and introduced the Playhouse and accompanying concrete tennis court thereby developing distinct social and recreation centers. In the Gilded Age, Adirondack camps were becoming all the rage and the newly married Vanderbilt immediately began expanding and improving the already lavish facilities to better suit his purposes. He purchased Sagamore in 1901 as a private recreational and entertainment retreat. Failing finances and a family law suit forced Durant to sell Sagamore just after its completion.Īlfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was an accomplished sportsman. Sagamore was intended as a year-round home for Durant and epitomized his vision of comfort, indeed, luxury, in the midst of a privately owned, unspoiled wilderness. Durant's dining hall was intimate seating only a dozen people and the camp's entire lodging capacity was provided by just five bedrooms in the Main Lodge. Though small, it was fully detailed by Adirondack artisans who worked with Durant to produce elaborate results. ![]() Built by William West Durant from 1895 - 1897, Sagamore was originally designed on a smaller scale to be his own private and self-sufficient family camp.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |