Camp Kiwanee

Camp Kiwanee Historic District
Needles Lodge
Camp Kiwanee is located in Massachusetts
Camp Kiwanee
Camp Kiwanee is located in the United States
Camp Kiwanee
LocationHanson, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°3′34″N 70°50′50″W / 42.05944°N 70.84722°W / 42.05944; -70.84722
Area68 acres (28 ha)
Built1899
Architectural styleShingle Style, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.05000081 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 24, 2005

Camp Kiwanee is a summer camp and function facility at 1 Camp Kiwanee Road in Hanson, Massachusetts. The core of the property is a summer estate called "The Needles" which was built by industrialist Albert Cameron Burrage between 1899 and 1905. This property was purchased by the Boston chapter of the Camp Fire Girls, and adapted for use as a girls' summer camp. From the 1930s to the 1950s a series of recreational facilities was constructed, and the camp was enlarged by the purchase of adjacent properties. The Town of Hanson purchased the camp from the Camp Fire Girls in 1979, and continues to operate it as a campground and function facility.[2]

The camp was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Camp Kiwanee Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 21, 2014.