Adirondack Architecture

Knollwood Club
The original boathouse at Camp Topridge, built for Marjorie Post by Benjamin A. Muncil
A new boathouse at Camp Topridge, built by Harlan Crow

Adirondack Architecture refers to the rugged architectural style generally associated with the Great Camps within the Adirondack Mountains area in New York. The builders of these camps used native building materials and sited their buildings within an irregular wooded landscape. These camps for the wealthy were built to provide a primitive, rustic appearance while avoiding the problems of in-shipping materials from elsewhere.