Dreyfoos Camp
Address: 157 West Shore Road
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Year built: Original structure, 1920; Boathouse, 1991; Additional structures, 2005
Other information: This is a private camp built by Alex W. Dreyfoos Jr. on the privately owned section of Lake Kiwassa. Dreyfoos grew up camping with his family in a tent platform on Burnt Island and later owned a tent platform site on Green Island. When the state abolished the camps, Dreyfoos acquired a modest camp on this Kiwassa site and over the years rebuilt the camp buildings seen here. The new boathouse was designed by Mo Distin. One original building, a small cottage, remains, and has been used over the years as a playhouse for children. Plans are to convert it into a sauna.
Mr. Dreyfoos believes that the original camp was built by a Scotsman shortly after WWI. Apparently an addition was built (to the right of the building in the first photo) to accommodate a college reunion for the Scotsman's wife. The camp was apparently donated to Friars or Monks from Albany.
Dreyfoos bought the property from Philmore J. Hyde in 1972. It was the westward portion of a larger parcel owned by the Hyde Family. Phil Hyde wanted to keep the eastern portion of the property undeveloped in order to maintain his view. A garage once stood on the center portion of the property, and this center portion has been subdivided into three parcels.
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