Coykendall Lodge Ruins Chimney - Alder Lake DEC Campground
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sagefemme
N 42° 02.982 W 074° 40.980
18T E 526232 N 4655342
This isn't quite as lonely as some, surrounded by the pillars of Coykendall Lodge as it is. Still, a highly visible relic.
Waymark Code: WMM60M
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2014
Views: 2
The link below tells a beautiful story (with pictures). I will attempt to summarize:
Alder Lake, was a natural pond, but became a 45-acre man-made lake when Samuel D. Coykendall, a railroad and canal shipping tycoon, had a dam built in 1899, and he built a vacation home on the shore.
The Coykendall family eventually sold the property in 1945 to a trout fishing club based in nearby Liberty, NY. Nassau County Council (Boy Scouts) later bought Alder Lake in 1960.
The scouting organization relinquished the property in 1980, and the lodge was still standing, even as late as 1998 (see the link for photos taken in 1988 and 1998). It would have take $1 million to restore the lodge, which the state never did, and it deteriorated to the point where it had to be pulled down, leaving only what we see today.
Is your description history or fantasy: History (If I trust my source - and I do)
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