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| Keywords: sunset cottage sunsetcottage frederick durant frederickdurant camp cedars campcedars building architecture outdoor Built by local craftsman Andrew Fisher in 1880, Sunset Cottage was originally part of Great Camp Cedars which occupied a 30 acre parcel on the shore of Forked Lake. William West Durant designed and built this camp for his cousin, Frederick C. Durant. The camp's main lodge was constructed by local guides Alvah Dunning and Seth Pierce, two names synonymous with this wilderness region. Fisher's handiwork and imagination present Sunset Cottage's split spruce exterior as mosaic twig work so popular in the region with rustic furniture craftsmen, but on a larger architectural scale. This distinctive little cottage was later skidded and sledded on the lake ice to Camp Deerlands on nearby Little Forked Lake after the camp's sale to The William C. Whitney Preserve. Here, as seen in this photo, the cottage served as a lakeside beach house for a brief period. Then, in 1995, it was moved to its present location on the grounds of The Adirondack Museum. Built by local craftsman Andrew Fisher in 1880, Sunset Cottage was originally part of Great Camp Cedars which occupied a 30 acre parcel on the shore of Forked Lake. William West Durant designed and built this camp for his cousin, Frederick C. Durant. The camp's main lodge was constructed by local guides Alvah Dunning and Seth Pierce, two names synonymous with this wilderness region. Fisher's handiwork and imagination present Sunset Cottage's split spruce exterior as mosaic twig work so popular in the region with rustic furniture craftsmen, but on a larger architectural scale. This distinctive little cottage was later skidded and sledded on the lake ice to Camp Deerlands on nearby Little Forked Lake after the camp's sale to The William C. Whitney Preserve. Here, as seen in this photo, the cottage served as a lakeside beach house for a brief period. Then, in 1995, it was moved to its present location on the grounds of The Adirondack Museum. | ||||
