Applicable National Register Criteria: A and C Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) : B Period(s) of Significance: 1931-1945 Significant Dates : 1931 Cultural Affiliation: N/A Recreation Architecture sheet. Asbestos walls Wood other Sandstone Architectural Classification: Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in Historic: Domestic Describe present and historic physical appearance._x_ See continuation Late 19th and Early 2oth Century American Movements Significant Person(s): N/A Other Description: Other: Rustic relation to other properties: - Architect/Builder: - Good, Albert H._ Social History Areas of Significance: local NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Section number 7 Page 6 Summit County, ohio The setting of the Concord Lodge and Adirondacks Historic District, consisting of a lodge, an open-sided modern washstand, and five Adirondack cabins, is a wooded cabins, constructed in 1935, are rectangular structures, identical in construction at this site, the lodge was substantially remodeled in 1948 with a large plywood Great Trails Council BSA, 1934). feeling. These five cabins are in a rough semicircular grouped arrangement. The other structure on the peninsula is the Kiwanis Lodge.Although built in 1939 The original locations of the Adirondack cabins are somewhat of a mystery.An National Park Service CONTINUATION SHEET Camp Manatoc Concord Lodge and Adirondacks Historic District United States Department of the Interior adapted for winter use by closing them in and furnishing them with a heat/cook Indians of New York.
roof provides a canopy over an open-front entry way.There are no windows on any NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES sacrifices the integrity of workmanship, design, association, and (8-86) on the setting of Camp Manatoc, see the Recreation/Conservation Resources of addition. The new addition greatly alters the building, completely changing its 1"Camp Manatoc Year Book, Season 1934-1935" (Akron, Ohio: The Adirondacks are all one-story, rectangular-shaped edifices.The foundations type is salt box with asphalt shingles. massing and scale.
Adirondack shelter design came from similar shelters used by the Adirondack area on a peninsula that extends out into Lake more information are made of concrete block.The cabins' exterior walls are covered with vertical stove.The Boy Scouts of America used this design in many scout camps.The board and batten Wormy Chestnut siding. All of the battens are squared.The roof undated photograph from the Camp Manatoc files at the Summit County Historical The short slope of the salt box gable OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number 7 Summit County, ohio Chestnut blight. Today, this wood is unobtainable. The interior of the lodge is divided into two separate sections, presumably for Plain Dealer, 5 March 1992. found. Page period of significance. CONTINUATION SHEET over two vertical panels.
sections.Another feature found in both sections is a massive brick fireplace United States Department of the Interior National Park Service and underneath the eaves, triangular knee braces and exposed rafter ends can be chamfered while later replacements are squared.The chestnut tree was native to Camp Manatoc Concord Lodge and Adirondacks Historic District is located on the roof ridge of the stem section.The roof has asphalt shingles A sill course with a beveled top runs around the building under the windows.A vent openings are located at the apex of the gable walls in the southeast section, 1935,they were most probably not moved to their current location until after the elevations have an American bond pattern. with a large, squared timber mantel.
located on the building and the two original doors are defined by one top panel There is a ventilator cupola with a pyramid roof astride the roof ridge of the stem part of the 'T' section.A brick chimney stack with an American bond pattern NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NPS Form 10-900-a and bead molding walls, and wood floors characterize the interiors of both The Concord Lodge is a one-story'T'-plan building constructed in 1931.Its Ted o'Neil,"Scout Was on Frontier of Movement in U.s.," (8-86) Foundation is made of concrete block and there are concrete platforms with two section. casements. Its Some of the battens are vertical board and batten Wormy Chestnut siding. wood water table is located at the bottom of the walls of the 'T' plan's stem OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 8 Summit County, ohio Originally, the northeast and southwest eave with solid wood walls with windows. At this time, the concrete platforms were furnaces. elevations had demountable sides which were removed during the summer to create United States Department of the Interior Camp Manatoc Concord Lodge and Adirondacks Historic District foundation underneath the structure. The removable side wall panels were replaced National Park Service NPS Form 10-900-a alterations over the years. (8-86) a pavilion. While the lodge continues to be used as such, it has undergone several minor added in front of the lodge was further improved In 1946,Concord Lodge was winterized by building a solid wall OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 Section number 7 Page Summit County, ohio Name of Photographer: Jeff Winstel Date of Photograph: 11/92*, photographs Concord Lodge, southeast elevation, facing northwest - Concord Lodge, northeast elevation, facing southwest Concord Lodge, southwest elevation, facing northeast Concord Lodge, interior of east section, northwest wall, facing southeast Concord Lodge, interior of east section, entry vestibule, northwest corner, 14. Concord Lodge, interior east section, ceiling detail Concord Lodge, interior east section, fireplace, southeast wall, facing Concord Lodge, interior west section, ceiling detail, facing southeast 17. Concord Lodge, interior west section, fireplace, west wall, facing west northwest conditions.
Photographs facing southeast CONTINUATION SHEET Camp Manatoc Concord Lodge and Adirondacks Historic District The following information is the same for all photographs unless otherwise noted: Great Trail Council Concord Lodge, northwest elevation, facing southeast National Park Service United States Department of the Interior NPS Form 10-900-a *A recent site visit verifies that the 1992 photographs represent current Boy Scouts of America (8-86) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Property owner: Concord Adirondacks, #1, #2, #3, and #4, front elevations, facing south Concord Adirondack #1, west and south elevations, facing northeast Concord Adirondack #3, north and west elevations, facing southwest Location of original negative: Cuyahoga Valley NRA Akron, Ohio 44309 Concord Adirondack #5, north and east elevation, facing southwest Concord #5,front southeast OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 10 Summit County, Ohio The historic district, consisting of Concord Lodge and five Adirondack Cabins, is a prominent Akron-area architectural design institution, and as an integral part through enormous changes in terms of industrialization, booming population growth, the qualities of country life began to disappear, especially for young boys, who leisure, and for the most part, recreation was prohibited at parks. As an advocate of recreation, Henry S. Curtis, former secretary and vice president younger generation, both rural and urban, which was the outward expression of a (Boston: Ginn and Company, 1914), xv.
National Park Service Camp Manatoc Concord Lodge and Adirondacks Historic District The district is important not only for its architectural style, association with disappearing as the more capable members of the population were drifting toward of the Playground Association of America, expressed his frustrations over the need have traditionally found adventure in the outdoors. United States Department of the Interior for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for Social History and qualify under Criteria Consideration B: Moved Properties. Chestnut.The period of significance extends from the 193l construction date of developed and created somewhat of a rift over how to use America's parks and the important role in the Boy Scout Camp.
During the same period, a growing emphasis on the social merit of recreation Henry and Recreation for the Open Country for more active recreation in his 1914book entitled Play and Recreation for the NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) and Recreation and Criterion C for Architectural significance. Since the Adirondack cabins have been moved from their original location, they are addressed the lodge to 1944. hunger for a larger life. He felt that the spirit of play was lacking, and that "The Social Center, the Boy Scouts and the Camp Fire Girls must bring back the located in the Camp Manatoc Boy Scout Camp near Peninsula, Ohio.
It is eligible During this period the nominated zone continued to play an and changing demographics.As families moved to factory towns such as Akron, The first decade and a half of Camp Manatoc's existence coincided with one of the NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Section number 8 Page 11 Summit County, ohio started under the auspices and direction of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, a retired Scouting and camping, prevalent in the Cuyahoga valley by the early, twentieth One wealthy, benevolent Akron industrialist laid the foundation of Camp Manatoc by offering his 420-acre farm, located just east of Peninsula." Upon his death, and build a first class boy scout camp. His gift inspired others, like P.W.
After the construction of Camp Manatoc was complete, both corporate and community Manatoc, Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, Brecksville, fundraiser. in Akron. recreational facilities was accomplished while maintaining the natural setting CONTINUATION SHEET continued to give money and time to maintain the camp.Firestone Corporation even within the valley, prominent area citizens were playing active roles in furthering inherent to the parks. camping offered a needed respite from the cluttered urban environment. While the Akron and Cleveland Metroparks were acquiring substantial landholdings National Park Service movement had evolved into something approaching a moral crusade;scouting and The Boy Scout movement was originally established in England in 19o7.It was Camp Manatoc Concord Lodge and Adirondacks Historic District United States Department of the Interior Ibid., xvi.
5Jim Jackson,"Manatoc Jubilee Helps Recall How Valley Park Ohio. (8-86) By the twentieth century, the conservation Litchfield of the Goodyear Corporation, along with the Firestone and Goodrich Corporations, as well as fraternal organizations Started, " Akron Beacon Journal, Historic Research Files, support remained strong. century, implemented the progressive ideals of the playground movement in a wooded British Army officer and Boer War veteran.In 1916, Boy Scouting was instituted adventure and romance that the country has lost." OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 12 Summit County, ohio addition to the fun and adventure of camp life, boys learned skills applicable to Scouting has typically taught boys survival skills, as well as instilling of WWII, the camp programs were slightly modified to incorporate some wartime to experience the great outdoors through camping, which the 1934-35 season Camp Manatoc Yearbook interpreted as "the opportunity for a health-building, experience gaining, courage-testing, character molding, man-making adventure." Trails Council BSA, 1943). BSA, 1931) - societal concerns. Jackson.
such programs at a summer camp illustrates how scouting was linked to contemporary National Park Service Camp Manatoc Concord Lodge and Adirondacks Historic District present community support but in the promotional materials of the camp.In United States Department of the Interior camp has served thousands of the area's young men by giving them the opportunity as the building size serves as a good example of the decentralized camp ideal. distractions of a large centralized group, the large lodge units of Manatoc were NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Criterion A: Social History and Recreation The value of this camp to the Akron community is not only evident in past and been able to enjoy the camping experience. the changing society at large while at the camp.
6The Value of Camp Manatoc to Your Boy"(Akron, Ohio: Great A 193l promotional brochure entitled,"story of Camp Manatoc,"stresses that the NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) "Story of Camp Manatoc" (Akron, Ohio: Great Trails Council training and service programs.The fact that these young campers were exposed to created a fund to pay camp costs for some young boys who otherwise would not have to permit more personal attention from the group leaders and eliminate the The Concord Lodge is an original building as well as an integral part of the Camp designed to serve 32-40 Scouts.The semi-remote location of Concord Lodge as well OMB Approval No.
1024-0018 CONTINUATION SHEET Section number _ 8 Page 13 Summit County, ohio to incorporate the lost values of a rural upbringing in urban society youths, can A 1935 NPS publication Park Structures, describes those features that make for create a less conspicuous, low silhouette. Native materials and colors that occur 1°C. Wirth, Park Structures (Washington D.C.: United States Department of the Interior NPS, 1935) . "Akron Historic Landmarks Survey (Akron, Ohio: City of Akron, Department of Planning and Urban Development, 1980) . illustration) National Park Service Criterion C: Architecture The architectural design for Concord Lodge was included in the original plans in the surroundings are emphasized.Warm browns are suggested to help retire a be seen in the themes central to camp activities.Camp theme weeks such as Rodeo subordinate the structure to the environment.
rustic style, which was later widely popularized by the National Park Service Camp Manatoc Concord Lodge and Adirondacks Historic District The birth of Camp Manatoc, largely a local example of a conscious national effort The Adirondack addition to the camp three years after its NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES United States Department of the Interior Week and Explorer's week demonstrated a nostalgia for the pioneer life tied to a in 193l.Good and Wagner also designed the Adirondack cabins. 9"Camp Manatoc Year Book, 1934-35 season." NPS Form 10-900-a The Concord Lodge and Adirondack cabins area locally significant example of the to blend with the colors of the earth and the tree trunks. for four boys each. (8-86) belief that these recreational experiences provided a moral lesson.
(See The rustic style is meant to from their more typical eclectic revival style.The Concord Lodge was constructed were for experienced campers as they were more exposed to nature with their open- building in a wooded setting and brown weathered gray roofs are suggested in order presented by Albert H.Good and Edwin prominent architectural design OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 CONTINUATION SHEET Page 14 Summit County, Ohio 40's." Criteria Consideration B: Moved Properties Despite the 1946 and 1959 alterations to Concord Lodge, the building maintains its NPS, 1985), 236. Council BSA, 1932) . massing. Historic Integrity decorative trim. historic integrity.Alterations have not significantly changed the overall design synonymous with their original intent.
characteristics.They were purposely designed to blend in with their natural, Good and Wagner's lodge and cabin designs embody these rustic style architectural Section number8 Wagner and A.H. Good were chosen to design many ensuing park structures built in decentralized in order to give the scouts more personal attention from their group The building is in its original location and has a high degree of integrity of National Park Service For architectural historic features of the cabins remain intact and Camp Manatoc Concord Lodge and Adirondacks Historic District Because of their success in designing the rustic Camp Manatoc structures, E.D.
of the historic structure, and have been done with similar materials, scale and United States Department of the Interior NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NPS Form 10-900-a the Akron area by the Civilian Conservation Corps throughout the 3o's and early 2Nick Scrattish, Historic Resource Study: Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area Department of the Interior: leaders and eliminate the distractions of a large centralized group. (8-86) wooded surroundings. The lodge is constructed of brown, wormy Chestnut with a low setting, feeling, and association. The original design of the Camp was considered 13"Announcing the New Camp Manatoc," (Akron, Ohio: Great Trail The unaltered. intimately to the is applicable despite their relocation within These rugged shelters were designed to relate the camp as the wooded environment of Camp Manatoc permeates the entire camp.
The cabins continue to be used for lodging facilities which is constructed in the mid-1930's. OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 Section number 8 Page 15 Summit County, Ohio CONTINUATION SHEET National Park Service also in the immediate vicinity of the Adirondack cabins. Camp Manatoc Concord Lodge and Adirondacks Historic District Adirondacks relate to the natural environment and their original design intent. setting of the Concord Lodge remains similar to its origination--wooded areas United States Department of the Interior of Camp Manatoc's more information on the setting of Camp Manatoc, The setting of Concord Lodge is a wooded area with an open field, near the middle NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NPS Form 10-900-a (8-86) Although the Adirondacks have been moved throughout the camp, they appear to Forester retain the significant features of their design.
continue to surround the lodge and there is an absence of new construction. used, the unique roof profile, vertical board and batten construction, and the open front walls have remained the same. The setting and location of the State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria 9.
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