Talk:Adirondack lean-to/Temp

    The Adirondack, also referred to as an Adirondack lean-to or Adirondack shed, was an- open-sided camp structure that originated as a shelter for guided hunting and fishing parties in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.(1)  They were once a common feature of summer and Scout Camps in the United States.

Adirondacks of Camp Wenasa, outside of Brown's Summit, N.C.

    During the late 1960's and early 1970's, Adirondacks were a common feature at Camp Wenasa, a Boy Scout Camp owned by the former General Greene Council, of Greensboro, N.C.  The camp itself was located northeast of Greensboro, near Brown's Summit.
    The Adirondacks there were grouped two or three to a campsite named after prominent Natitve American tribes.  The structures were about 12 feet square and no more than 8 feet high, of frame construction on a concrete slab, and featured four permanent bunks of canvas looped around steel pipe.  Each Adirondack could accomodate more Scouts by adding folding Army-style camp cots.  The fronts were open, with no walls or doors, and generally faced a central point in the campsite.  Since Camp Wenasa was a summer camp, no fire rings were constructed in the campsites, unlike the original New York versions, which were heated by a campfire at the front.(1)  The roofs were sloped to shed rain, and the open face of the structure had a sloped roof about half the length of the roof over the bunks to keep rain out - unless the wind was blowing from the wrong direction.
    The campsites had a roofed wash station for scrubbing clothes and gear, and for obtaining drinking water.  Camp Wenasa had a number of similar campsites, all supported by a central mess hall, trading post, administrative office, and toilet and shower facility.

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(Note: This is based upon my experiences as a Scout with Troop 513, from Seagrove, NC in the late 60's and early 70's. Camp Wenasa was sold to some land developers in the mid-70's when the General Green Council was reorganized into the Old North State Council.)