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| Property Name | Rockywold-Deephaven Camps |
| Reference Number | 13000382 |
| State | New Hampshire |
| County | Grafton |
| Town | Holderness & Sandwich |
| Street Address | Pinehurst Ro ad |
| Multiple Property Submission Name | N/A |
| Status | Listed 6/14/2013 |
| Areas of Significance | Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture |
| Link to full file | https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000382.pdf |
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| It is significant under A in the area of Entertainment/Recreation for its strong associations with the evolution of Squam as a destination for summer homes. The camps were established as two separate family camps by two women, Alice Mabel Bacon and Mary Alice Armstrong, in 1897 and 1902 respectively. Both women were educators and idealists who imbued their camps with their values. In 1918 the camps merged into a single entity under one owner, Mary Armstrong, but always retained separate identities. Of the many organized camps -established on the shoreline ofSquam Lake, none has been as influential or long-lasting as Rockywold-Deephaven Camps. Its underlying philosophy has not changed since first envisioned by its founders: to bring people steeped in the intensity of their professional and urban lives to Squam for a summer immersed in simplicity and nature. The list of summer and permanent residents who were introduced to Squam through RDC, either as a child or adult, is voluminous. More than 100 years after its founding, the camp continues to be deeply entrenched in the Squam community. Rockywold-Deephaven Camps is significant under Criterion Can excellent, if not unique example of a tum-of-the-20th -century organized camp, one that constitutes the largest cluster of rustic cottages at Squam-a primary property type identified and described in the Multiple Property listing entitled --Squam: The Evolution and Preservation of a Lakeside Community.-- The property, both the built resources and natural environment, retains a high level of integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. |
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