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An Adirondack lean-to or Adirondack shelter is a three-sided log structure popularized in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York which provides shelter for campers. [1] Since their development in the Adirondacks, this type of shelter has seen use in a number of parks throughout the United States, such as Isle Royale National Park in ...
An Adirondack lean-to or Adirondack shelter is a three sided log structure popularized in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. Lean-to structures offer shelter for campers. [ 5 ] Since their development in the Adirondacks , this type of shelter has seen use in a number of parks throughout the United States, such as Isle Royale National ...
A lean-to shelter is a simplified free-standing version of a wilderness hut with three solid walls and a single- or, in the case of an Adirondack lean-to, offset-pitched gable roof. The open side is commonly oriented away from the prevailing weather. Often it is made of rough logs or unfinished wood and used for camping.
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Adirondack lean-to; Bivouac shelter - a tent, or a permanent structure (e.g., a bivacco in the Italian Alps). Bothy - a basic shelter found in rural areas in the United Kingdom, particularly Scotland; Lean-to; Log cabin - small house built from logs; Vernacular architecture - traditional architecture in a particular area
The Adirondack lean-to is a three sided log shelter. Saranac Village at Will Rogers: a Tudor Revival style retirement community, was constructed in 1930 as a tuberculosis treatment facility for vaudeville performers. Due to the subsequent decline of vaudeville performers, and an eventual cure for tuberculosis, its doors closed in 1975.
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