Built 1908 NRHP Reference # 66000512 Opened 1908 Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | Architect Curtis Burroughs Designated NHL December 29, 1962 Area 2 ha | |
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Location Burroughs Road, Roxbury, NY Address Burroughs Memorial Rd, Roxbury, NY 12474, USA Similar Clinton House, Sayville National Wildlife R, Bristol Beach State Park, Amagansett National Wildlife R, Steuben Memorial State Hist | ||
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Woodchuck Lodge, also known as John Burroughs Memorial State Historic Site is in Roxbury in the western Catskills of Delaware County, New York, was a summertime home of naturalist John Burroughs. He is buried here, at the foot of a rock on which he played as a child. From the gravesite one has a panoramic view of mountains.
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"In 1913, Henry Ford purchased the Roxbury farm as a present for John Burroughs, who had built a cabin, "Woodchuck Lodge." John's nephew, John C, the son of Curtis Burroughs, ran the farm from the main house."
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.
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