Good Fellow Club Youth Camp

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Good Fellow Club Youth Camp
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Good Fellow Club Youth Camp buildings, November 2013
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Location303 Franklin St., Porter, Indiana
Coordinates 41°37′36″N87°6′2″W / 41.62667°N 87.10056°W / 41.62667; -87.10056
Area63 acres (25 ha)
Built1941 (1941)-1976
ArchitectGaydos, Frank, Krane, Frank; Wanthal, Alvin
Architectural styleAdirondack rustic
NRHP reference No. 13000593 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 2013

Good Fellow Club Youth Camp is a historic summer camp and a national historic district located at Porter, Porter County, Indiana. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings, seven contributing structures, and one contributing site built by U.S. Steel for its employees' children. The contributing resources include the camp site with roadways and foundations of removed buildings, administration building (lodge, 1941), gate house and flagstone wall (1946), caretaker's house and garage (1941), pool house (1946), steel footbridge, steel swimming pool (1946), riflery (c. 1951), and tennis courts (1946). The buildings reflect the Adirondack rustic and American Craftsman architectural styles. The camp remained in operation until 1976, and is now part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1]

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References

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  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved June 1, 2016.Note: This includes Janice Slupski; Jane J. Jacobs; Laura L. Knott (July 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Good Fellow Club Youth Camp" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.