Woodchuck Lodge
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Boyhood rock and grave of John Burroughs
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Location | Burroughs Road, Roxbury, NY |
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Coordinates | 42°17′47.18″N 74°35′2.52″W / 42.2964389°N 74.5840333°WCoordinates: 42°17′47.18″N 74°35′2.52″W / 42.2964389°N 74.5840333°W |
Built | 1908 |
Architect | Curtis Burroughs |
NRHP Reference # | 66000512 |
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Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
Designated NHL | December 29, 1962 |
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.
"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.