Camp Glen Gray

Library Photos

Camp founder "Uncle" Frank Gray would spend summers living in the Old Guard cabin (Sleepy Hollow), but as his health worsened, he was unable to climb up the hill to that cabin. The Library was built in 1922 to provide housing for him.

The porch, overlooking Lake Vreeland, beckoned visitors, as Uncle once said, to "come and sit awhile."

The Library as seen from the Council Ring.

The Library from directly below on the Cannonball Trail. The cages below the building were used to house animals when Cub Scout summer camp was held at Camp Glen Gray.

LIBRARY BEING REBUILT

As you can see in the photos above of the original Library building,the roof had sagged badly. Inspection revealed extensive damage to the structure. The building was torn down to the foundation as seen in the photo to the right. A wall was built uphill to divert water running down the hill around the building.

Now that construction is complete, the new building has been named the John C. Whitehead Library honoring a good friend of our camp. The building also houses the Frederick Blake Museum which will be used to display the vast quantity of historic material contained in the camp archives.

Here are two pictures (to the left and below) of the reconstruction of the building.

Taken further along in the construction, here is the library from the other side of the lake (to the left) and a close up (below).

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Last updated: January 6, 2009

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