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570: 64: 89: 255:, one of the state's oldest summer camps. The camp was run by the Sleepers and later their children, serving as many as fifty campers. In addition to water-based activities on the lakefront, the camp offered tennis, riding, and craft programs. The camp was affected by rationing programs during World War II, and closed in 1942. Its fixtures were auctioned off in 1945, although Harriet Sleeper retained a summer residence on the property until her death in 1975. 96: 71: 263:
The camp occupied 7.3 acres (3.0 ha) of waterfront property just north of the Basin Harbor Resort. The complex of buildings on the property, built between about 1900 and 1942, are in the Adirondack and Bungalow styles, and included architect-designed structures for the camp's use. After
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Harriet Sleeper's death in 1975, the property was subdivided, and is now in three separate individual private ownerships. One of the camp's buildings, its "Junior Roost", is now on the campus of the nearby
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The camp property was purchased in 1921 by Mary P. and Henry Dike Sleeper, and Hugh and Helen Worthington. The Sleepers, residents of
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South Starksboro Friends Meeting House and Cemetery
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Camp Marbury is located in Vermont
Camp Marbury is located in the United States
Ferrisburgh, Vermont
44°11′59″N 73°21′26″W / 44.19972°N 73.35722°W / 44.19972; -73.35722
MPS
100003222
summer camp
Lake Champlain
Ferrisburgh, Vermont
World War II
National Register of Historic Places
Northampton, Massachusetts
Aloha Camp
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Sleeper Family/Camp Marbury Papers"
"Draft NRHP nomination for Camp Marbury Historic District"
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Vermont
Aloha Camp
Fairlee
Aloha Hive Camp
West Fairlee

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