Lake Placid Club

The Lake Placid Club was a social and recreation club founded in 1895, in Lake Placid, New York. It was founded by Melvil Dewey, the originator of the Dewey Decimal System, as a "restricted" club that did not allow membership to Jews. By 1923 the Club had expanded to convert|9600|acre|km2|0 with a staff of over 1,100. At that time there were 356 buildings, 110 of which were residences; 21 tennis courts, and 7 golf courses.

In 1926 Dewey established a southern branch of the Lake Placid Club in Florida. Lake Placid, Florida was formerly called Lake Stearns. On April 29, 1927 the Lake Stearns Commissioners accepted Dewey's proposal to change the town's name from Lake Stearns to Lake Placid. Subsequently they submitted a request to the Florida State Legislature. On June 6, 1927 The Town of Lake Stearns was chartered as Lake Placid.

The Florida branch is now a campground and retreat center owned and operated by the South Florida District of the Church of the Nazarene and is now known and the Lake Placid Camp and Conference Center.

References

* Wiegand, Wayne A. "Irrepressible Reformer: A Biography of Melvil Dewey." Chicago: American Library Association, 1996. ISBN 0-8389-0680-X.
* Ackerman, David H. "Lake Placid Club: An illustrated history: 1895-1980." Lake Placid Education Foundation, 1998. ISBN 0966587502.

External links

* [http://www.htn.net/lplacid/history/lp_club/lp_club.htm Home Town Network's History of the Lake Placid Club Florida]
* [http://www.lpfla.com/about/index.htm Lake Placid Florida's Chamber of Commerce History Site]
* "New York Times", [http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1210.html Melvil Dewey dead in Florida] , December 27, 1931.
* [http://lakeplacidcampandconferencecenter.com Website of the Lake Placid Camp and Conference Center]

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