Halvorson Fishing Camp

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Halvorson Fishing Camp

Bunkhouse Cottage: Discussion Design

Correspondence   42  browse all »

Letter
Letter
Letter

Drawings   16  browse all »

SK Drawing Set (annotated prints)
First Bunkhouse, Miscellaneous Metal Wk., Partial List for Advance Fabrication (No. SK-A-1)
First Bunkhouse, Mechanical and Electrical Plan (No. M and E-1)

Photographs   1  browse all »

Aerial 2

Five years after Breuer built a house in Duluth, Minnesota for June Starkey, her father Roy Halvorson asked Breuer to design a fishing resort for his employees. The resort was to be located on a remote Canadian island and was to consist of a main lodge composed of a dining hall, kitchen and lounge; six cabins with each with six beds and a minimal kitchen; a “Finnish bath” or sauna for the enjoyment of the employees who were mostly of Finnish descent; and a boathouse. Breuer’s office did not supervise the construction, which took place in July and August of 1960. Materials reached the island by tug and barge. Construction drawings and photographic evidence reveal that at least one bunkhouse was erected. The bunkhouse was raised on stilts and featured a wall of windows overlooking the lake. The main volume of the bunkhouse contained two bunkrooms and a living and dining area. A smaller service volume containing a bathroom and a storage room was connected to the rear of the main bunkhouse by a short passageway.