Woodchuck Lodge, Roxbury, New York, 1944

John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and essayist. In 1913, with financial assistance from Henry Ford, Burroughs purchased the house built by his brother Curtis on land near Burroughs's birthplace in Roxbury, New York. Woodchuck Lodge, as Burroughs referred to it, became his summer retreat. Henry Ford purchased the property after Burroughs's death. It was sold back to the Burroughs's son, Julian, in 1947.