Mountainside Lodge, YMCA Camp of the Rockies
Larimer County
Located on the grounds of the Estes Park Center of the YMCA of the Rockies, the 1921 building is associated with Dr. John Timothy Stone, a well-known Presbyterian theologian, minister, evangelist, and administrator.
Mountainside Lodge, YMCA Camp of the Rockies (ca. 1921 photograph.)
Initially serving as a religious retreat, Dr. Stone played a key role in making the YMCA of the Rockies an important center for tourism in the Rocky Mountain Region. The well executed 2½-story Rustic style lodge features foundation and first floor walls of rough, uncoursed native granite. Upper level walls are composed of lodgepole logs, which are saddle notched and spike together at the wall intersections.