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Story
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🟡 LIMITED RESEARCH VOLUME
OWNERS
Mary Austin
1970s-1980s
OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
camp #51 on 1977 NPS structure survey–on Gherman Holland lands
Edna Heslep/Bjerke
LOCATION
Wade Shore, Shackleford Banks–small camp on Holland lands and caretakers of Bjerke/Heslep camp in 80s
Story
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Austin Family Camps
One Austin camp existed on land owned by Gherman Holland (building #51) seen in inset. The Austins were also caretakers for Edna Heslep/Bjerke’s camp in the 80s, and possibly earlier.
51–Mary Austin
recent, clean
no well
pit privy
shantie-good condition
plywood construction on untreated wood pilings
plywood siding-painted red
asphalt roll roofing
one door 3 windows
on stilts, can walk under100 sq ft plus porch
one room
Austin and friends on the Heslep dock.
In the 1980s, ther Austin’s proposed to build a new structure on the Heslep/Bjerke site. The original structure had been the victim of arson.
Credits
- NPS files and archives
- Other references within text