Lawrence Pike Camp

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Clay Fulcher relates that Martin Harris from Rumley’s Hammock lived in this area of the Banks overlapping  his presence with the time for James Mason.

On December 28, 1883, Lawrence Pike purchased from James Mason three tracts of land and built a house south of the eventual site of the Pilentary structures.  Pike had been an owner of the Harbor Island Club.  Known then and now as Pikes’ Hammock, there was a  nearby pond well-liked for hunting.  The house and lands were later bought by Theodore Rogers and the house was moved to the Pilentary  clubhouse site (Mason family history).  Active sportsman Theodore Rogers (Oct.10-31—Nov. 7, 1903) was the president of The Bank of the Metropolis in Manhattan.  Rogers began acquiring at least 20 properties  from the Mason’s and others on the banks beginning in 1885 and adding grants and purchases till 1899.  Fulcher-Mason family history recalls that after purchase, land was leased back to members of the Mason family—especially Alvin and Stephen, who had homes allowing them to live on and care for the site.  Rogers, it is said, did not see full completion of his plans.  After the death of Rogers, Alvin Mason remained on site and cared for the property.  Almost two years later, the executor of the estate arrived by schooner to give Alvin a check for his services.