We took another walk around our Camp King neighborhood on this gorgeous autumn afternoon.
Commemorative plaque ‘Former Camp King’ near the old main entrance
Aug 7, 2016
The Officers’ Club at Camp King Oberursel in August 2016
During my last visit to the Officers’ Club in June, I only saw construction workers around the place. Today, I noticed people had actually moved in between June and now.
Most locals refer to the former Officers’ Club as the Mountain Lodge today. Notice how they kept the original house number 1027 on the side of the building. I wonder what the complete old address used to be.
Good to see it fully renovated and inhabited. The building itself is from 1938, when is was part of a Musterdorf (model village) used for an exhibition in Frankfurt in the late 1930s.
The tower clock, set at 6:56, is not in working order. We came by at about 1:30.
The chapel remains the same.
Before on 25 December 2013 After on 07 August 2016
Jun 13, 2016
The New Face of the Mountain Lodge at Camp King Oberursel in June 2016
I took another walk towards Camp King around noon today. A few Mountain Lodge construction workers had not started their lunch break yet, and I heard them at work. There has been much progress on this somewhat futuristic architectural design, of which I’m not sure yet whether I like it.
This front-up photo shows more of its new design.
So you can compare – the photo below shows the Mountain Lodge in December 2013.
Most of the old trees are still there.
For some of you, the Mountain Lodge Chapel might hold a special memory. While passing, I also heard someone working out back. The last I’d heard, the nearby Montessori school was renting the chapel for its drama department lessons and performances.
More photos to come again later…
Sep 26, 2010
Camp King Officers’ Club Oberursel
A private investor purchased the former Officers’ Club (a.k.a Mountain Lodge) back in late June 2010.
Three months later, the building is still sitting idle.
Camp King Officers’ Club
More on the building’s newer history at Officers’ Club at Camp King finds Investor.
