5 Things You Didn’t Know About: Epworth Lodge

Guest Blogger: Kelly Cecora, Marketing/Digital Communications Intern


 

In the 1900s, the Lakeside Chautauqua community built Epworth Lodge to create a gathering place for youth to experience the four pillars of Chautauqua – religion, education, arts and recreation.

More than 90 years later, this vision that Lakeside Chautauqua originally had for Epworth Lodge continues to flourish each year.

We sat down with the Director of Operations for the Lakeside Heritage Society, Gretchen S. Curtis, to talk about this piece of Lakeside history. She shared her knowledge of Epworth Lodge and even some fun facts that were hidden in the Archives.

Here are 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Epworth Lodge:

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