Then and now: Camp Rich’s dining room

The Camp Rich dining room in 2015. Photo/Bill Kingman.

Historically, the ground floor of this landmark building was the large Camp Richardson Dining Room for the summertime guests of the resort.

The Camp Rich dining room in the 1930s. Photo/Lake Tahoe Historical Society

Dinner was served from a fresh menu typed daily. Or, a fisherman could leave his catch at the kitchen to be enjoyed that evening as prepared by staff and served to his table. Notice the wood-burning stove pipe at left, and the fireplace on the far wall.

Camp Rich dining room in 2015. Photo/Bill Kingman

After the neighboring general store building collapsed under snow load in 1985, most of the historic dining room became the new general store while retaining the fireplace end of the building and a few tables. Summertime adds several more tables, just outdoors on the lawn.

— Bill Kingman