The Lake Placid Club was a social and recreation club founded 1895 in Lake Placid , New York by Melvil Dewey , and intended as a place where educators might find health , strength and inspiration at modest cost .
The Lake Placid Club was a social and recreation club founded 1895 in a hotel on Mirror Lake Lake Placid , New York which Melvil Dewey had purchased . 
 He intended the club to be a place where educators might find health , strength and inspiration at modest cost .