The Powerhouse serves as our office, and was also used as an office for Albert Kahn, the designer of the Lodge and Repair Garage. If you look closely at the outside south wall of this building, just east of the window, you will notice a small door. Inside that door is a small outhouse.

In 1905, Charles Ward built a powerhouse on the bank of the canal basin and furnished Utica with its first electricity. This was the source for the electricity sent up to the Proving Grounds.

You will find a brick powerhouse just west of this building that was built sometime later.