Packanack Lodge was where Paul Holt planned to use the area as a training class for summer camp counselors, the Packanack Lake Region Counselor Training Center. Since it seems unlikely that Holt would have had these cabins built specifically for such a purpose, it can be assumed that the lodge had been built by persons unknown at some undetermined point in the past. It was unclear whether Holt owned the Lodge himself or had rented or borrowed it for use as a training camp.