Twin brothers John and Anthony Kuser purchased the High Point Inn and the surrounding property in 1910, and the sprawling mountain resort became the summer retreat of Anthony Kuser and his wife, Susie Dryden Kuser. The Kusers tore down more than a third of the 300-foot building to convert the rustic, Adirondack-style inn into their private summer home, then remodeled what remained in the Colonial Revival style with massive columns and large porches. The mountaintop mansion served as the home of Kuser vacations for a dozen years and became a landmark. In 1923 the Kusers donated their summer home and more than 10,000 acres to the State of New Jersey. The lodge then became the park office and a museum, and by the late 1930s the building boasted one of the largest museums in the state. It was also the scene of numerous ceremonies, meetings, and social functions, while massive fireplaces warmed sightseers on chilly days and visitors could rent rooms on upper floors for overnight stays. By the 1960s the building was showing signs of disrepair, its poor condition forced its closing to the public in 1977, and in 1995, following considerable controversy, it was demolished.