 In November 1942 Reich purchased an old farm for $ 4 @,@ 000 on Dodge Pond , Maine , near Rangeley , with 280 acres ( 1 @.@ 1 km2 ) of land . Calling it Orgonon , he started spending summers there , and had a one @-@ room cabin built in 1943 , a laboratory in 1945 , a larger cabin in 1946 and an observatory in 1948 . 
