 His interest in art matters brought him into close connection with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, of which he was elected first vice-president in 1874.Based on information obtained from a surveyors map of 1898, WC Prime co-owned (with William Frederick Bridge) roughly 650 acres of pristine alpine land encompassing 12.2 acre Lonesome Lake in the Franconia Range of the White Mountains.The two men developed the land with remote hunting cabins that were primarily used in summer; Prime was a keen fisherman.