Baird Cottage

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Baird Cottage
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Baird Cottage, September 2008
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LocationGlenwood Rd., Saranac Lake, Harrietstown, New York, U.S.
Coordinates 44°18′53″N74°8′5″W / 44.31472°N 74.13472°W / 44.31472; -74.13472 Coordinates: 44°18′53″N74°8′5″W / 44.31472°N 74.13472°W / 44.31472; -74.13472
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1930
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS Saranac Lake MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001466 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 6, 1992

Baird Cottage is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake in the town of Harrietstown, Franklin County, New York. It was built in 1930 and is a two-story, side-gabled Colonial Revival style house based on a rectangular floor plan with a two-story end porch. It sits on a concrete foundation and is sided in clapboard and asphalt shingles. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Rachel Bliven and John Bonafide (September 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Baird Cottage". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-12-10. Retrieved 2010-01-01.See also: "Accompanying four photos".