Hill Cottage (Saranac Lake, New York)

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Location36 Franklin Ave., Harrietstown / Saranac Lake, New York
Coordinates 44°19′36″N74°7′32″W / 44.32667°N 74.12556°W / 44.32667; -74.12556 Coordinates: 44°19′36″N74°7′32″W / 44.32667°N 74.12556°W / 44.32667; -74.12556
Arealess than one acre
Built1913
MPS Saranac Lake MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001475 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 6, 1992

Hill Cottage is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake, town of Harrietstown in Essex and Franklin County, New York. It was built about 1913 and is a two to four story, shingled frame house on a stone foundation, with a jerkinhead gable roof and built into the side of a hill. It features an open first floor porch and second story cure porch on the front facade, four stories of cure porches in the rear, and prominent roof overhangs. It is in the American Craftsman style and designed specifically for use as a private sanatorium. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] It is located in the Helen Hill Historic District.

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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 A. Bonafide (September 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hill Cottage". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-06-26.See also: "Accompanying three photos".