Johnson Cottage

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Johnson Cottage
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Location6½ St. Bernard St., Saranac Lake, Harrietstown, New York, U.S.
Coordinates 44°19′32″N74°7′55″W / 44.32556°N 74.13194°W / 44.32556; -74.13194 Coordinates: 44°19′32″N74°7′55″W / 44.32556°N 74.13194°W / 44.32556; -74.13194
Arealess than one acre
Built1896
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPS Saranac Lake MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001436 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 6, 1992

Johnson Cottage is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake in the town of Harrietstown, Franklin County, New York. It was built about 1896 and is a two-story frame structure, square in form and surmounted by a metal hipped roof. The roof extends on all four sides to subsidiary hipped roofs covering an unusual number of porches. It contains two apartments and each has four porches, added to the building about 1915. It features "over-under" verandahs at the southwest and northeast corners. [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: Johnson Cottage". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-01-01.See also: "Accompanying three photos".