Lane Cottage (Saranac Lake, New York)

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Location4 Rockledge Rd., North Elba / Saranac Lake, New York
Coordinates 44°19′47″N74°7′22″W / 44.32972°N 74.12278°W / 44.32972; -74.12278
Arealess than one acre
Built1923
Architectural styleShingle Style
MPS Saranac Lake MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001434 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 6, 1992

Lane Cottage is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake, town of North Elba in Essex County, New York. It was built about 1923 and is an L-shaped frame structure clad in cedar shingles with a jerkinhead gable roof in the Shingle Style. It features an open gable portico with gracefully curved gable returns and a cure porch. It was built by Edward Shaw for his wife, who had tuberculosis. The Shaws had two young children; fearing that they would contract TB from Mrs. Shaw, a separate house was built for them, nearby. [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 A. Bonafide (September 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lane Cottage". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-07-10.See also: "Accompanying two photos".