Larom-Welles Cottage

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Larom-Welles Cottage
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Larom-Welles Cottage, September 2008
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Location110 Park Ave., Saranac Lake, North Elba, New York, U.S.
Coordinates 44°20′2″N74°7′45″W / 44.33389°N 74.12917°W / 44.33389; -74.12917 Coordinates: 44°20′2″N74°7′45″W / 44.33389°N 74.12917°W / 44.33389; -74.12917
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1905
Architectural styleShingle Style
MPS Saranac Lake MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001478 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 06, 1992

Larom-Welles Cottage is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake in the town of North Elba, Essex and Franklin County, New York. It was built about 1905 and is a three-story wood-frame structure in the Shingle Style on a stone foundation and surmounted by a metal jerkin head gable roof. It has a two-story wing with a shed roof dormer. It has a two bay verandah and entrance porch with a second story sleeping porch. Also on the second floor is a cure porch. It was originally built for the priest of St. Lukes Episcopal Church, later the home of Dr. Edward Welles, a pioneer in thoracic surgery, who practiced at the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium. The house has been converted to six units. [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: Larom-Welles Cottage". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2010-01-01.See also: "Accompanying three photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-14.