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McBean Cottage, September 2008
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Location 89 Park Ave., Saranac Lake, Harrietstown, New York, U.S.
Coordinates 44°19′57″N74°7′51″W / 44.33250°N 74.13083°W / 44.33250; -74.13083 Coordinates: 44°19′57″N74°7′51″W / 44.33250°N 74.13083°W / 44.33250; -74.13083
Area less than one acre
Built 1920
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
MPS Saranac Lake MPS
NRHP reference # 92001425 [1]
Added to NRHP November 06, 1992

McBean Cottage is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake in the town of Harrietstown, Franklin County, New York. It was built between 1915 and 1925 and is a 2 12-story, wood frame structure on a fieldstone foundation. It is topped by a hipped roof with two hip-roofed dormers in the Colonial Revival style. It has American Craftsman details such as a cobblestone chimney, flared eaves, and wide overhangs with exposed rafters. It features two cure porches and a second-story sleeping porch. [2]

Cure Cottages of Saranac Lake cottages built to aide in the treatment of tuberculosis

Between 1873 and 1945, Saranac Lake, New York became a world-renowned center for the treatment of tuberculosis, using a treatment that involved exposing patients to as much fresh air as possible under conditions of complete bed-rest. In the process, a specific building type, the "Cure Cottage", developed, built by local residents seeking to capitalize on the town's fame, by physicians, and often by the patients themselves. Many of these structures are extant, and their historic value has been recognized by listing on National Register of Historic Places.

Saranac Lake, New York Village in New York, United States

Saranac Lake is a village in the state of New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,406. The village is named after Upper, Middle and Lower Saranac lakes, which are nearby.

Harrietstown, New York Town in New York, United States

Harrietstown is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The total population was 5,709 at the 2010 census, of whom 3,879 lived in the village of Saranac Lake on the eastern side of the town.

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

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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