Merrillsville Cure Cottage

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Merrillsville Cure Cottage

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Merrillsville Cure Cottage, April 2009
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Location Jct. of Co. Rt. 99 and Old NY 3, Merrillsville, New York
Coordinates 44°31′18″N74°0′52″W / 44.52167°N 74.01444°W / 44.52167; -74.01444 Coordinates: 44°31′18″N74°0′52″W / 44.52167°N 74.01444°W / 44.52167; -74.01444
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1900
NRHP reference # 95000947 [1]
Added to NRHP August 10, 1995

Merrillsville Cure Cottage, also known as Merrillsville Town Hall, is a historic cure cottage located at Merrillsville in the town of Franklin, Franklin County, New York. It was built about 1900 as part of a tuberculosis curing facility that also included a main lodge and numerous tent platform. It was moved to its present site in 1920. It is a small, rectangular one story frame building, sheathed in dark brown cedar shingles. It is topped by a gable roof with exposed wooden rafters. It features a full-width, glass-enclosed cure 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.

Franklin, Franklin County, New York Town in New York, United States

Franklin is a town located in Franklin County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 1,140.

Franklin County, New York County in the United States

Franklin County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of New York. It borders the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 51,599. Its county seat is Malone. The county is named in honor of United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Kathleen LaFrank (March 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Merrillsville Cure Cottage". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-01-01.See also: "Accompanying seven photos".


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