Musselman Cottage

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Musselman Cottage

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Musselman Cottage, September 2008
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Location 25 Riverside Dr., Saranac Lake, New York, U.S.
Coordinates 44°19′20″N74°7′46″W / 44.32222°N 74.12944°W / 44.32222; -74.12944 Coordinates: 44°19′20″N74°7′46″W / 44.32222°N 74.12944°W / 44.32222; -74.12944
Area less than one acre
Built 1907
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Saranac Lake MPS
NRHP reference # 92001431 [1]
Added to NRHP November 6, 1992

Musselman Cottage is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake, Franklin County, New York. It was built about 1907 and is a 2 12-story, frame single-family dwelling covered by a cross-gabled roof. It has a central block with two attached porches and rests on an uncoursed rubble foundation. It features an 8-by-8-foot (2.4 by 2.4 m), glazed cure porch above the verandah. [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.

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 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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