Partridge Cottage

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Partridge Cottage

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Partridge Cottage, September 2008
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Location 15 South St., North Elba / Saranac Lake, New York
Coordinates 44°19′27″N74°7′28″W / 44.32417°N 74.12444°W / 44.32417; -74.12444 Coordinates: 44°19′27″N74°7′28″W / 44.32417°N 74.12444°W / 44.32417; -74.12444
Area less than one acre
Built 1925
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Saranac Lake MPS
NRHP reference # 92001440 [1]
Added to NRHP November 6, 1992

Partridge Cottage is a historic apartment house and cure cottage located at Saranac Lake, town of North Elba in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1925 and is a three-story, dwelling surmounted by a metal roof with gables on all four sides. The south gable takes the form of a steeply pitched gambrel. It displays elements of the Colonial Revival style. It features a verandah that extends to a porte cochere and once had three apartments, one on each floor each with an eight feet by ten feet cure porch. Also on the property is a contributing garage. A basement apartment is believed to have been occupied by the owner. [2]

Apartment self-contained housing unit occupying part of a building

An apartment, flat or unit is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single storey. There are many names for these overall buildings, see below. The housing tenure of apartments also varies considerably, from large-scale public housing, to owner occupancy within what is legally a condominium, to tenants renting from a private landlord.

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.

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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