{"nrhp_refnum":"12000954","name":"Cure Cottage at 43 Forest Hill Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"43 Forest Hill Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saranac Lake","county":"Essex County","state":"NY","lat":44.331593085000065,"lon":-74.12255169199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Health/Medicine"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small two-story, wood-frame house at 43 Forest Hill Avenue in the Essex County part of Saranac Lake, New York, used as a tuberculosis cure cottage from at least 1912. The builder and exact construction date are unknown.","why_significant":"It is argued to be significant under criteria A and C, in health care and architecture, as a distinctive and intact example of the cure cottage building type. It keeps an intact cure porch with features such as a wide bed door, gouge marks from moving beds, a flat threshold, sliding windows and the remains of a call bell. Disinfection records document its use for curing from 21 May 1912.","narrative":"Set on a small, shaded corner lot in the northeastern part of Saranac Lake, this two-story wood-frame house served as a cure cottage for tuberculosis patients. It has an ashlar stone foundation, clapboard on the lower story, shingles above, and a steep gable roof with a pentagonal front dormer. Its most important feature is the rear second-floor cure porch, reached from two bedrooms. One bedroom door is wide enough for a bed, and gouge marks on its frame show where beds were rolled out. There is no threshold, the porch has sliding windows on three sides, and the remains of a call bell survive. Disinfection records show the house in use for curing by May 1912, and it remained in use until at least 1928. The nomination treats it as an intact example of the cure cottage type tied to Dr. Edward Trudeau's fresh air treatment. The front porch and many windows have been altered, but the cure porch remains highly intact.","period_of_significance":"1912-1928","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th century revivals","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed under current function as a single dwelling; the exterior is fairly intact, with an altered front porch and replaced windows, and the cure porch is very intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.587652-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000954.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000954/642bd43695-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000954/642bd43695-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cure_Cottage_at_43_Forest_Hill_Avenue_in_Saranac_Lake_New_York.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mwanner</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cure_Cottage_at_43_Forest_Hill_Avenue_in_Saranac_Lake_New_York.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93001451","name":"New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/new-york-central-railroad-adirondack-division-historic-district-93001451/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312904","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cure_Cottage_at_43_Forest_Hill_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091490"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/essex-county/cure-cottage-at-43-forest-hill-avenue-12000954/"}