{"nrhp_refnum":"92001416","name":"Distin Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11 Kiwassa Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saranac Lake","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.319448041000044,"lon":-74.12957806199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-11-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, L-shaped single-family house at 11 Kiwassa Road in Saranac Lake (town of Harrietstown), Franklin County, New York, built between 1915 and 1925 to a design by William G. Distin.","why_significant":"It is presented as an outstanding example of a single-family dwelling designed to work as a private cure cottage for tuberculosis patients. It keeps typical cure-cottage features such as many windows for light and ventilation and a projecting cure porch. It also reflects the village's second boom period of growth (1918-1939) and its role in health and medicine.","narrative":"Distin Cottage is a two-story, L-shaped house at 11 Kiwassa Road in Saranac Lake, built between 1915 and 1925. Local architect William G. Distin designed it, and the firm Branch and Callahan is believed to have built it. Cedar shingle siding, a coursed rubble stone foundation, a hipped roof with clipped gable and dormers, and six-over-one windows give it a Colonial Revival character. A small cure porch, about 8 by 10 feet and just large enough to turn a bed, sits at the southwest corner and is enclosed by sliding windows. The house was listed because it is an outstanding example of a single-family home designed as a private cure cottage during the village's tuberculosis-treatment era. It served the Distin family until William L. Distin, a photographer, died of tuberculosis in 1930. It was then sold to a family whose father, a scientist with tuberculosis, came to the village seeking relief. It still serves as a single-family dwelling.","period_of_significance":"c.1920 - c.1940","architect_builder":"William G. Distin (architect); Branch and Callahan (believed builders)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is listed as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.087075-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001416.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001416/6c57baba0a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001416/6c57baba0a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distin_Cottage,_Saranac_Lake,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mwanner</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distin_Cottage,_Saranac_Lake,_NY.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/75312995","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distin_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5282958"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/distin-cottage-92001416/"}