{"nrhp_refnum":"92001425","name":"McBean Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"89 Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saranac Lake","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.33241861800008,"lon":-74.13038957199996,"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 and one-half story wood frame house at 89 Park Avenue in Saranac Lake (town of Harrietstown), Franklin County, New York, built between 1915 and 1925, with a contributing ca.1915 garage at the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact, representative example of twentieth-century residential architecture built and used to house tuberculosis patients during Saranac Lake's boom period of curing activity. Its original cure porches are fully integrated into the design and retain a high degree of integrity. It operated as a private commercial sanatorium, and rooms were later rented to nurses from nearby Trudeau Sanatorium.","narrative":"Located at 89 Park Avenue in Saranac Lake, this two and one-half story wood frame house was built between 1915 and 1925 on a landscaped lot between two historic districts. It combines Colonial Revival form with Craftsman details such as flared eaves, wide overhangs and exposed rafters. It has a fieldstone foundation, a cobblestone chimney, wood shingle cladding and a hipped roof with broad dormers. Enclosed two-story side porches were used for the outdoor cure of tuberculosis patients, and they remain the clearest sign of the building's origin as a cure cottage. The house operated as a private commercial sanatorium, though it was not registered with the local TB Society. Mrs. A. S. McBean advertised it after 1930 as \"The House With A Garden,\" and rooms were later rented to nurses working at Trudeau Sanatorium. It was listed for its architectural significance and its link to health and medicine, and it retains a high degree of integrity in design, materials, setting and association.","period_of_significance":"ca.1920-ca.1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival with Craftsman details","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic function was single dwelling; current function is listed as multiple dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.795961-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001425.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001425/1398826583-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001425/1398826583-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McBean_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:McBean_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/75312983","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McBean_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706915"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/mcbean-cottage-92001425/"}