{"nrhp_refnum":"92001433","name":"Colbath Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"30 River St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saranac Lake","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.32556557500004,"lon":-74.12898587599994,"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 30 River Street in Saranac Lake (town of Harrietstown), Franklin County, New York, built around 1896 and later used as a private sanitarium for tuberculosis patients.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cottage is an intact, representative example of a late nineteenth century residence converted into a private sanitarium for tuberculosis cures in the early twentieth century. It retains numerous cure porches, wide doors and many windows for ventilation, along with a high degree of architectural integrity.","narrative":"Built around 1896 at 30 River Street in Saranac Lake, this two and one-half story wood frame house served as a private sanitarium for people seeking a tuberculosis cure. It is named for an early owner, H.B. Colbath, and was registered in the village in 1906 and later with the T.B. Society. The building shows Queen Anne influence in its mixed wall textures of clapboard and staggered-butt shingles, irregular roofline, bracketed cornice and multiple gables. Its defining feature is the set of cure porches: a large glass-enclosed wrap-around porch on the first floor and a porch for each of five second-floor bedrooms, many bedrooms having sinks in closets. Wide doors and many windows also supported ventilation. The house was listed for its architectural value as a well-preserved example of the cure cottages that characterize Saranac Lake, and it retains strong integrity of design, materials, setting and association. The nominated boundary covers only the cottage and its ground.","period_of_significance":"ca.1896-ca.1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival/Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is listed as a single dwelling; the west porch is boarded over and the second-floor east porch has been converted into two rooms.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.891778-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001433.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001433/4f750c2413-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001433/4f750c2413-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colbath_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:Colbath_Cottage,_Saranac_Lake,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"92001472","name":"Church Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/church-street-historic-district-92001472/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313011","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colbath_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5141926"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/colbath-cottage-92001433/"}