{"nrhp_refnum":"92001439","name":"Marquay Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6 Slater St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saranac Lake","county":"Essex County","state":"NY","lat":44.32181882500004,"lon":-74.12176758499999,"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 concrete block single-family house at 6 Slater Avenue (also given as Slater Street) in the village of Saranac Lake, town of North Elba, Essex County, New York, built about 1914 by John Marquay.","why_significant":"The house is significant as an intact, representative example of early twentieth century residential architecture that built cure-related features into its design. It is unusual locally for its extensive use of rusticated concrete block. Its second-floor cure porch points to use by a tubercular individual, tying it to Saranac Lake's history as a tuberculosis cure resort.","narrative":"Built about 1914 by John Marquay, a local guide, this two and one-half story house at 6 Slater Avenue in Saranac Lake is one of the few local examples of twentieth century concrete block construction. Its foundation and walls are rusticated cast concrete blocks, made locally by the Norman masonry business. Queen Anne features include an octagonal corner tower with a pyramidal roof, a bay window, classical lintels with keystones, and a veranda with grouped fluted concrete columns. Inside, the original stair balustrade, newel post, plaster walls, maple floors and many light fixtures survive. A glazed second-floor cure porch at the rear, reached through the southwestern bedroom, suggests the house sheltered a person being treated for tuberculosis, and a 1917 health survey recorded such a resident there. The house was among the first built in a subdivision carved from John W. Slater's farm. It is valued for its architecture and its link to the village's cure cottage tradition.","period_of_significance":"c.1914-c.1940","architect_builder":"John Marquay","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; retains a high degree of architectural integrity, though the first-floor sash have been recently replaced.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.550231-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001439.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001439/4455318662-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001439/4455318662-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marquay_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:Marquay_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/75312926","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquay_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6772490"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/essex-county/marquay-cottage-92001439/"}