{"nrhp_refnum":"92001443","name":"Wilson Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8 Williams St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saranac Lake","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.328319743000066,"lon":-74.13596881099994,"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 Queen Anne style wood-frame house at 8 Williams Street on French Hill in the village of Saranac Lake, Franklin County, New York, built before 1915, with a contributing two-car garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact, representative example of Queen Anne residential architecture that was altered to allow tuberculosis curing at home. Its second-story cure porch and enclosed first-floor porches show this history. It is also a fine example of a cure cottage from Saranac Lake's first period of growth as a tuberculosis treatment center.","narrative":"Set on a hilly lot on French Hill in Saranac Lake, this two-and-one-half story house was built before 1915 in the Queen Anne style. It has a gable front, a wrap-around porch with decorative corner brackets and bull's eye medallions, flared vergeboards, a stone rubble foundation, clapboard walls, shingled gable ends and a painted metal roof. A two-car garage stands to the north. The house began as a single-family residence and was later altered so that a tuberculosis patient could be cared for at home. The most visible change is the inset second-story cure porch above the partly enclosed first-floor porch, with drainage slots along its length. Saranac Lake became known as a center for outdoor tuberculosis treatment, and houses like this one were adapted for that purpose. The property is valued as a well-preserved example of both Queen Anne design and the cure cottage tradition, retaining its original detail, setting and materials.","period_of_significance":"c.1915-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is single dwelling, with a secondary structure (garage); the form describes high integrity of design, materials and setting.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.220491-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001443.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001443/d79e716646-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001443/d79e716646-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilson_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:Wilson_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/75313024","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8023024"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/wilson-cottage-92001443/"}