{"nrhp_refnum":"92001444","name":"Leis Cottage","other_names":["Camp Leisure"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"26 Algonquin Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saranac Lake","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.32067818500008,"lon":-74.14937421599996,"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 Queen Anne style cure cottage at 26 Algonquin Avenue, Saranac Lake (town of Harrietstown), New York, built around 1904 by Henry Leis. It sits on a six-acre parcel with three non-contributing outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a representative example of a private home built specifically to house a person with tuberculosis. The large veranda and second-story sleeping porch remain as indicators of the curing needs of its residents. Its later remodeling also records a single family's changing needs over time.","narrative":"Leis Cottage is a two-and-one-half story wood-frame house at 26 Algonquin Avenue in Saranac Lake, facing the LaPan Highway. It has a gable roof, a projecting cross-gable with a tripartite window, wood shingle siding, a cobblestone chimney and an L-shaped porch that extends into a porte-cochere. Henry Leis, the son of a German cabinet and piano maker, came to Saranac Lake in 1896 seeking a cure for pulmonary tuberculosis. He built the house around 1904, after running an inn and then opening a piano business. The family called it Camp Leisure, a play on their surname, and used it only in summer at first. It was later adapted for year-round living and remodeled several times, including the addition of a wing before 1928. The large veranda and second-story sleeping porch still reflect the needs of tuberculosis patients. The house is considered a representative example of a cure cottage built as a private home, and it remains a single-family dwelling.","period_of_significance":"1904-c.1940","architect_builder":"Henry Leis (builder, per the narrative); the property report lists the architect/builder as unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne; Other: cure cottage","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as a single dwelling; the house was remodeled several times and a wing was added before 1928.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.397801-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001444.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001444/507fcd0e7a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001444/507fcd0e7a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leis_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:Leis_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/75313034","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leis_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6520221"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/leis-cottage-92001444/"}