{"nrhp_refnum":"92001445","name":"Ryan Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"62 Algonquin Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saranac Lake","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.31845013800006,"lon":-74.15241609099996,"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 one and one-half story Queen Anne style wood frame house at 62 Algonquin Avenue in Saranac Lake, Franklin County, New York, built in 1893 by John Ryan, with a small contributing outbuilding cottage to the west.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact, representative example of the cure cottage architecture built in Saranac Lake as the village expanded to house tuberculosis patients. It took in patients informally in arrangement with local physicians, and a 1917 Health Survey records tuberculous residents there. It retains a high degree of integrity, including its sheltered veranda and Queen Anne detailing.","narrative":"Built in 1893 by John Ryan, a local guide and caretaker, this one and one-half story wood frame house at 62 Algonquin Avenue sits on a large wooded lot at the western edge of Saranac Lake. It has a fieldstone foundation, clapboard siding, a central brick chimney, an irregular roofline of gables and dormers clad in embossed metal shingles, and a wraparound veranda with turned posts, carved brackets and a stickwork balustrade. The veranda was once fully glazed with sliding glass panels so patients could rest outdoors in cure chairs. Algonquin Avenue led to the Algonquin Hotel, and many guides who worked with visiting sportsmen settled along it. The house took in tuberculosis patients informally, working with local physicians, and a 1917 Health Survey notes tuberculous residents there. A small one-room cottage to the west also served as a cure cottage. The property is valued as an intact example of a Queen Anne-inspired cure cottage, retaining its design, materials and setting.","period_of_significance":"ca.1893-ca.1940","architect_builder":"John Ryan (builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as still in use as a single dwelling, as it was historically; most of the sliding glass panels that once enclosed the veranda have been removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.085641-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001445.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001445/4cf668f14c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001445/4cf668f14c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ryan_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:Ryan_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/75313050","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7383984"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/ryan-cottage-92001445/"}