{"nrhp_refnum":"92001450","name":"Drury Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"29 Bloomingdale Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saranac Lake","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.32945083100003,"lon":-74.13080972999995,"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 stuccoed frame house at 29 Bloomingdale Avenue in Saranac Lake (town of Harrietstown), Franklin County, New York, built c.1912 by Merton Drury as a cure cottage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a representative example of residential cure architecture in Saranac Lake. Its cobblestone cure porch is described as the only one of its kind in the village. The porch and chimney were most likely the work of local stonemason Pietro Tanzini. It also reflects the village's role as a tuberculosis treatment resort.","narrative":"Built around 1912 by Merton Drury, a livery operator, this two-and-one-half-story stuccoed frame house on Bloomingdale Avenue in Saranac Lake was part of the village's tuberculosis cure-cottage landscape. Its most distinctive feature is a two-story, three-bay cobblestone porch with fan transoms and diamond-paned sliding panels, the only cobblestone cure porch in the village. The porch and a large cobblestone chimney were most likely the work of Pietro Tanzini, an Italian-born master stonemason who specialized in cobblestone work. A 1917 health survey map marks the house as occupied by tuberculosis patients, and by 1926 it was a registered private sanatorium run as a boarding cottage. Rear wings, a garage and a partly enclosed porch were added during its period of significance, yet the building keeps enough integrity to represent its type. It is recognized locally for its architecture and its connection to health and medicine.","period_of_significance":"c.1910-c.1940","architect_builder":"Built by Merton Drury, a livery operator; cobblestone work most likely by Pietro Tanzini, stonemason (not confirmed)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function listed as multiple dwellings; retains integrity despite rear additions made during the period of significance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.98536-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001450.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001450/f0553c5b37-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001450/f0553c5b37-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drury_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:Drury_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/75313030","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drury_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5309389"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/drury-cottage-92001450/"}