{"nrhp_refnum":"92001463","name":"Fallon Cottage Annex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31 Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saranac Lake","county":"Essex County","state":"NY","lat":44.326620802000036,"lon":-74.12570933199999,"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 shingled Queen Anne-style house at 31 Franklin Street (also called Franklin Avenue) in Saranac Lake, Essex County, New York, built in 1901 and later adapted as a tuberculosis cure cottage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact, representative example of a single-family residence adapted over time as a cure cottage, and a fine medium-sized private sanatorium with a glass-enclosed veranda and cure porches. It also reflects the Saranac Lake tuberculosis cure era, when it operated as a boarding cottage tied to a neighboring home.","narrative":"Built in 1901 on Helen Hill in Saranac Lake, this two-and-one-half story shingled house sits on a fieldstone foundation beneath a hipped roof with cross gables and an octagonal Queen Anne-style turret. A wraparound veranda was later glazed, and several cure porches were added, some used for sleeping out and others for sitting out. Original call bells, light fixtures, hardwood floors and an archway between the living and dining rooms survive. In the 1920s it was registered as a nursing cottage, and by 1928 it operated as a boarding cottage. Anna Fallon, who became owner in 1937, ran it together with her home at 33 Franklin Avenue, with staff serving patients from there, hence the name Annex. It represents the adaptation of ordinary family houses into tuberculosis cure cottages and remains much as it was during that era. After the cure era it became a three-family dwelling.","period_of_significance":"1901-c.1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition with a high degree of integrity; in use as a three-family dwelling after the end of the cure era.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.777897-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001463.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001463/cd1a193075-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001463/cd1a193075-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fallon_Cottage_Annex,_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:Fallon_Cottage_Annex,_Saranac_Lake,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"15000754","name":"Helen Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/helen-hill-historic-district-15000754/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312930","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallon_Cottage_Annex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5432411"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/essex-county/fallon-cottage-annex-92001463/"}