{"nrhp_refnum":"99000501","name":"Smith's, Paul, Hotel Cottages","other_names":["Paul Smith's College"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 30","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brighton","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.43418481100005,"lon":-74.25705349821658,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-04-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Three c.1890s Colonial Revival hotel cottages (Baker, Glover and Harriman) on the north shore of Lower Saint Regis Lake in Brighton, Franklin County, New York, built as seasonal cottages for guests of Paul Smith's Hotel and now part of Paul Smith's College.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cottages are an intact group of vernacular Colonial Revival buildings and the last cohesive remains of the Adirondack resort founded by Apollos A. \"Paul\" Smith in 1859. Smith is credited with opening the central Adirondacks to recreation. After the hotel declined, the remaining buildings became the start of Paul Smith's College.","narrative":"Three gambrel-roofed cottages stand in a row on the north shore of Lower Saint Regis Lake in Brighton, New York. Named Baker, Glover and Harriman for early occupants, they were built between about 1890 and 1894 as seasonal rentals for guests of Paul Smith's Hotel, using lumber from the hotel's own mill. Each is a two-story frame building with shingle siding, stone foundations and prominent dormers. Baker is the largest and most ornate, Glover the smallest and most altered, and Harriman retains much of its Victorian-style interior. Of fifteen original hotel cottages, five survive, and these three form the most cohesive remnant of the resort founded by Paul Smith in 1859. Guests associated with the cottages included financier Charles Carroll Glover and railroad magnate E. H. Harriman. After the main hotel burned in 1930, the buildings later became part of Paul Smith's College, serving as dormitories, a fraternity and offices. The group was recognized for its architecture and its link to Adirondack recreation history.","period_of_significance":"1890-1937","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Baker Cottage and Harriman Cottage are stated to be vacant; Glover Cottage has been almost continuously occupied by college presidents and administrators since the 1940s.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.0587-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99000501.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317844","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/smiths-paul-hotel-cottages-99000501/"}