Baird Cottage
Why it's listed
Built in 1930 on Glenwood Road in Saranac Lake, this side-gabled Colonial Revival house sits on a sloping, wooded lot in Glenwood Estates, a restricted suburb of upper-class homes begun in 1911. It has a rectangular plan, concrete foundation, clapboard and asphalt shingle siding, and a symmetrical front with a pedimented center door under a pent roof. A two-story end porch holds the features that mark it as a cure cottage: sliding and hinged windows, call buttons in the porches, bedrooms and bathrooms, and a bell over the maid's room door. The first porch is large enough to turn a bed. The house was first occupied by L. Celeste Thierot, a tuberculosis patient, then by Collier Baird, a Connecticut gentleman farmer who came for his health, and was later sold to the General Hospital of Saranac Lake. It was listed as a representative cure cottage from the last building boom, and it retains a high degree of integrity.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as a representative example of cure cottage design, built during the last boom of cure cottage construction in Saranac Lake. It keeps the two-story cure porches, call buttons and other features used for outdoor tuberculosis treatment, and it remains virtually intact.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 92001466, listed November 6, 1992. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Glenwood Rd., Saranac Lake |
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| County | Franklin County |
| Listed | November 6, 1992 |
| Reference number | 92001466 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1930-c.1940 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Health/Medicine, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Listed as a single dwelling in both historic and current function; the form says the house remains virtually intact. |
| Acreage | 1.5 |
| Within district | New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District |
| Coordinates | 44.31480, -74.13441 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 92001466.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q4848608
- This listing as JSON
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