Savage, Orin, Cottage
Why it's listed
This two and one-half story house at 33 Olive Street in Saranac Lake was built around 1910 by Orin Savage, a carpenter who lived there by 1915 and possibly designed it too. It sits on a rubble stone foundation under a hipped roof of pressed tin shingles, with clapboard on the first floor and narrow shingle above. Colonial Revival detailing appears in the Doric porch columns and simple window surrounds. A wraparound veranda has been partly enclosed with sliding glass panels to form a cure porch, and a second-story sleeping porch sits over the entrance. These features link the house to the treatment of tuberculosis in Saranac Lake, where patients rested outdoors. A 1917 health survey indicates tuberculosis in the household or among a later tenant, and in the 1930s the building operated as a commercial cure cottage called Twilight Rest Cottage. It is valued as an intact, representative cure cottage with few alterations.
Significance in brief: It is presented as an intact, representative example of the cure cottages built in Saranac Lake in the early twentieth century. It keeps distinctive enclosed cure porches on both the first and second stories. It was later adapted for commercial use as a cure cottage with relatively few alterations, and it retains exceptional integrity.
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 92001422, listed November 6, 1992. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 33 Olive St., Saranac Lake |
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| County | Franklin County |
| Listed | November 6, 1992 |
| Reference number | 92001422 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | c.1910-c.1930 |
| Architect / builder | Orin Savage (builder) |
| Architectural style | Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival |
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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 describes the building as retaining an exceptionally high degree of integrity. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Within district | New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District |
| Coordinates | 44.32777, -74.13510 (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 92001422.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7102694
- This listing as JSON
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