Sloan Cottage
Why it's listed
Crowning Petrova Hill in Saranac Lake, this two-story shingled house was built around 1907 as a private cure cottage for a single wealthy tuberculosis patient. Anna Worth Sloan commissioned the design from the local firm of Coulter and Westoff. It sits on a wooded lot of about 18 acres at the end of a 670-foot driveway that begins at a pair of stone gate posts. The house has a fieldstone foundation, wood-shingle siding with half-timbering above, a red asphalt roof, and an irregular cross-gabled form. Cure features include a first-floor screened sitting-out porch and a sleeping porch above it. Inside are oak floors and woodwork, a beamed living room with built-in bookcases, and a Mission-style light fixture. Later owners rented it as a cure cottage, yet it was never converted to multi-patient use. That history is representative of homes built for the wealthiest patients, and the house remains a single-family dwelling that has kept its integrity.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues it is an excellent example of a private cure cottage with features designed and built for a single wealthy tuberculosis patient. Its history reflects houses built for the wealthiest patients, used by the original owner and then rented or sold as a cure cottage. It was never converted to multi-patient use and keeps its integrity as a single-family house.
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 92001442, listed November 6, 1992. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 21 View St., Saranac Lake |
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| County | Franklin County |
| Listed | November 6, 1992 |
| Reference number | 92001442 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca.1907-ca.1940 |
| Architect / builder | Coulter and Westoff |
| Architectural style | Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival/Shingle style |
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| Areas of significance | Health/Medicine, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as a single dwelling; the entrance gate has been removed, the sleeping porch has been enclosed, and the original pocket doors are missing. |
| Acreage | 18 |
| Within district | New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District |
| Coordinates | 44.32247, -74.13440 (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 92001442.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7541051
- This listing as JSON
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