Stuckman Cottage
Why it's listed
Six Clinton Avenue in Saranac Lake is a gable-roofed wood-frame house on a steep side street behind Helen Hill, in an area of early twentieth-century residences built or adapted as sanatoria. Constructed between 1897 and 1900 as a single-family home, it was later enlarged with a series of cure porches on each floor, sheathed in clapboards below and shingles above. A 1917 survey showed no tuberculosis patients living here, but by 1925 it was a registered private sanitarium, operated by Marie Stuckman as a boarding cottage with care. Rooms with porches rented for roughly $23 to $30 a week. Traces of extra-wide porch doors, sliding glass panels and flat door sills remain from that use. The house is recognized as a representative example of the cure cottage, a local building type that grew out of ordinary residential architecture. It has kept a high degree of integrity despite its many additions, and the interior now holds apartments.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues it is an intact, representative example of residential architecture in Saranac Lake that was gradually adapted as a cure cottage to meet the need for patient housing. Its multiple glazed cure porches, former extra-wide porch doors and other features reflect its use as a private sanitarium. It retains a high degree of integrity of setting, location, materials, design and association.
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 92001459, listed November 6, 1992. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 6 Clinton Ave., Saranac Lake |
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| County | Franklin County |
| Listed | November 6, 1992 |
| Reference number | 92001459 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | c.1925 - c.1930 |
| 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) | The interior has been divided into apartments, one per floor; current function is listed as single dwelling. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Within district | New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District |
| Coordinates | 44.32760, -74.12406 (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.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 92001459.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7627499
- This listing as JSON
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