Kennedy Cottage (Saranac Lake, New York)

Kennedy Cottage is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake, town of North Elba in Essex County, New York. It was built about 1897 and is a large, ​2 ¹⁄₂-story wood-frame rectangular structure in the Queen Anne style. It features a 3-story tower set at a 45-degree angle at the northwest corner of the house, glass-enclosed verandah, and three visible attached cure porches. It was operated as a private sanatorium and the National Vaudeville Philanthropic Association sent patients here before the opening of Will Rogers Memorial Hospital in 1928.[2]

Kennedy Cottage
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Kennedy Cottage, September 2008
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Location	26 Shepard St., North Elba / Saranac Lake, New York
Coordinates	44°19′37″N 74°7′36″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1897
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Saranac Lake MPS
NRHP reference No.	92001437[1]
Added to NRHP	November 6, 1992

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1] It is located in the Helen Hill Historic District.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Rachel Bliven and John A. Bonafide (September 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kennedy Cottage". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-07-10. See also: "Accompanying three photos".