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 12-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
Kennedy Cottage, September 2008
Location26 Shepard St., North Elba / Saranac Lake, New York
Coordinates44°19′37″N 74°7′36″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1897
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSSaranac Lake MPS
NRHP reference No.92001437[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 6, 1992

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

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