Larom-Welles Cottage

Larom-Welles Cottage is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake in the town of North Elba, Essex and Franklin County, New York. It was built about 1905 and is a three-story wood-frame structure in the Shingle Style on a stone foundation and surmounted by a metal jerkin head gable roof. It has a two-story wing with a shed roof dormer. It has a two bay verandah and entrance porch with a second story sleeping porch. Also on the second floor is a cure porch. It was originally built for the priest of St. Lukes Episcopal Church, later the home of Dr. Edward Welles, a pioneer in thoracic surgery, who practiced at the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium. The house has been converted to six units.[2]

Larom-Welles Cottage
Larom-Welles Cottage, September 2008
Location110 Park Ave., Saranac Lake, North Elba, New York, U.S.
Coordinates44°20′2″N 74°7′45″W
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1905
Architectural styleShingle Style
MPSSaranac Lake MPS
NRHP reference No.92001478[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 06, 1992

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Rachel Bliven and John Bonafide (September 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Larom-Welles Cottage". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2010-01-01. See also: "Accompanying three photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-14.


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