Will Rogers Memorial Hospital

Will Rogers Memorial Hospital is a historic tuberculosis sanatorium located at Saranac Lake in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1928 as the National Vaudeville lodge by the National Vaudeville Artists Association, who previously sent patients to the Kennedy Cottage. It is a three-story, "T" shaped, steel frame and reinforced concrete structure above a raised basement. It is faced in stucco and decorative half-timber framing in the Tudor Revival style. It features asymmetrical massing, a three-story polygonal tower with a hexagonal roof, and three story pavilions with recessed sleeping porches. It was named in honor of entertainer Will Rogers (1879-1935) in 1936 and provided unconventional tubercular treatment to entertainment industry patients from 1936 to 1975. It also was open as a night club but when casinos were voted down in New York, it was closed. Then it was open as an apartment house. It stood abandoned for years slowly deteriorating. It was briefly used as press headquarters for the 1980 Winter Olympics.[2] Finally it was bought and after a huge renovation was done both to the outside and inside, it currently houses an independent living facility known as Saranac Village at Will Rogers.

Will Rogers Memorial Hospital
Former Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, November 2008
LocationNY 86, Saranac Lake, New York
Coordinates44°18′39″N 74°6′51″W
Area5.8 acres (2.3 ha)
Built1928
ArchitectScopes, William E.
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.83001679[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1983

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Raymond W. Smith (July 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Will Rogers Memorial Hospital" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying six photographs

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