National Register of Historic Places

Larom-Welles Cottage

Saranac Lake, Essex County, New York
Listed
November 6, 1992
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
92001478

About this property

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. Luke's 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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Location

110 Park Ave.
Saranac Lake, Essex County, New York
44.33394, -74.12886

Categories

HEALTH/MEDICINEARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Larom-Welles Cottage listed on the National Register?

Larom-Welles Cottage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 6, 1992.

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Larom-Welles Cottage is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Larom-Welles Cottage is recorded as the industrial era.

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