Lent Cottage Explained

Lent Cottage
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:18 Franklin Ave., North Elba / Saranac Lake, New York
Coordinates:44.3286°N -74.1258°W
Built:1920
Architect:Scopes & Feustmann; Ades, Simon
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:November 6, 1992
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:92001462

Lent Cottage is a historic apartment house built as a cure cottage located at Saranac Lake, town of North Elba in Essex County, New York. It was built about 1920 and is a -story, wood frame, side-gabled structure with two hipped-roofed wings extending from the principal facade. It is in the Colonial Revival style. Each two bedroom apartment features a 9 feet by 13 feet cure porch and the property includes a flagstone patio. It was once operated as a tubercular sanatorium.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lent Cottage. September 1991. 2010-07-10 . Rachel Bliven and John A. Bonafide. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying two photos.