The Church Street Historic District is a national historic district located in the village of Saranac Lake (Harrietstown) in Franklin County, New York. The district extends roughly along Church Street from Main Street to St. Bernard Street. It comprises twenty-seven buildings, including three churches, a medical laboratory, ten homes, two libraries, and six cure cottages, most built between the late 1870s and 1900.[2]
Church Street is one of the five original streets of the village, connecting River Street to Main Street. Most of the buildings have features reflecting their use as cure cottages by residents suffering from tuberculosis. Patients sat out on the "cure porches" in order to be exposed daily, year round, to as much fresh air as possible.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
Gallery
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Saranac Laboratory, precursor to the Trudeau Institute. Presently the home of Historic Saranac Lake. -
Church of St Luke the Beloved Physician -
Church of St Luke the Beloved Physician, interior -
Kinghorn-Sageman House
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b John A, Bonafide (February 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Church Street Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2010. See also: "Accompanying 17 photos".
External links
- Church Street Historic District, at Saranac Lake
