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Keene Street

From Historic Saranac Lake Wiki

Keene Street runs from Broadway northeast to the western end of Park Avenue. A 1931 photo of the north side of Keene Street can be seen on the 4 Elm Street page.

Keene Street may have been named for Keene, NY, a few miles southeast of Lake Placid, which in turn was named for Keene, New Hampshire. But a correspondent suggested that instead it may have been named for her grandfather, William Keene, who lived on the street for seven years around 1915. William Keene was the engineer on the railroad passenger run between Lake Clear and Lake Placid. The Keene family moved back to Utica, NY, and when William Keene retired he had 51 years on the railroad.

Old Address Post-911 Address Building Name Cure Evidence/Notes
Starts at Broadway
2 Keene Street 15 Keene Street
2 Keene Street
5 Keene Street 14 Keene Street
Mary Tobin Cottage
DIS 1911
6 Keene Street 15 Keene Street Ferguson Cottage DIS 1932
6 1/2 Keene Street Vandenburg Cottage 2 DIS 1928
Passes Elm Street
12 Keene Street 27 Keene Street
Elwood Johnson Cottage
DIS 1913
4 1/2 Elm Street 28 Keene Street
4 1/2 Elm Street
14 Keene Street 33 Keene Street
14 Keene Street
15 Keene Street 34 Keene Street
Fred Parker Cottage
TBSBC, DIS 1929 (apartment)
20 Keene Street 43 Keene Street
20 Keene Street
TBSWC
Ends at Park Avenue