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Pittenger Cottage

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Pittenger Cottage, 2009 
Pittenger Cottage, 1982
14 Forest Hill Avenue 2nd floor cure porch, June 1989

Address: 494 Forest Hill Avenue

Old Address: 14 Forest Hill Avenue

Other Names: Drake Cottage

Year built: Before 1916

14 Forest Hill Avenue from the West, June 198

Other information: A cure cottage with five cure porches, all different, it was registered as a private sanatorium operated as a boarding cottage run by Mrs. A. C. Pittenger from about 1921 to 1932.

According to the 1916 TB Directory, the Drake Cottage, run by a Mrs. Drake, had room for four patients, had one cure porch and charged $12 per week.

14 Forest Hill Avenue from the East, June 1989

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