Sanzo and Zeller Cottage
Historic Saranac Lake collection
Address: 32 Kiwassa Road
Old Address: 13 Riverside Drive
Other names: Riverdale Cottage, O'Brien Cottage, Merrill Cottage (1928) DIS
Historic Saranac Lake collection
Year built: c. 1923
Other information: This was a registered private sanatorium operated as a boarding cottage under Margaret Emma Merritt in 1934. Prior to that it was operated by a Mrs. O'Brien in 1924 and Mrs. Fannie Bellax in 1926, with the status for each unspecified. In 1935 it was operated as a nursing cottage under Sanzo and Zeller with a capacity of four and rates of $25 to $39 per week.
Sources: Building-Structure Inventory Form, by the owner, Stephen H. Hoyt, 1984. Cited were the T. B. Society blue cards; and the "Saranac Lake Association of Private Sanatoria: Sanzo and Zeller", 1935.