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'''Address:''' 141 Bloomingdale Avenue

'''Old Address:''' 76 [[Bloomingdale%20Avenue|Bloomingdale Avenue]]

'''Other names:''' Called the Denny Cottage for [[Albert%20H.%20Denny|Albert H. Denny]], who owned it and/or lived there, and who created the [[Village%20Improvement%20Society|Village Improvement Society]]'s [[Denny%20Park|Denny Park]] across the street on the riverbank. See also [[82%20Bloomingdale%20Avenue|82 Bloomingdale Avenue]].

'''Year built:''' 1875

'''Other information:''' There is a second-story cure porch accessible from a bedroom on the east side of the house.

There are two other cottages that were identified as the "Denny Cottage" in the [[Disinfection%20Records|Disinfection Records]], one at [[76%201/2%20Bloomingdale%20Avenue|76 1/2 Bloomingdale Avenue]] and the other at [[82%20Bloomingdale%20Avenue|82 Bloomingdale Avenue]].
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Alfred L. Donaldson, ''A History of the Adirondacks'', New York: The Century Co., 1921 (reprinted by Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns, NY, 1992), p. 217

[[Ensine%20Miller|Ensine Miller]] married twice. His first wife was [[Narcissa%20Baker%20Miller|Narcissa]], eldest daughter of Col. [[Milote%20Baker|Milote Baker]], another pioneer to be mentioned later. In conjunction with his father-in-law, Ensine purchased Lot No. 11, which is divided by the river near the Baker Bridge. Colonel Baker kept the easterly half of the lot, and Ensine the westerly. Here, in 1852, on what is now the river road, he built a home which is to-day one of the oldest houses still standing in the village—the one on Bloomingdale Avenue, opposite the Baker Bridge, now locally known as the "[[Fitz%20Green%20Halleck|Fitz Greene Halleck]] house." He lived here till 1875, when he sold to [[C.%20F.%20Norton|C. F. Norton]].

'''[[Other%20historic%20properties|Other historic properties]]'''

'''Sources'''
* [[90NR02916_3377.pdf|National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (pdf)]]

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