Smithwick Cottage - Revision history

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	'''Architect:''' George Schrader		'''Architect:''' George Schrader

	The '''Smithwick Cottage''' is a [[Colonial Revival\|Colonial Revival]]-style residence, located in the [[~~Cottage Row Historic District\|~~Cottage Row Historic District]]. It is reportedly the first cottage in Saranac Lake designed and built for use as a private commercial sanatorium. It was built by [[Michael J. Smithwick\|Michael J. Smithwick]] and operated by [[Josephine Smithwick\|Josephine Smithwick]]. (In the Irish-American precincts of Hartford, CT, in 2016 Smithwick's is the name of a beer pronounced "Smiddick's.")		The '''Smithwick Cottage''' is a [[Colonial Revival\|Colonial Revival]]-style residence, located in the [[Cottage Row Historic District]]. It is reportedly the first cottage in Saranac Lake designed and built for use as a private commercial sanatorium. It was built by [[Michael J. Smithwick\|Michael J. Smithwick]] and operated by [[Josephine Smithwick\|Josephine Smithwick]]. (In the Irish-American precincts of Hartford, CT, in 2016 Smithwick's is the name of a beer pronounced "Smiddick's.")

	[[Rose Kennedy\|Rose Kennedy]]''',''' best known as the mother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is said to have visited her sister who was curing at the Smithwick Cottage.		[[Rose Kennedy\|Rose Kennedy]]''',''' best known as the mother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is said to have visited her sister who was curing at the Smithwick Cottage.
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	[[Norwegian Seaman]] [[Jacob Jacobsen]] cured at Smithwick.		[[Norwegian Seaman]] [[Jacob Jacobsen]] cured at Smithwick.

	The Smithwick Cottage is listed as a contributing building to the [[~~Cottage Row Historic District\|~~Cottage Row Historic District]] on the National Register of Historic Places.		The Smithwick Cottage is listed as a contributing building to the [[Cottage Row Historic District]] on the National Register of Historic Places.
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	[[File:Smithwick gang.jpg\|\|thumb\|400px\|A photograph from an album of [[Verdo Newman\|Verdo Newman]], captioned "The Smithwicks Gang." [[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] is at upper right. Undated, but probably early 1920s. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]]		[[File:Smithwick gang.jpg\|\|thumb\|400px\|A photograph from an album of [[Verdo Newman\|Verdo Newman]], captioned "The Smithwicks Gang." [[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] is at upper right. Undated, but probably early 1920s. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]]

	[[File:Gertrude Smithwick.jpg\|right\|thumb\|400px\|[[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] in the 1930 ''[[~~Canaras\|~~Canaras]]''. ]]		[[File:Gertrude Smithwick.jpg\|right\|thumb\|400px\|[[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] in the 1930 ''[[Canaras]]''. ]]

	'''Address:''' 115 [[Park Avenue]]		'''Address:''' 115 [[Park Avenue]]

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	[[File:Smithwick gang.jpg\|\|thumb\|400px\|A photograph from an album of [[Verdo Newman\|Verdo Newman]], captioned "The Smithwicks Gang." [[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] is at upper right. Undated, but probably early 1920s. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]]		[[File:Smithwick gang.jpg\|\|thumb\|400px\|A photograph from an album of [[Verdo Newman\|Verdo Newman]], captioned "The Smithwicks Gang." [[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] is at upper right. Undated, but probably early 1920s. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]]

	[[File:Gertrude Smithwick.jpg\|right\|thumb\|400px\|[[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] in the 1930 ''[[Canaras\|Canaras]]''. ]]'''Address:''' 115 [[Park Avenue]]		[[File:Gertrude Smithwick.jpg\|right\|thumb\|400px\|[[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] in the 1930 ''[[Canaras\|Canaras]]''. ]]

			'''Address:''' 115 [[Park Avenue]]

	'''Old Address:''' 60 Park Avenue		'''Old Address:''' 60 Park Avenue

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	Mrs. Smithwick had operated a private sanatorium at 60 Park avenue.		Mrs. Smithwick had operated a private sanatorium at 60 Park avenue.

	'''[[Other historic properties]]'''~~<h3>~~Source~~</h3>~~		'''[[Other historic properties]]'''
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	* [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3445 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form]		* [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3445 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form]

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	[[Rose Kennedy\|Rose Kennedy]]''',''' best known as the mother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is said to have visited her sister who was curing at the Smithwick Cottage.		[[Rose Kennedy\|Rose Kennedy]]''',''' best known as the mother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is said to have visited her sister who was curing at the Smithwick Cottage.

	Author [[Walker Percy\|Walker Percy]] stayed here while waiting for admission to [[~~Trudeau Sanatorium\|~~Trudeau Sanatorium]]. See the [http://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/lithist/walker-percy-1916-1990/ UNC Museum] for a photo of Percy at about this time period.		Author [[Walker Percy\|Walker Percy]] stayed here while waiting for admission to [[Trudeau Sanatorium]]. See the [http://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/lithist/walker-percy-1916-1990/ UNC Museum] for a photo of Percy at about this time period.

	[[Elise Chapin\|Elise Chapin]] was a patient in this cottage in the 1930s, as was [[Georgia Watson Lee Brown\|Georgia Watson Lee Brown]].		[[Elise Chapin\|Elise Chapin]] was a patient in this cottage in the 1930s, as was [[Georgia Watson Lee Brown\|Georgia Watson Lee Brown]].

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	[[File:Smithwick gang.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|A photograph from an album of [[Verdo Newman\|Verdo Newman]], captioned "The Smithwicks Gang." [[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] is at upper right. Undated, but probably early 1920s. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]]		[[File:Smithwick gang.jpg\|left\|thumb\|\|A photograph from an album of [[Verdo Newman\|Verdo Newman]], captioned "The Smithwicks Gang." [[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] is at upper right. Undated, but probably early 1920s. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]]

	[[File:Gertrude Smithwick.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] in the 1930 ''[[Canaras\|Canaras]]''\|. ]]'''Address:''' 115 Park Avenue		[[File:Gertrude Smithwick.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] in the 1930 ''[[Canaras\|Canaras]]''. ]]'''Address:''' 115 Park Avenue

	'''Old Address:''' 60 Park Avenue		'''Old Address:''' 60 Park Avenue

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	''[[~~Adirondack Daily Enterprise\|~~Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', December 1, 1948		''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', December 1, 1948

	Mrs. Josephine Smithwick, 72, died last night at her home at 60 Park avenue following an illness of several years.		Mrs. Josephine Smithwick, 72, died last night at her home at 60 Park avenue following an illness of several years.

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	Mrs. Smithwick had operated a private sanatorium at 60 Park avenue.		Mrs. Smithwick had operated a private sanatorium at 60 Park avenue.

	'''[[~~Other historic properties\|~~Other historic properties]]'''<h3>Source</h3>		'''[[Other historic properties]]'''<h3>Source</h3>
	* [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3445 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form]		* [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3445 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form]

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	[[Rose Kennedy\|Rose Kennedy]]''',''' best known as the mother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is said to have visited her sister who was curing at the Smithwick Cottage.		[[Rose Kennedy\|Rose Kennedy]]''',''' best known as the mother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is said to have visited her sister who was curing at the Smithwick Cottage.

	Author [[Walker Percy\|Walker Percy]] stayed here while waiting for admission to [[Trudeau Sanatorium\|Trudeau Sanatorium]]. See the [[http://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/lithist/walker-percy-1916-1990/\|UNC Museum]] for a photo of Percy at about this time period.		Author [[Walker Percy\|Walker Percy]] stayed here while waiting for admission to [[Trudeau Sanatorium\|Trudeau Sanatorium]]. See the [http://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/lithist/walker-percy-1916-1990/ UNC Museum] for a photo of Percy at about this time period.

	[[Elise Chapin\|Elise Chapin]] was a patient in this cottage in the 1930s, as was [[Georgia Watson Lee Brown\|Georgia Watson Lee Brown]].		[[Elise Chapin\|Elise Chapin]] was a patient in this cottage in the 1930s, as was [[Georgia Watson Lee Brown\|Georgia Watson Lee Brown]].
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	'''[[Other historic properties\|Other historic properties]]'''<h3>Source</h3>		'''[[Other historic properties\|Other historic properties]]'''<h3>Source</h3>
	* [[http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3445\|National Register of Historic Places Registration Form]]		* [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3445 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form]

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	[[Rose Kennedy\|Rose Kennedy]]''',''' best known as the mother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is said to have visited her sister who was curing at the Smithwick Cottage.		[[Rose Kennedy\|Rose Kennedy]]''',''' best known as the mother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is said to have visited her sister who was curing at the Smithwick Cottage.

	Author [[Walker Percy\|Walker Percy]] stayed here while waiting for admission to [[~~Trudeau Sanatorium\|~~Trudeau Sanatorium]]. See the [http://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/lithist/walker-percy-1916-1990/ UNC Museum] for a photo of Percy at about this time period.		Author [[Walker Percy\|Walker Percy]] stayed here while waiting for admission to [[Trudeau Sanatorium]]. See the [http://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/lithist/walker-percy-1916-1990/ UNC Museum] for a photo of Percy at about this time period.

	[[Elise Chapin\|Elise Chapin]] was a patient in this cottage in the 1930s, as was [[Georgia Watson Lee Brown\|Georgia Watson Lee Brown]].		[[Elise Chapin\|Elise Chapin]] was a patient in this cottage in the 1930s, as was [[Georgia Watson Lee Brown\|Georgia Watson Lee Brown]].

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	[[File:Smithwick Cottage.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Smithwick Cottage ]]		[[File:Smithwick Cottage.jpg\|right\|thumb\|400px\|Smithwick Cottage ]]

	[[File:Smithwick Cottage 1920.jpg\|~~left~~\|thumb\|\|Smithwick Cottage, 1920. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]]		[[File:Smithwick Cottage 1920.jpg\|\|thumb\|400px\|Smithwick Cottage, 1920. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]]

	[[File:Smithwick gang.jpg\|~~left~~\|thumb\|\|A photograph from an album of [[Verdo Newman\|Verdo Newman]], captioned "The Smithwicks Gang." [[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] is at upper right. Undated, but probably early 1920s. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]]		[[File:Smithwick gang.jpg\|\|thumb\|400px\|A photograph from an album of [[Verdo Newman\|Verdo Newman]], captioned "The Smithwicks Gang." [[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] is at upper right. Undated, but probably early 1920s. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]]

	[[File:Gertrude Smithwick.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] in the 1930 ''[[Canaras\|Canaras]]''. ]]'''Address:''' 115 Park Avenue		[[File:Gertrude Smithwick.jpg\|right\|thumb\|400px\|[[Gertrude Smithwick\|Gertrude Smithwick]] in the 1930 ''[[Canaras\|Canaras]]''. ]]'''Address:''' 115 [[Park Avenue]]

	'''Old Address:''' 60 Park Avenue		'''Old Address:''' 60 Park Avenue
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	\|Patient\|\|[[Clarles Halmes\|Clarles Halmes]]\|\|38\|		\|Patient\|\|[[Clarles Halmes\|Clarles Halmes]]\|\|38
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	\|Patient\|\|[[Casterene Woodrough\|Casterene Woodrough]]\|\|62\|		\|Patient\|\|[[Casterene Woodrough\|Casterene Woodrough]]\|\|62
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	\|Patient\|\|[[Elmer Babienzen\|Elmer Babienzen]]\|\|28\|		\|Patient\|\|[[Elmer Babienzen\|Elmer Babienzen]]\|\|28
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	\|Patient\|\|[[Mazie Clemenshaw\|Mazie Clemenshaw]]\|\|74\|		\|Patient\|\|[[Mazie Clemenshaw\|Mazie Clemenshaw]]\|\|74
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	\|Nurse\|\|[[Marie Deolin\|Marie Deolin]]\|\|37\|		\|Nurse\|\|[[Marie Deolin\|Marie Deolin]]\|\|37

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	[[~~Norwegian Seaman\|~~Norwegian Seaman]] [[~~Jacob Jacobsen\|~~Jacob Jacobsen]] cured at Smithwick.		[[Norwegian Seaman]] [[Jacob Jacobsen]] cured at Smithwick.

	The Smithwick Cottage is listed as a contributing building to the [[Cottage Row Historic District\|Cottage Row Historic District]] on the National Register of Historic Places.		The Smithwick Cottage is listed as a contributing building to the [[Cottage Row Historic District\|Cottage Row Historic District]] on the National Register of Historic Places.