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'''Year built: '''c. 1908 ([[Sanborn Maps|Sanborn Maps]])
'''Year built: '''c. 1908 ([[Sanborn Maps|Sanborn Maps]])


'''Other information:''' According to the [[1916 TB Directory]], the '''Riley Cottage''', run by a Mrs. Riley, had room for ten patients, had four [[cure porches|cure porches]] and charged $10-18 per week.
'''Other information:''' According to the [[1916 TB Directory]], the '''Riley Cottage''', run by a Mrs. Riley, had room for ten patients, had four [[cure porches]] and charged $10-18 per week.


In 1946, singer and dancer [[Rosita Ríos]], a performer from the El Chico Nightclub in New York City, bought the house with her husband as a "summer home." ("Home Town Jottings" Guild News, May 1946, P. 12.)
In 1946, singer and dancer [[Rosita Ríos]], a performer from the El Chico Nightclub in New York City, bought the house with her husband as a "summer home." ("Home Town Jottings" Guild News, May 1946, P. 12.)

Latest revision as of 12:22, 25 April 2026


33 Helen Street

Address: 68 Helen Street

Old Address: 33 Helen Street

Other names: Riley Cottage

Year built: c. 1908 (Sanborn Maps)

Other information: According to the 1916 TB Directory, the Riley Cottage, run by a Mrs. Riley, had room for ten patients, had four cure porches and charged $10-18 per week.

In 1946, singer and dancer Rosita Ríos, a performer from the El Chico Nightclub in New York City, bought the house with her husband as a "summer home." ("Home Town Jottings" Guild News, May 1946, P. 12.)

From the NRHP form: A two-story Foursquare of wood frame construction with a hipped roof and exposed rafter tails. Building exhibits an enclosed one-story porch across the principal elevation with stone column bases, and a narrow open porch on eastern elevation. Paired 6/1 windows upstairs, 6-by-6 vertical sliding windows on porch. Wood clapboard on first story with wood shingles above; wood windows, mostly 6/1; asphalt roof.


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