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[[File:4 McCarthy Terrace.jpg|right|thumb||4 McCarthy Terrace, viewed from ]][[Shepard Avenue|Shepard Avenue]]| ]] [[File:Endicott Johnson brochure.jpg|left|thumb||4 McCarthy Terrace in a 1928 Endicott Johnson sanatorium brochure, viewed from McCarthy Terrace. ]] [[File:4 McCarthy Terrace2.jpg|left|thumb||4 McCarthy Terrace, viewed from behind ]][[Fortune Funeral Home|Fortune Funeral Home]]|, [[http://history.nnyln.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/slfl&CISOPTR=42&REC=8|Another historic image, viewed from near the same point]]| ]]'''Address:''' 51 [[Shepard%20Avenue|Shepard Avenue]]
[[File:4 McCarthy Terrace.jpg|right|thumb||4 McCarthy Terrace, viewed from [[Shepard Avenue|Shepard Avenue]] ]]


'''Old Address:''' 4 [[McCarthy%20Terrace|McCarthy Terrace]]/43 Shepard Avenue
[[File:Endicott Johnson brochure.jpg|left|thumb||4 McCarthy Terrace in a 1928 Endicott Johnson sanatorium brochure, viewed from McCarthy Terrace. ]]


'''Other names:''' Schwartz Cottage (1911), Endicott-Johnson (1930); Rogers Cottage (1930); [[DIS|DIS]]; Doty's Rest Home (1960s)
[[File:4 McCarthy Terrace2.jpg|left|thumb||4 McCarthy Terrace, viewed from behind [[Fortune Funeral Home]] [http://history.nnyln.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/slfl&CISOPTR=42&REC=8 Another historic image, viewed from near the same point] ]]
 
'''Address:''' 51 [[Shepard Avenue|Shepard Avenue]]
 
'''Old Address:''' 4 [[McCarthy Terrace|McCarthy Terrace]]/43 Shepard Avenue
 
'''Other names:''' Schwartz Cottage (1911), Endicott-Johnson (1930); Rogers Cottage (1930); [[DIS]]; Doty's Rest Home (1960s)


'''Year built:'''
'''Year built:'''


'''Other information:''' According to the [[1916%20TB%20Directory|1916 TB Directory]], the '''Schwartz Cottage''', run by a Mrs. Schwartz, had room for 21 patients, had four [[cure%20porches|cure porches]] and charged $12-15 per week. The house was connected to [[45%20Shepard%20Avenue|45 Shepard Avenue]].
'''Other information:''' According to the [[1916 TB Directory]], the '''Schwartz Cottage''', run by a Mrs. Schwartz, had room for 21 patients, had four [[cure porches]] and charged $12-15 per week. The house was connected to [[45 Shepard Avenue|45 Shepard Avenue]].


Author [[Shel%20Damsky|Shel Damsky]], who owned this house, used it as the setting for his novel, ''Saranac Lake Revisited'' (2003), calling it Red Gables.
Author [[Shel Damsky|Shel Damsky]], who owned this house, used it as the setting for his novel, ''Saranac Lake Revisited'' (2003), calling it Red Gables.


In the 1960s, this house was known as the Doty Rest Home, operated by Mrs. [[Doris%20Doty|Doris Doty]].
In the 1960s, this house was known as the Doty Rest Home, operated by Mrs. [[Doris Doty|Doris Doty]].


'''See also:''' [[Endicott-Johnson%20Cottages|Endicott-Johnson Cottages]]
'''See also:''' [[Endicott-Johnson Cottages|Endicott-Johnson Cottages]]


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


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Latest revision as of 12:24, 25 April 2026


4 McCarthy Terrace, viewed from Shepard Avenue
4 McCarthy Terrace in a 1928 Endicott Johnson sanatorium brochure, viewed from McCarthy Terrace.
4 McCarthy Terrace, viewed from behind Fortune Funeral Home Another historic image, viewed from near the same point

Address: 51 Shepard Avenue

Old Address: 4 McCarthy Terrace/43 Shepard Avenue

Other names: Schwartz Cottage (1911), Endicott-Johnson (1930); Rogers Cottage (1930); DIS; Doty's Rest Home (1960s)

Year built:

Other information: According to the 1916 TB Directory, the Schwartz Cottage, run by a Mrs. Schwartz, had room for 21 patients, had four cure porches and charged $12-15 per week. The house was connected to 45 Shepard Avenue.

Author Shel Damsky, who owned this house, used it as the setting for his novel, Saranac Lake Revisited (2003), calling it Red Gables.

In the 1960s, this house was known as the Doty Rest Home, operated by Mrs. Doris Doty.

See also: Endicott-Johnson Cottages

Other historic properties

Comments