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


'''Address:''' 61 [[River%20Street|River Street]]
[[File:30RiverStreetColbathCottageSept1991NorthEast.jpeg|thumb||400px|Colbath Cottage, September 1991 North-East view]]
 
'''Address:''' 61 [[River Street]]


'''Old Address:''' 30 River Street
'''Old Address:''' 30 River Street


'''Other names:'''
'''Other names:''' St. Bernard's Convent


'''Year built:''' c. 1896
'''Year built:''' c. 1896


'''Other information:''' A [[Queen%20Anne|Queen Anne]]-style cure cottage. The south side consists of a one-story, engaged [[cure%20porch|cure porch]], enclosed with sliding glass windows. A smaller cure porch is located on the second story, above the eastern portion of the first-floor porch. The number of bedrooms and cure porches suggests its use as a sanatorium.
'''Other information:''' A [[Queen Anne]]-style cure cottage. The south side consists of a one-story, engaged [[cure porch]], enclosed with sliding glass windows. A smaller cure porch is located on the second story, above the eastern portion of the first-floor porch. The number of bedrooms and cure porches suggests its use as a sanatorium.


The cottage is named for an early owner, [[Hosea%20Colbath|Hosea Colbath]]. It was registered in the village in 1906 and with the [[T.B.%20Society|T.B. Society]] in the early twentieth century.
The cottage is named for an early owner, [[Hosea Colbath]]. It was registered in the village in 1906 and with the [[T.B. Society]] in the early twentieth century.


[[34%20River%20Street|34 River Street]] was also referred to as the Colbath Cottage.
[[34 River Street]] was also referred to as the Colbath Cottage. This cottage was used for many years as a convent for the nuns who taught at [[St. Bernard's School]].


[[File:30RiverStreetColbathCottageFeb1989InteriorFrontPorchFacingSouth.jpeg|right|thumb||Interior Front Porch Facing South, February 1989]]This cottage was used for many years as a convent for the nuns who taught at St. Bernard's School.
[[File:30RiverStreetColbathCottageFeb1989InteriorFrontPorchFacingSouth.jpeg|right|thumb||400px|Interior Front Porch Facing South, February 1989]]


[[File:30RiverStreetColbathCottageSept1991NorthEast.jpeg|left|thumb||Colbath Cottage, September 1991 North-East view]]
[[File:30RiverStreetColbathCottageFEb1989InteriorSecondFloorPorch.jpeg|left|thumb||400px|Second Floor Porch Interior February1989]]


[[File:30RiverStreetColbathCottageFEb1989InteriorSecondFloorPorch.jpeg|left|thumb||Second Floor Porch Interior February1989]]
[[File:30RiverStreetColbathCottageOutbuildingSept1991NorthEastShed.jpeg|right|thumb||400px|Culture stone shed, September 1991, North-East]]


[[File:30RiverStreetColbathCottageOutbuildingSept1991NorthEastShed.jpeg|right|thumb||Culture stone shed, September 1991, North-East]]<br>[[File:30RiverStreetColbathCottageSept1991East.jpeg|left|thumb||Colbath Cottage, September 1991 East view]]
[[File:30RiverStreetColbathCottageSept1991East.jpeg|left|thumb||400px|Colbath Cottage, September 1991 East view]]


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


'''Sources'''
'''Sources'''
*  [[90NR02982_3481.pdf|National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (pdf)]]
* [[File:Partridge Cottage NRHP.pdf|thumb]]
 
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Latest revision as of 16:58, 7 October 2026


Colbath Cottage
Colbath Cottage, September 1991 North-East view

Address: 61 River Street

Old Address: 30 River Street

Other names: St. Bernard's Convent

Year built: c. 1896

Other information: A Queen Anne-style cure cottage. The south side consists of a one-story, engaged cure porch, enclosed with sliding glass windows. A smaller cure porch is located on the second story, above the eastern portion of the first-floor porch. The number of bedrooms and cure porches suggests its use as a sanatorium.

The cottage is named for an early owner, Hosea Colbath. It was registered in the village in 1906 and with the T.B. Society in the early twentieth century.

34 River Street was also referred to as the Colbath Cottage. This cottage was used for many years as a convent for the nuns who taught at St. Bernard's School.

Interior Front Porch Facing South, February 1989
Second Floor Porch Interior February1989
Culture stone shed, September 1991, North-East
Colbath Cottage, September 1991 East view

Other historic properties

Sources

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