Walker Cottage: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:06, 7 October 2026

Address: 134 Park Avenue

Old Address: 67 Park Avenue

Other names: LaBounty Cottage (1911), McCaffery Cottage (1912), Merrick Cottage (1928), Mirick Cottage (1930), Walker Cottage (1932), DIS. Knabe Cottage (1916)

Year built: 1904

Built by: Robert Dugan and David Dugan

Other information: A Colonial Revival-style, two-family house that evolved into a cure cottage. A total of eight cure porches have been added to the structure.

By 1913 the house had been leased to Anna McCaffery who may have managed the house as a nursing cottage, and, in 1914, it was managed as a boarding cottage by Estella W. Knabe, who came to Saranac Lake with her husband, who had TB.

According to the 1916 TB Directory, the Knabe Cottage, run by Mrs. Otto Knabe, had room for seven patients, had two cure porches and charged $12-25 per week.

In 1934, it was registered with the T.B. Society by Alfred and Ethel Nickerson Walker as a nursing cottage for eight patients at rates of $25 to $35 per week. Patients included Hispanics, Asians, and Norwegian sailors.

Elise Chapin was a patient in this cottage in the 1930s.

Other historic properties

Sources

File:Walker Cottage NRHP.pdf

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-[[File:Walker Cottage.jpg|right|thumb||Walker Cottage ]] [[File:Walker Cottage 1984.jpg|left|thumb||Rear of Walker Cottage, showing porches, 1984 ]]'''Address:''' 134 [[Park Avenue|Park Avenue]]
+[[File:Walker Cottage 1984.jpg||thumb|400px|Rear of Walker Cottage, showing porches, 1984 ]]
+'''Address:''' 134 [[Park Avenue]]
+[[File:Walker Cottage.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Walker Cottage ]]
 '''Old Address:''' 67 Park Avenue
-'''Other names:''' LaBounty Cottage (1911), McCaffery Cottage (1912), Merrick Cottage (1928), Mirick Cottage (1930), Walker Cottage (1932), [[DIS|DIS]]. Knabe Cottage (1916)
+'''Other names:''' LaBounty Cottage (1911), McCaffery Cottage (1912), Merrick Cottage (1928), Mirick Cottage (1930), Walker Cottage (1932), [[DIS]]. Knabe Cottage (1916)
 '''Year built:''' 1904
-'''Built by:''' [[Robert Dugan|Robert Dugan]] and [[David Dugan|David Dugan]]
+'''Built by:''' [[Robert Dugan]] and [[David Dugan]]
-'''Other information:''' A [[Colonial Revival|Colonial Revival]]-style, two-family house that evolved into a cure cottage. A total of eight cure porches have been added to the structure.
+'''Other information:''' A [[Colonial Revival]]-style, two-family house that evolved into a cure cottage. A total of eight cure porches have been added to the structure.
-By 1913 the house had been leased to [[Anna McCaffery|Anna McCaffery]] who may have managed the house as a nursing cottage, and, in 1914, it was managed as a boarding cottage by [[Estella Knabe|Estella W. Knabe]], who came to Saranac Lake with her husband, who had TB.
+By 1913 the house had been leased to [[Anna McCaffery]] who may have managed the house as a nursing cottage, and, in 1914, it was managed as a boarding cottage by [[Estella W. Knabe]], who came to Saranac Lake with her husband, who had TB.
-According to the [[1916 TB Directory|1916 TB Directory]], the '''Knabe Cottage''', run by [[Estella Knabe|Mrs. Otto Knabe]], had room for seven patients, had two [[cure porches|cure porches]] and charged $12-25 per week.
+According to the [[1916 TB Directory]], the '''Knabe Cottage''', run by [[Mrs. Otto Knabe]], had room for seven patients, had two [[cure porches]] and charged $12-25 per week.
-In 1934, it was registered with the [[T.B. Society|T.B. Society]] by Alfred and [[Ethel Walker|Ethel Nickerson Walker]] as a nursing cottage for eight patients at rates of $25 to $35 per week. Patients included Hispanics, Asians, and [[Norwegian sailors|Norwegian sailors]].
+In 1934, it was registered with the [[T.B. Society]] by Alfred and [[Ethel Nickerson Walker]] as a nursing cottage for eight patients at rates of $25 to $35 per week. Patients included Hispanics, Asians, and [[Norwegian sailors|Norwegian sailors]].
-[[Elise Chapin|Elise Chapin]] was a patient in this cottage in the 1930s.
+[[Elise Chapin]] was a patient in this cottage in the 1930s.
-'''[[Other historic properties|Other historic properties]]'''
+'''[[Other historic properties]]'''
 '''Sources'''
-* [[90NR02981_3479.pdf|National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (pdf)]]
+* [[File:Walker Cottage NRHP.pdf|thumb]]
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