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[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989SEElevation.jpeg|left|thumb||Southeast elevation, c. May 1989.<br>Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]]'''Address:''' 164 Kiwassa Road | [[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989SEElevation.jpeg|left|thumb|350px|Southeast elevation, c. May 1989.<br>Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]] | ||
[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989NWElevation.jpeg|right|thumb|350px|Northwest elevation, c. May 1989. <br>Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]] | |||
[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageSept1991West.jpeg|left|thumb|350px|West elevation, c. May 1989. <br>Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]] | |||
[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989NWElevation (2).jpeg||thumb|350px|Northwest elevation, c. May 1989.<br>Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]] | |||
[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989WElevation.jpeg||left|thumb|350px|West elevation, c. May 1989. <br>Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]] | |||
'''Address:''' 164 [[Kiwassa Road]] | |||
'''Old Address:''' 3 Kiwassa Road | '''Old Address:''' 3 Kiwassa Road | ||
'''Other Names:''' [[Fanny Bellak|Bellack Cottage]] (1928), Buck Cottage (1930); [[ | '''Other Names:''' [[Fanny Bellak|Bellack Cottage]] (1928), Buck Cottage (1930); [[DIS]] 1928 | ||
'''Year built:''' 1910. | '''Year built:''' 1910. | ||
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'''Other information:''' A boardinghouse-style cure cottage with a veranda spanning the southeast side, the western side of which is glass-enclosed. There are two surviving cure porches, and evidence of more that have been removed. | '''Other information:''' A boardinghouse-style cure cottage with a veranda spanning the southeast side, the western side of which is glass-enclosed. There are two surviving cure porches, and evidence of more that have been removed. | ||
The house was built by a Mr. Buck. It was registered as a private sanatorium operated as a boarding cottage by Mrs. [[Dorothy Witherspoon]] from 1923 to 1928. She was assisted by Miss Andrews and Miss Wilson in 1927, and by Mrs. [[Fanny Bellak]] in 1928. Mrs. Witherspoon held a [[Wikipedia:Veteran's_Administration|Veteran's Administration]] contract beginning in 1923, which was true of 45 other cottages at the time. | |||
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'''Sources''' | '''Sources''' | ||
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===Comments=== | ===Comments=== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:25, 7 October 2026
Taken for the National Register nomination.
Historic Saranac Lake Collection.
Taken for the National Register nomination.
Historic Saranac Lake Collection.
Taken for the National Register nomination.
Historic Saranac Lake Collection.
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Taken for the National Register nomination.
Historic Saranac Lake Collection.
Taken for the National Register nomination.
Historic Saranac Lake Collection.
Address: 164 Kiwassa Road
Old Address: 3 Kiwassa Road
Other Names: Bellack Cottage (1928), Buck Cottage (1930); DIS 1928
Year built: 1910.
Other information: A boardinghouse-style cure cottage with a veranda spanning the southeast side, the western side of which is glass-enclosed. There are two surviving cure porches, and evidence of more that have been removed.
The house was built by a Mr. Buck. It was registered as a private sanatorium operated as a boarding cottage by Mrs. Dorothy Witherspoon from 1923 to 1928. She was assisted by Miss Andrews and Miss Wilson in 1927, and by Mrs. Fanny Bellak in 1928. Mrs. Witherspoon held a Veteran's Administration contract beginning in 1923, which was true of 45 other cottages at the time.
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