Pittenger Cottage

Pittenger Cottage, 2009 

Pittenger Cottage, 1982

Address: 494 Forest Hill Avenue
 

Old Address: 14 Forest Hill Avenue

Other Names: Drake Cottage

Year built: Before 1916

14 Forest Hill Avenue from the West, June 198

Other information: A cure cottage with five cure porches, all different, it was registered as a private sanatorium operated as a boarding cottage run by Mrs. A. C. Pittenger from about 1921 to 1932.

14 Forest Hill Avenue 2nd floor cure porch, June 1989

According to the 1916 TB Directory, the Drake Cottage, run by a Mrs. Drake, had room for four patients, had one cure porch and charged $12 per week.

 

 

 

14 Forest Hill Avenue from the East, June 1989

Sources

• [Register of Historic Places Registration Form]