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[[File:Smithwick Cottage 1920.jpg| | [[File:Smithwick Cottage 1920.jpg||thumb|400px|Smithwick Cottage, 1920. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]] | ||
[[File:Smithwick gang.jpg| | [[File:Smithwick gang.jpg||thumb|400px|A photograph from an album of [[Verdo Newman|Verdo Newman]], captioned "The Smithwicks Gang." [[Gertrude Smithwick|Gertrude Smithwick]] is at upper right. Undated, but probably early 1920s. Courtesy of Lynn Newman. ]] | ||
[[File:Gertrude Smithwick.jpg|right|thumb|[[Gertrude Smithwick|Gertrude Smithwick]] in the 1930 ''[[Canaras|Canaras]]''. ]]'''Address:''' 115 Park Avenue | [[File:Gertrude Smithwick.jpg|right|thumb|400px|[[Gertrude Smithwick|Gertrude Smithwick]] in the 1930 ''[[Canaras|Canaras]]''. ]]'''Address:''' 115 [[Park Avenue]] | ||
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|Patient||[[Clarles Halmes|Clarles Halmes]]||38 | |Patient||[[Clarles Halmes|Clarles Halmes]]||38 | ||
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|Patient||[[Casterene Woodrough|Casterene Woodrough]]||62 | |Patient||[[Casterene Woodrough|Casterene Woodrough]]||62 | ||
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|Patient||[[Elmer Babienzen|Elmer Babienzen]]||28 | |Patient||[[Elmer Babienzen|Elmer Babienzen]]||28 | ||
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|Patient||[[Mazie Clemenshaw|Mazie Clemenshaw]]||74 | |Patient||[[Mazie Clemenshaw|Mazie Clemenshaw]]||74 | ||
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|Nurse||[[Marie Deolin|Marie Deolin]]||37 | |Nurse||[[Marie Deolin|Marie Deolin]]||37 | ||
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[[ | [[Norwegian Seaman]] [[Jacob Jacobsen]] cured at Smithwick. | ||
The Smithwick Cottage is listed as a contributing building to the [[Cottage Row Historic District|Cottage Row Historic District]] on the National Register of Historic Places. | The Smithwick Cottage is listed as a contributing building to the [[Cottage Row Historic District|Cottage Row Historic District]] on the National Register of Historic Places. | ||
Revision as of 13:27, 16 January 2026
Address: 115 Park Avenue
Old Address: 60 Park Avenue
Year built: c. 1917
Architect: George Schrader
The Smithwick Cottage is a Colonial Revival-style residence, located in the Cottage Row Historic District. It is reportedly the first cottage in Saranac Lake designed and built for use as a private commercial sanatorium. It was built by Michael J. Smithwick and operated by Josephine Smithwick. (In the Irish-American precincts of Hartford, CT, in 2016 Smithwick's is the name of a beer pronounced "Smiddick's.")
Rose Kennedy, best known as the mother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is said to have visited her sister who was curing at the Smithwick Cottage.
Author Walker Percy stayed here while waiting for admission to Trudeau Sanatorium. See the UNC Museum for a photo of Percy at about this time period.
Elise Chapin was a patient in this cottage in the 1930s, as was Georgia Watson Lee Brown.
See John G. Smithwick.
In addition to Josephine and Gertrude Smithwick, the 1940 Census lists the following occupants:
| Patient | Clarles Halmes | 38 |
| Patient | Casterene Woodrough | 62 |
| Patient | Elmer Babienzen | 28 |
| Patient | Mazie Clemenshaw | 74 |
| Nurse | Marie Deolin | 37 |
Norwegian Seaman Jacob Jacobsen cured at Smithwick.
The Smithwick Cottage is listed as a contributing building to the Cottage Row Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, December 1, 1948
Mrs. Josephine Smithwick, 72, died last night at her home at 60 Park avenue following an illness of several years.
Mrs. Smithwick had operated a private sanatorium at 60 Park avenue.