Witherspoon Cottage: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 05:11, 17 November 2024

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 19

28. She was assisted by Miss Andrews and Miss Wilson in 1927, and by Mrs. Fannie Ballae in 1928. Mrs. Witherspoon held a [Administration] contract beginning in 1923, which was true of 45 other cottages at the time.

Other historic properties

Sources

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (pdf)

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-[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989SEElevation.jpeg|left|]][[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||Southeast elevation, c. May 1989.<br>|Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>|Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]]'''Address:''' 164 Kiwassa Road
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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.
-[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989NWElevation.jpeg|right|]][[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989NWElevation.jpeg|right|thumb||Northwest elevation, c. May 1989. <br>|Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>|Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]]The house was built by a Mr. Buck. It was registered as a private sanatorium operated as a boarding cottage by Mrs. [[Dorothy%20Witherspoon|Dorothy Witherspoon]] from 1923 to 19[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989NWElevation%20%282%29.jpeg|left|]][[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989NWElevation%20%282%29.jpeg|left|thumb||Northwest elevation, c. May 1989.<br>|Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>|Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]]28. She was assisted by Miss Andrews and Miss Wilson in 1927, and by Mrs. [[Fanny%20Bellak|Fannie Ballae]] in 1928. Mrs. Witherspoon held a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veteran's_Administration|Veteran's Administration]] contract beginning in 1923, which was true of 45 other cottages at the time.[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageSept1991West.jpeg|left|]][[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageSept1991West.jpeg|left|thumb||West elevation, c. May 1989. <br>|Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>|Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]]
+[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989NWElevation.jpeg|right|thumb||Northwest elevation, c. May 1989. <br>|Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>|Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]]The house was built by a Mr. Buck. It was registered as a private sanatorium operated as a boarding cottage by Mrs. [[Dorothy%20Witherspoon|Dorothy Witherspoon]] from 1923 to 19[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989NWElevation%20%282%29.jpeg|left|thumb||Northwest elevation, c. May 1989.<br>|Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>|Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]]28. She was assisted by Miss Andrews and Miss Wilson in 1927, and by Mrs. [[Fanny%20Bellak|Fannie Ballae]] in 1928. Mrs. Witherspoon held a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veteran's_Administration|Veteran's Administration]] contract beginning in 1923, which was true of 45 other cottages at the time.[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageSept1991West.jpeg|left|thumb||West elevation, c. May 1989. <br>|Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>|Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]]
-[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989WElevation.jpeg|right|]][[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989WElevation.jpeg|right|thumb||West elevation, c. May 1989. <br>|Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>|Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]]
+[[File:3KiwassaWitherspoonCottageMay1989WElevation.jpeg|right|thumb||West elevation, c. May 1989. <br>|Taken for the National Register nomination.<br>|Historic Saranac Lake Collection.]]