Church Street Historic District

The Church Street Historic District is an area in Saranac Lake that is on the National Register of Historic Places. It extends roughly along Church Street from Main Street to St. Bernard Street. It comprises twenty-seven buildings including three churches, a medical laboratory, ten homes, two libraries, and six Cure Cottages, most built between the late 1870s and 1900. ¹

Church Street is one of the five original streets of the village, connecting River Street to Main Street. Most of the buildings have features reflecting their use as cure cottages by residents suffering from tuberculosis, especially the "cure porches" where patients were exposed daily, year round, to as much fresh air as possible.

Anthony B. Gedroiz was a family doctor in Saranac Lake from at least 1938 through at least 1971. He was a son of [Gedroiz], who came to Saranac Lake to [[1]]. He served as health officer for Saranac Lake.|\n|-\n|

||19 Church St.||63 Church St.||Gothic Revival-style stone church designed by Charles W. Bolton & Son, Architects, of Philadelphia. When it was built, its name was the "First Methodist Episcopal
Church." ²|\n|-\n|

||23 Church St.||57 Church St.||Built by J.J. O'Connell, The church held its first organizational meeting on July 25, 1890, when, "Twelve persons were received by letter from the Presbyterian Church of Black Brook and five on profession of faith." |\n|-\n|

||104 Main St.||115 Main St.||Colonial Revival house extensively remodeled in1907 by Scopes and Feustmann. Dr. Lawrason Brown was the Resident Physician at the Trudeau Sanatorium and an internationally known specialist in tuberculosis.|\n|-\n|

||108 Main St.||121 Main St.| According to the [TB Directory], the cottage had room for nine patients, with two [porches]. It was run by Mrs. [Conklin]. Dr. [Leetch], a tuberculosis doctor, had an office here|\n|-\n|

||110 Main St.||129 Main St.||Together with the Werle Town House, it was operated as a commercial private sanatorium by two women who had become friends while curing at the Meagher Cottage|\n|-\n|

||116 Main St.||133 Main St.||The Colonial Revival residence of Virginian Dr. Woods Price, who came to Saranac Lake for his health. He was Dr. Trudeau's own physician. He lived and practiced at [Main Street]. He was president of the [Hospital] for more than 17 years.|\n|-\n|

||118 Main St.||139 Main St.|| |\n|-\n|

||119 Main St.||136 Main St.||Designed by Lawrence Aspinwall, St. Luke's Parish House served as the [County Library] for fifteen years starting in 1892 and was renamed the Adirondack Library.|\n|-\n|

||121 Main St.||142 Main St.||Designed by Lawrence Aspinwall, the house was rented to Dr. [G. Rambaud], who lived in the house and operated his practice there as well. |\n|-\n|

||123 Main St.||148 Main St.|| |\n</tbody>

See also

Source

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (pdf)
Charles Bolton Churches, Philadelphia Athenaeum. Call #RBC Oversize, NA5210.B66 1910.

1. Comments

1. Footnotes

1. "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Church Street Historic District"
2. Charles Bolton Churches, Philadelphia Athenaeum. Call #RBC Oversize, NA5210.B66 1910.