Collins Cottages

A number of cottages in Saranac Lake have been called the "Collins Cottage". For a number of them, the name appears only in the Disinfection Records of the Village Board of Health; those records give no indication of who the operator of the cottage was, they simply list a cottage name.

The first three cottages below are known to have been operated by Ruth Collins, the head nurse in the infirmary at the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium.

• Collins/Beattie Cottage, 76 Park Avenue (NHRP), operated by Ruth Collins from 1912 to about 1920.
• Arthur Arms/Beattie Cottage, 74 Park Avenue, operated by Ruth Collins in 1911; listed as the Collins Cottage in 1912.
• Helen Scopes Turner Cottage, 96 Park Avenue, operated by Ruth Collins in 1910; listed as the Collins Cottage in 1912.
• Philbrooks House, 21 Riverside Drive, listed as the Collins Cottage in 1911.
• Collins and Low, 7 Front Street, listed as the Collins Cottage in 1928.
• 27 Charles Street, listed as the Collins Cottage in 1928.
• 48 Old Military Road, listed as the Collins Cottage in 1913.
• 76 Lake Street, listed as the Collins Cottage in 1913.