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Merrillsville Cure Cottage
Merrillsville Cure Cottage, April 2009
Location: Jct. of Co. Rt. 99 and Old NY 3, Merrillsville, New York Coordinates: 44°31′18″N 74°0′52″W / 44.52167°N 74.01444°WCoordinates: 44°31′18″N 74°0′52″W / 44.52167°N 74.01444°W Area: 1 acre (0.40 ha) Built: 1900 Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 95000947[1] Added to NRHP: August 10, 1995 Merrillsville Cure Cottage, also known as Merrillsville Town Hall, is a historic cure cottage located at Merrillsville in the town of Franklin, Franklin County, New York. It was built about 1900 as part of a tuberculosis curing facility that also included a main lodge and numerous tent platform. It was moved to its present site in 1920. It is a small, rectangular one story frame building, sheathed in dark brown cedar shingles. It is topped by a gable roof with exposed wooden rafters. It features a full width, glass enclosed cure porch.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Kathleen LaFrank (March 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Merrillsville Cure Cottage". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=101558. Retrieved 2010-01-01. See also: "Accompanying seven photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=101560.
Categories:- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Houses completed in 1900
- Houses in Franklin County, New York
- Franklin County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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