Merrillsville Cure Cottage

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°W / 44.52167; -74.01444Coordinates: 44°31′18″N 74°0′52″W / 44.52167°N 74.01444°W / 44.52167; -74.01444
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1900
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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Kathleen LaFrank (March 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Merrillsville Cure Cottage". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-01-01. See also: "Accompanying seven photos".


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