Merrillsville Cure Cottage
Merrillsville Cure Cottage | |
 Merrillsville Cure Cottage, April 2009 | |
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| Location | Jct. of Co. Rt. 99 and Old NY 3, Merrillsville, New York |
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| Coordinates | 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 No. | 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. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 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".
