Merrillsville Cure Cottage

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]

Merrillsville Cure Cottage
Merrillsville Cure Cottage, April 2009
Merrillsville Cure Cottage is located in New York
Merrillsville Cure Cottage
Merrillsville Cure Cottage is located in the United States
Merrillsville Cure Cottage
LocationJct. of Co. Rt. 99 and Old NY 3, Merrillsville, New York
Coordinates44°31′18″N 74°0′52″W / 44.52167°N 74.01444°W / 44.52167; -74.01444
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1900
NRHP reference No.95000947[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 10, 1995

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  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".