Dr. Henry Leetch House

Dr. Henry Leetch House
Dr. Henry Leetch House, September 2008
Location 3 Johnson Rd., North Elba / Saranac Lake, New York
Coordinates 44°19′35″N 74°8′0″W / 44.32639°N 74.13333°W / 44.32639; -74.13333Coordinates: 44°19′35″N 74°8′0″W / 44.32639°N 74.13333°W / 44.32639; -74.13333
Area less than one acre
Built 1931
Architect Distin, William G.; Branch & Callanan
Architectural style Tudor Revival
MPS Saranac Lake MPS
NRHP Reference # 92001471[1]
Added to NRHP November 6, 1992

Dr. Henry Leetch House is a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake, town of North Elba in Essex County, New York. It was built between 1931 and 1932 and is a two story, wood frame structure on a fieldstone foundation with a gable roof in the Tudor Revival style. It features cure porch built over the garage and another at the rear of the house. It was designed by noted local architect William L. Distin for Dr. Henry Leetch, who specialized in treating tuberculosis, and who had the disease himself.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Rachel Bliven and John A. Bonafide (September 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dr. Henry Leetch House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-07-10. See also: "Accompanying two photos".


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