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One of 86 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Corey Cottage
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 19 Helen St., Saranac Lake, 12983
- When was it listed? November 2022
- Category. building
- Also known as. Saranac Lake MPS
- Town. Harrietstown town
- National Register reference number. 100008337 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1902 to 1999The ground this property stands on, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
64 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Corey Cottage between 2002 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | MOOSE POND FIRE |
| 26 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BIRCH ISLAND |
| 21 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | SI 59 FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Corey Cottage: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. C. Harris Property Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Mayersohn Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Torrington Construction Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Saranac Juction Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Cassavaugh Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| D and C Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Trudeau Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Trudeau Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
21 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saranac Lake, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2016: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | 1 hurt, $500,000 | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Lightning | Saranac Lake | 1 hurt, $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Saranac Lake | $6,000,000 | Runoff from heavy rain and snowmelt caused flooding in Saranac Lake Village. Flooding was compounded by upstream releases from locks on Oseetah Lake, which flooded downstream Lake Flower at Saranac Lake Village. Businesses and homes were evacuated, and bridges and the village wastewater treatment plant were damaged. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Saranac Lake | $50,000 | Runoff from heavy rainfall flooded and washed out roads in and near Saranac Lake Village in Franklin County. Route 86 was closed by flood waters between Saranac Lake Village and Lake Colby. Several village roads were damaged. Water flooded the intersection of St. Bernard and Academy Streets two feet deep. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Saranac Lake | $50,000 | Roads in Saranac Lake Village were flooded and closed. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $50,000 | Numerous trees down across Saranac Lake vicinity along Route 3 between|Saranac Village and Tupper Lake. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $30,000 | Multiple trees down across the village with at least one car crushed by tree. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $25,000 | Multiple trees and power lines down across the Saranac Lake community. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $25,000 | Numerous trees down in Saranac Lake and immediate vicinity. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $10,000 | Several trees and large branches downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $5,000 | Trees downed by thunderstorm winds in Saranac Lake. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $5,000 | Trees reported down by thunderstorm winds along Route 3 in Saranac Lake. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Saranac Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saranac Lake | - | Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorms winds in Saranac Village. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Saranac Lake | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail reported. |
Maps showing this location
11 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1902 USGS Saranac quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Saranac quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Saranac Lake quadrangle1:62500 - 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Saranac Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 1979 USGS Saranac Lake quadrangle1:25000 - 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Saranac Lake quadrangle1:25000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Noyes Cottage | under 500 feet | 1992 |
 | E. L. Gray House | under 500 feet | 1992 |
 | Church Street Historic District | under 500 feet | 1992 |
 | Colbath Cottage | under 500 feet | 1992 |
 | Hooey Cottage | 0.1 miles | 1992 |
 | Hotel Saranac | 0.1 miles | 2019 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008337 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 86 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.