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Distin Cottage

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Distin Cottage is a historic cure cottage in Saranac Lake, in the town of Harrietstown, Franklin County, New York, built around 1920. It is a two story, L shaped wood frame single family dwelling with Colonial Revival details, a hipped roof with a clipped gable and dormers, and a cure porch measuring 8 by 10 feet. It was designed by architect William G. Distin for his father, the photographer William L. Distin. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Historic house 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
New York, United States 3
Completed Year
1920 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
House 2
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House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Colonial Revival Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Distin Cottage (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Timber, Architectural Materials
Source Distin Cottage (Wikipedia)
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1. Distin Cottage (Wikipedia)
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Distin Cottage is a historic cure cottage in Saranac Lake, in the town of Harrietstown, Franklin County, New York, built around 1920. It is a two story, L shaped wood frame single family dwelling with Colonial Revival details, a hipped roof with a clipped gable and dormers, and a cure porch measuring 8 by 10 feet. It was designed by architect William G. Distin for his father, the photographer William L. Distin.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1920)
    completion_date/completed = 1920
  • In Style: Colonial Revival Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Colonial Revival
  • Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia lead
    It was built about 1920 and is a two-story, L-shaped wood frame single-family dwelling with Colonial Revival style details.
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2. Distin Cottage (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Historic house)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Historic house)
Wikidata item Q5282958, instance of (P31): historic house
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3. Distin Cottage (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 391665): New York, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 391665): New York, United States
Wikidata item Q5282958, property P131/P17 (location): New York, United States
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