Dusk on Lake Flower, Saranac Lake

Saranac Lake: Cure Cottage With Multiple Porches

From Wikipedia:
Between 1873 and 1945, Saranac Lake, New York became a world-renowned center for the treatment of tuberculosis, using a treatment that involved exposing patients to as much fresh air as possible under conditions of complete bed-rest. In the process, a specific building type, the "Cure Cottage", developed, built by local residents seeking to capitalize on the town's fame, by physicians, and often by the patients themselves. Many of these structures are extant, and their historic value has been recognized by listing on National Register of Historic Places. 

At Historic Saranac Lake's site are gathered numerous resources about the town.

Saranac Lake: Fall Friends

Saranac Lake: Free and Accepted Masons, Whiteface Mt. Lodge

Saranac Lake: Moose Maple Books

Saranac Lake: Broadway Bridge Over the Saranac River in a Snow Storm

Saranac Lake: New Sign for Hotel Saranac

The renovation is coming along, albeit more slowly than folks hoped. The new sign, identical to the iconic original, is a good sign.

Adirondacks: First Snow of the Season

Adirondacks: McKenzie Mountain, 3861' Elevation, First Storm of the Season

Rail Bike Ride from Saranac Lake to Lake Clear

Adirondacks: New Coffee Shop, Origin Coffee Co. in Saranac Lake

Poem Village: Washed Out, a Poem by C. Blake Parker

Whiteface Mountain Looms Near Saranac Lake

Saranac Lake: Left Bank Cafe's French Tricolor

Saranac Lake: Joan of Arc for "Superheroes and Villains" at Left Bank Cafe

Saranac Lake: Adirondack Carousel's Painted Murals

The second and third photos, above, are details of the Marcy Dam mural. Marcy Dam broke during tropical storm Irene in August 2011 and will not be replaced. Here is a good article about the debate following the storm and break, originally printed on Adirondack Almanac. Returning the woods to its natural state, a goal of those who love the Forever Wild clause that remains part of the park's guiding principles, would indicate against rebuilding the dam, and that argument won the day.  Well partly, at least, it won: the cost of a new dam would have been prohibitive.

Details of other murals at the Adirondack Carousel are above and below.

Saranac Lake: Episcopal Church of St. Luke, the Beloved Physician

Adirondack Guide Boat at Saranac Lake Free Library

We are told that Edmond A. Guggenheim donated this beautiful 

and classic Adirondack Guide Boat to Saranac Lake Free Library. 

He also donated the Dickert Wildlife Collection (see yesterday's post), 

a both beautiful and haunting taxidermy collection, to the library.

Tiny Black Bear Cub, Part of the Dickert Wildlife Collection at Saranac Lake Free Library

Charles Dickert Wildlife Collection at the Saranac Lake Free Library.
This tiny bear cub, the smallest of the cubs in a grouping of taxidermy black bears, has the sweetest look. The Dickert Collection is a haunting and beautiful, extensive collection of mammals and birds from the Adirondacks and elsewhere. The collection resides in a fine large room in the basement, built for the collection by library benefactor Edmond Guggenheim.  Highly recommended.

Saranac Lake Village