Things to do / Travel Guide
Address:11 Stevenson Lane
Saranac Lake, New York
Tel:
(518) 891-1462
In 1876, Dr. Livingston Trudeau, suffering from tuberculosis, came to Saranac Lake and the fresh mountain air restored him. He subsequently opened the first outdoor sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis in 1884. In 1887, the author Robert Louis Stevenson, following his successful publication of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," came to Saranac Lake to be close to Dr. Trudeau, hoping to recover from his own tuberculosis. The cottage he lived in, now known as the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Cottage, houses memorabilia, including Stevenson's photographs, letters, playing cards, ice skates, and signed first editions. Unfortunately he was not cured of the disease and only stayed for a short while, though completed some of his great essays there. The cottage is open to visitors from July-September.