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In 1910, the road that starts at the Lake Flower dam at foot of Main Street and runs south down the western shore of the lake was called Maple Street. The first left off of Maple Street going south, where Maple drifted away from the lake, was Woodland Avenue. By 1917, the northernmost section of Maple Street, together with all of Woodland Avenue, had been renamed Riverside Drive. By 1928, Maple Steet had been renamed Kiwassa Road. In 2004, when the village addresses were changed in the implementation of the 911 Emergency Response System, the northernmost section was renamed Kiwassa Road, so that now, Riverside Drive starts at Kiwassa. See map, below.
Riverside Drive 1920.jpgRiverside Drive from Lake Flower Avenue, c. 1920. From left Tousley House, Schrader-Griswold Cottage, Roberson Cottage, R. Eugene Woodruff House, unknown house, Goode Cottage, Magill Cottage, unknown <hsl>

Old Address Post-911 Address Cottage Name/Notes Cure Evidence
Starts at Lake Street (West), Main Street (North)
Riverside Drive

[WWW]Historic Image
1 Riverside Drive 4 Kiwassa Road 1 Riverside Drive.jpg 1 Riverside Drive, [WWW]Image, Cure Cottages, p. 45, 77 TBSBC, TBSWC, NYC1915
3 Riverside Drive 14 Kiwassa Road

3 Riverside Drive, Cure Cottages, p. 64 DIS
5 Riverside Drive 14 Kiwassa Road

5 Riverside Drive DIS
3-5 Riverside Drive 14 Kiwassa Road

Lake Flower Apartments
Passes Maple Hill Road
11 Riverside Drive

11 Riverside Drive DIS
11 1/2 Riverside Drive 34 Kiwassa Road

NYC1915
13 Riverside Drive 32 Kiwassa Road Sanzo and Zeller Cottage.jpg Sanzo and Zeller Cottage, O'Brien Cottage SLA1935, TBSBC, DIS
15 Riverside Drive 74 Kiwassa Road

Millbank Cottage SLA1935, PHR1930, TBSBC, TBSWC, NYC1915, DIS
17 Riverside Drive 38 Kiwassa Road 17 Riverside Drive.jpg 17 Riverside Drive TBSWC, DIS
19 1/2 Riverside Drive 48 Kiwassa Road

19 Riverside Drive, 19 Maple Street 44 Kiwassa Road

19 Riverside Drive TBSWC, NYC1915, DIS
21 Riverside Drive 50 Kiwassa Road 21 Lake Flower Avenue.jpg Philbrooks House, Cure Cottages, p. 64 TBSBC,TBSWC, DIS
25 Riverside Drive 60 Kiwassa Road 25 Lake Flower Avenue.jpg Musselman Cottage TBSBC, TBSWC, DIS
27 Riverside Drive

27 Riverside Drive
29 Riverside Drive 66 Kiwassa Road 29 Lake Flower Avenue.jpg 29 Riverside Drive, [WWW]Image" TBSWC, NYC1915
31 Riverside Drive

31 Riverside Drive DIS
33 Riverside Drive

Daunais Cottage DIS 1929
37 Riverside Drive 74 Kiwassa Road Magill Cottage.jpg Magill Cottage TBSBC, TBSWC, NYC1915, DIS
41 Riverside Drive 90 Kiwassa Road 41 Riverside Drive.jpg Goode Cottage TBSBC, TBSWC, NYC1915, DIS
42 Riverside Drive

TBSBC
45 Riverside Drive 104 Kiwassa Road R. Eugene Woodruff House.jpg R. Eugene Woodruff House, Cure Cottages, p. 66 TBSWC
47 Riverside Drive 110 Kiwassa Road Roberson Cottage.jpg Roberson Cottage TBSWC, NYC19125
49 Riverside Drive 116 Kiwassa Road Schrader-Griswold Cottage.jpg Schrader-Griswold Cottage TBSWC, NYC1915
49 1/2 Riverside Drive 49 1/2 Riverside Drive DIS
53 Riverside Drive 126 Kiwassa Road Tousley House.jpg Tousley House, Cure Cottages, p. 64; Milo B. Miller house. TBSWC, NYC1915
55 Riverside Drive 138 Kiwassa Road Upload new image "55 Riverside Drive.jpg" 55 Riverside Drive
56 Riverside Drive 135 Kiwassa Road 56 Riverside Drive.jpg 56 Riverside Drive TBSWC, DIS
58 Riverside Drive 141 Kiwassa Road Riverside Drive.jpg 58 Riverside Drive TBSWC, DIS
59 Riverside Drive 142 Kiwassa Road Scott Cottage.jpg Scott Cottage TBSWC, DIS
63 Riverside Drive 152 Kiwassa Road William Demerse Homestead.jpg William Demerse Homestead, [WWW]Image, Cure Cottages, p. 64 TBSWC
64 Riverside Drive 157 Kiwassa Road 64 Riverside Drive.jpg Lakeview Cottage SLA1935, TBSBC, TBSWC, DIS
66 Riverside Drive

66 Riverside Drive
67 Riverside Drive

Buck Cottage, Cure Cottages, p. 64 TBSWC
69 Riverside Drive 16 Riverside Drive 69 Riverside Drive.jpg 69 Riverside Drive TBSWC NYC1915, DIS
71 Riverside Drive 22 Riverside Drive 71 Riverside Drive.jpg 71 Riverside Drive TBSWC, NYC1915
75 Riverside Drive

75 Riverside Drive SLA1935, TBSBC, DIS
77 Riverside Drive 30 Riverside Drive 77 Riverside Drive.jpg 77 Riverside Drive
80 Riverside Drive

Musselman Cottage 2 DIS 1913
81 Riverside Drive 38 Riverside Drive

84-86 Riverside Drive 33 Riverside Drive Knabe Cottage Annex.jpg Knabe Cottage Annex, Cure Cottages, p. 74 PHR1930
86 Riverside Drive 43 Riverside Drive 86 Riverside Drive.jpg Knabe Cottage 86 Riverside Drive, Cure Cottages, p. 19 & 64 SLA1935, TBSBC, TBSWC
88 Riverside Drive 49 Riverside Drive 88 Riverside Drive.jpg Lynch Cottage 88 Riverside Drive, Cure Cottages, p. 64 JOL1931, SLA1935, PHR1930, TBSBC, TBSWC
89 Riverside Drive 58 Riverside Drive 89 Riverside Drive.jpg Balsam Manor, 89 Riverside Drive, [WWW]Image, Cure Cottages, p. 82, 85 SLA1935, TBSBC, TBSWC, DIS 1930
89 1/2 Riverside Drive 58 Riverside Drive

Bartok Cabin, Cure Cottages, p. 82 SLA1935, TBSBC, TBSWC
90 Riverside Drive 55 Riverside Drive Spear Cottage.jpg Spear Cottage [WWW]Image, Norwegians, Cure Cottages, p. 64 JOL1931, SLA1935, PHR1930, TBSBC, DIS 1928, 1948-52
93 Riverside Drive 68 Riverside Drive O'Brian Cottage.jpg 93 Riverside Drive, Cure Cottages, p. 69 JOL1931, SLA1935, TBSBC, TBSWC, DIS
94 Riverside Drive 67 Riverside Drive 94 Riverside Drive.jpg Gould Cottage TBSBC, TBSWC, DIS
99 Riverside Drive 84 Riverside Drive

115 Riverside Drive 120 Riverside Drive

116 Riverside Drive 127 Riverside Drive

125 Riverside Drive 146 Riverside Drive


Adirondack Daily Enterprise, May 5, 1936

WPA RIVERSIDE DRIVE PROJECT STARTS MAY 13

Improvements to Riverside Drive will start on May 13, according to an announcement made by Village Manager Millar Johnson at a meeting of the village board last night.

Listed as a WPA project, the work will include widening the present road to thirty-five feet, removal of the sidewalk to the lake shore side of the road, and the installation of new curbing.

In connection with the project Trustee Sol Drutz made a motion that Paul Smith's Electric Light Company be instructed to remove overhead wires and poles and to arrange for the installation of ornamental street lights on the new sidewalk.

Approximately four months will be required to complete the work, at which forty-eight men will be given work four days per week.

The appropriation calls for an estimated expenditure of $17,400, of which approximately $10,200 will be furnished by the federal government and the balance $7,200 by the village.


Riverside Drive WHJ.jpgDetail from a 1902 photograph of part of Riverside Drive (click to enlarge). Pre-2004 street numbers are shown in red. Apparently taken from River Street near the Colbath Cottage. For the full photograph, see Lake Flower Riverside Drive Map.jpgRiverside Drive, from the 1910 Village Directory

See also the Adirondack Room's [WWW]Photograph across Lake Flower at Riverside Drive., Saranac Lake Free Library

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