73 Broadway, 2009
Detail of a 1905-6 photo tentatively identified as 73 Broadway.
Historic Saranac Lake collection #2009.2.9.15Address: 64 Broadway
Old Address: 73 Broadway
Other names: Ruth Effenbach, Oxford Market
Year built: before 1895 (Sanborn maps)
73 Broadway appears on the 1895 Sanborn map as a grocery.
The Oxford Market was owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Effenbach and their children Ruth and son Mark who worked with them. Ruth was the last member of the family to run the store. It closed when she died. 1
In 1940 Benjamin F. Merritt and family were living here. Joseph Colletti was lodging with them. Solomon Drutz and family was also living here. Adolph Effenbach and family were living at 73 1/2.
See Cure Cottages, p. 111
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 24 October 1952
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1. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, April 30, 2011
