There were seven cure cottages in Saranac Lake that had contracts with the Veterans Administration for care of tubercular veterans after World War I and before Sunmount Veterans Administration Hospital was built in Tupper Lake. These included:
In a 1925 Jubilee Book of American Legion Post 614 was a full-page ad reading:
This Page Contributed by the Contract Sanatoria Named
Adams Sanatorium, 28 Front Street
Black Sanatorium, 64 Park Avenue
Clark Sanatorium, 84 Park Avenue
Carr Sanatorium, 38 Park Avenue
Cavanaugh Sanatorium, 49 Franklin Avenue
Delaney Sanatorium, 27 Cedar Street
Disco Sanatorium, 87 Broadway
Fraser Sanatorium, 34 Baker Street
Freeman Sanatorium, 5 Shepard Avenue
Greene Sanatorium, 38 Franklin Avenue
Garwood Sanatorium, 20 Front Street
Goldsborough Sanatorium, 28 Park Avenue
Gutshow Sanatorium, 1 Pine Street
Little Sanatorium, 17 St. Bernard Street
Leonard's Sanatorium, 54 Park Avenue
Miller Sanatorium, 8 Shepard Avenue
O'Connell Sanatorium, 24 Franklin Avenue
O'Brien Sanatorium, 9 1/2 Church Street
Perry Sanatorium, 50 Lake Street
Robinson Sanatorium, 47 Franklin Avenue
Rosemont Villa, Rosemont Avenue
Riddle Sanatorium, 9 Stevenson Lane
Sullivan Sanatorium, 175 Lake Street
Sageman Sanatorium, 30 Park Avenue
Smith Sanatorium, 54 Shepard Avenue
Schweid Sanatorium, 25 Riverside Drive
Smithwick Sanatorium, 60 Park Avenue
Tully Sanatorium, 164 Broadway
Ulmer Sanatorium, 70 Lake Street
Witherspoon Sanatorium, 3 Kiwassa Road
Walter Sanatorium, 46 Shepard Avenue
Waldock Sanatorium, 26 Church Street
NOTE--These Sanatoria are first class boarding houses which are under contract to the U. S. Veterans' Bureau to take care of disabled war veterans, in addition to being open to the accommodation of the general public.