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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContinuation Sheet - 1871 Trumansburg Road, School.pdfN.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 1871 Trumansburg Road (school house) Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville (Ulysses) I t I I4 I 1 Narrative Description of Property The large triangular property that the schoolhouse shares with the Jacksonville Community Church was historically the social, education, and religious center for the hamlet. The small one -and -a -half story building is located on the northeast side of Trumansburg Road, to the northwest of the church, and is set back from the roadway. Constructed prior to 1853, the schoolhouse is simple in its form and decorative detail. The pitched roof of the original block has a twelve inch bracketed overhang. The 6/6 lights on double -hung wood window sash are large enough to admit a considerable amount of natural light. The louvered shutters on the gable end of the southwestern side provide ventilation. The 1934 addition consisted on the main entrance and the rear, northeastern portion of the building. The projecting entry porch on the southeastern facade is surmounted by an open tower that once held the schoolhouse bell. (The bell is now in storage in the adjacent church.) The paneled door of the entry porch is simple, with narrow plain trim boards, a four pane top light and trim that projects slightly over the door. The toothed molding on the overhang is repeated under the hipped roof of the bell and is one of the few purely decorative details on this building. The eaves have an exposed rake. On the northeastern fagade, a small covered entryway with gable roof provides secondary access to the building. A cinderblock chimney bisects the center of this fagade, a later addition that likely coincided with the 1934 addition. The northeastern addition resets on a poured concrete foundation, while the historic core has a stone foundation. The roof is clad with asphalt shingles. Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 1871 Trumansburg Road (school house) Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville (Ulysses) Narrative Description of Significance On August 11, 1826, a deed for one acre of land on which the schoolhouse and the church now stand was conveyed by Philip Van Cortland to the Town of Jacksonville. Van Cortland was a veteran of the Revolutionary War who received a land grand as compensation for his services. A schoolhouse is indicated on the 1853 Map of Tompkins County. Little is known about when the first schoolhouse on the site was constructed. Decedents of John Brown, a mid -19th century carpenter, told the 1985 surveyors that Brown participated in the remodeling of the existing schoolhouse. According to the 1866 New Topographical Atlas of Tompkins County, John Brown lived in the house to the northeast of the school and had a carpentry shop to the north of the school. According to the Bicentennial Celebration, this school constituted (all or part of) School District No. 9. The first school meeting was held on November 6, 1811. Prior to the construction of the first building, the land was used as an early cemetery for the settlement. The remains were moved to either the other cemetery in Jacksonville or the Trumansburg cemetery (43). Originally, the existing building was a single room with a shed. The shed was removed and a second, smaller room was added in 1934. The school district was centralized with Trumansburg in 1952.The schoolhouse was in operation through 1962, serving grades 1-7. The bell was made by Rumsey co. in Seneca Falls. The school is now part of the Jacksonville Community Church. Partial History of Ownership Date Acquired Book Page Philip Van Cortlandt c. 1791 Town of Jacksonville 8/11/1826 ($1) Jacksonville Community Church/ c. 1962 Methodist -Episcopal Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 2 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 1871 Trumansburg Road (school house) Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville (Ulysses) 4V .mr Figure 1: Northeastern and southwestern facades Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 3 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 1871 Trumansburg Road (school house) Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville (Ulysses) Figure 2: Southwestern facade Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 4 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 1871 Trumansburg Road (school house) Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville (Ulysses) Figure 3: Southeastern facade Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 5 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 1871 Trumansburg Road (school house) Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville (Ulysses) Figure 4: Late 19th century photo. Note the form before the construction of the northeastern addition. http://docublogger.typepad. com/countryschool/2009/02/oneroom-school-memories-from- jacksonville-new-york.html, accessed August 4, 2014. Sources Celebration of the Bicentennial of the United States of America in the Town of Ulysses and the Village of Trumansburg. Publisher unknown: 1976. Chatterton, Leslie. "Building Structure Inventory Form: Schoolhouse #9." Jacksonville, NY. December 1985. Fagan, L. Map of Tompkins County. Philadelphia: Horace and Charles T. Smith, 1853. New Topographical Atlas of Tompkins County. Philadelphia: Stone and Stewart, 1866. Tompkins County. "Property Description Report For: 1871 Trumansburg Road, Municipality of Ulysses." Image Mate Online. Accessed July 20, 2014. Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 6