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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContinuation Sheet - 1875 Trumansburg Road, School.pdfN.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 1875 Trumansburg Road Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville (Ulysses) - F Ac w' ° c • Y M �I 3.S Ac } f 5.9 l 4,30 Ac C r� 1 g Narrative Description of Property 8\\ Ar The two-story, rectangular main block of the residence at 1875 Trumansburg Road/Route 96 is situated on the northeast side of the road, immediate adjacent to the Jacksonville Community Church. The parcel is approximate 4.3 acres near the center of the present hamlet, on what was likely the northern end of the community when it was constructed in c. 1820. The house retains its original clapboard and was constructed over a stone foundation. The three -bay, slightly asymmetrical street (southwest) facade has five double - hung wood window sash with 12/12 lights and a main entrance on the northwest bay. Slender pilasters flank either side of the arched semi -circular door surround an inset fanlight with radiating iron bars. These are quintessential Federal style details. A two-story wing projects towards to east/northeast from the rear (northeastern) wall. Narrow louvered shutters referenced in the 1983 survey are no longer evident. The 1983 survey referenced a southern Greek Revival style porch on the southeastern fagade that could not be verified given the dense vegetation on the property. Details previously noted included a substantial entablature supported by thick wood posted and matched board siding beneath a porch roof pieced by frieze windows. A glassed -in porch on the rear of the building could not be ascertained either. A 23ft. by 16ft. addition projects from the northwestern facade. This was likely added in the mid -20th century. The addition was constructed over a concrete foundation and is also sheathed in clapboard. Narrative Description of Significance The Federal style details indicate that this is one of the oldest residences still extant in the hamlet. It was constructed by Jeremiah Cooper, one of Jacksonville's earliest settlers. Born ca. 1791, Jeremiah accompanied his grandfather, Thomas Cooper, Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 1875 Trumansburg Road Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville (Ulysses) Narrative Description of Significance (continued) to Ulysses in 1799. Interviewed in 1881, he remembered the "long and hard march of four weeks from Connecticut with an ox team, through a pathless wilderness, their route marked by hacked trees." The two pioneers were eventually joined by Jeremiah's father and the remainder of the Cooper family. Thomas Cooper built the Cooper Tavern, located on the southwestern side of Trumansburg Road, at 1872 Trumansburg Road/Route 96. By 1800, an initial clearing was hacked out of the site that served as Cooper's home and farm for the following eight and a half decades. At 19, he volunteered and served as a Captain in the War of 1812. His first marriage, to Harriet Smith, ended with her death in 1826. He remarried the following year and eventually had a total of ten children. Edgar Howe (born 1870) and Anna (Riddle) Farrington purchased the property from Jeremiah Cooper's estate in 1894. Edgar was the son of Warren G. and Charlotte Farrington of 1843 Trumansburg Road. (See Historic Resource Inventory Form for 1843 Trumansburg Road for more information.) Edgar and Anna had three children, Hazel, Victor and Cecil. (Somewhat oddly, Edgar, Anna and Victor all died in 1930.) History of Ownership of Building Date Acquired Book Page Jeremiah Cooper (and relatives) 1799 Edgar and Anna Farrington ($1200) 3/19/1894 153 393 William H. Mathews 10/28/1899 153 552 Theron and Hattie Allen ($1500) 3/19/1909 154 66 George and Nellie Carpenter 4/2/1910 173 190 Elsie Blanchard 4/4/1910 ? 41 Nellie Blanchard Carpenter 7/23/1937 245 13 Augustus and Eleanore Treman 3/5/1943 281 53 Philip C. and Mildred Sainburg 1/17/1946 334 379 Frances W. Bass 7/21/1951 426 94 Clayton and Dorothy Burger 8/4/1959 464 740 Henry and Bobbie Thompson 9/19/1966 490 795 Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 2 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 1875 Trumansburg Road Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville (Ulysses) Narrative Description of Significance (continued) History of Ownership of Building_ John and Lynn Scott Mary Sue DeCotiis Thomas and Mary Sue DeCottiis (current owner) Date Acquired Book Page 9/15/1970 560 970 9/28/1977 9/16/1982 591 432 Figure 1: Main (southwestern) facade Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 3 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 1875 Trumansburg Road Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville (Ulysses) Figure 2: Southwestern facade Sources Ancestry.com. "Edgar Howe Farrington." n.d. http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/38205300/person/19199921856, accessed August 3, 2014. Chatterton, Leslie. "Building Structure Inventory Form: 1875 Trumansburg Road." Jacksonville, NY. November 1983. Fagan, L. Map of Tompkins County. Philadelphia: Horace and Charles T. Smith, 1853. Tompkins County. "Property Description Report For: 1843 Trumansburg Road, Municipality of Ulysses." Image Mate Online. Accessed July 2, 2014. Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 4