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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContinuation Sheet - 53 E. Main, Trumansburg.pdfN.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 53 East Main Street Village/Hamlet: Trumansburg Narrative Description of Property 2A/y.�O 6�.' . .. kf � 4 n m k, 59 CV ea TEMPLE 1.40A r Unit 53 (E. Main Street) is part of a larger block that is one of three major brick blocks in the commercial Italianate style along Main Street constructed ca. 1864. It is situated on the north side of Main Street, and is divided into five commercial units with individual storefronts. Particularly noteworthy, the block's entire southern facade along Main Street has a cast iron storefront manufactured by "Cheney, Rochester" (NY). The two-story block has round -arch windows with corbelled brick hood molds with key stones and stone sills on the second floor of the south and eastern facades. (This is the same style that appears on 9-19 E. Main Street.) The fully -occupied first floor is used for commercial purposes, while the second floor contains apartments. The rear (north) fagade is a hodgepodge of a variety of building materials, reflecting a less public (and therefore chaotic) use, functioning in utility and access points for the commercial and residential units. This commercial unit retains the highest degree of architectural integrity of any of the units in the block. The brick corbelling at the roof line is intact. The second floor also retains its original double -hung wood sash windows with 6/6 lights on the street (south) fagade. It is the only unit in the block with its original second -floor windows. The cast- iron storefront is intact and the configuration of the openings and windows is true to the historic design. The transom windows above the display windows has been covered, while the doorway to an internal staircase, on the eastern end of the unit, retains the historic doors (paired with arched lights) and the transom is visible and intact. In the 1977 historical survey, the researchers found that "According to retire[d] Village Historian Lydia Sears, the height of this section of Main Street was raised several times by infill so that former cellar windows of the block are obscured and inoperative." Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 53 East Main Street Village/Hamlet: Trumansburg Narrative Description of Significance Trumansburg has an unfortunate history of massive fires, and buildings that stretched the length of the north side of Main Street from Union Street to the Presbyterian Church were consumed in a monstrous conflagration on February 22, 1864. In The History of Trumansburg (1890), local historians record the fire in the following way: There was no fire apparatus of any description in the town ... it became apparent that the town must go not with out standing the almost superhuman efforts of the people to check the conflagration. Lines of men, women, and even children were formed, buckets of water were passed, and the advancing flames persistently fought at every step until delicate women would fall to the ground from sheer exhaustion....Main Street from the bridge to the Presbyterian Church and Elm Street to the corner of Whig were filled with the house hold goods and merchandise of all descriptions ... Thee scene at daylight beggards description. One half the town in ruins, scores of homeless people searching the saved property for their belongings. (As quoted by L. Sears, 53). The Trumansburg New York Incorporation Centennial (1972) notes that many of the buildings devoured in the fire were of wood and the majority of owners chose not to rebuild, instead selling the lots. The new owners overwhelmingly constructed their new buildings out of brick, historically an urban guard against fire, and adopted more uniform designs and greater set -backs. The block at 47-55 East Main Street reflects this new building style. The larger block (#47-55) is a good local example of the commercial Italianate style and is most notable for its complete cast iron front. Cheney iron fronts are found in many central New York communities including Seneca Falls, Lyons, Clyde, Rochester, and others. The 1887 Sanborn Insurance Map indicates that Unit 53 was a grocery store. The 1893 ,1898, 1905, and 1910 Sanboms shows that Unit 53 continued to be a grocery store, with an undertaker occupying the second floor through the 1898 survey. In the final survey of September 1929, the space is only designated as a generic "store." In the 201h century, it has been used for a variety of purposes. In 1943, Barbara Cronk opened the Teen Inn, a center for local youth. King's Ice Cream Parlor was opened by Bob and Harriet King in 1945. Retired Ithaca Police officer owned Malone's Ice Cream Store. ("Ice Cream Center," according to Lydia Sears) from 1948-1962. Malone sold the establishment to Frank and Margaret Kostrub in 1962, who ran a restaurant called "Kostrub's" until 1976. In 1976, owners John and Ruth Ann Gromley changed the restaurant's name to "The Store at Treman's Village. From 1982-1986, Ernie Kostrub bought the restaurant and leased the building from John Gromley. In 1986, Ron and Lu Poley purchased the restaurant and the #53 and continued the dining tradition until Hal Olsen bought the restaurant and the property in 1993. Samantha Izzo purchased the Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 2 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 53 East Main Street Village/Hamlet: Trumansburg Narrative Description of Significance (continued) restaurant, changing its name to "Simply Red." In 2006, Jonah and Christina McKeough purchased the building from Thomas Callaghan, opening Hazelnut Kitchen, a gourmet farm -to -table restaurant, the following year. Current Hazelnut Kitchen owners are Justin Paterson and Lisa Jonckheere, who purchased the restaurant in 2012 and have continued its philosophy and cuisine. Partial History of Ownership of #53 Date Acquired Book Page Bob and Harriet King John Malone Frank and Margaret Kostrub John and Ruth Gromley Ronald and Lu Poley Harold Olsen Thomas Callaghan 1945 1948 1962 1976 1986 September 14, 1994 734 December 11, 2003 44551 Jonah McKeough September 14, 2006 49767 Justin Paterson and Lisa Jonckheere (assumed) July 16, 2013 2013 155 1001 3001 9369 Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 3 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 53 East Main Street Village/Hamlet: Trumansburg Figure 1: Main (south) facade Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 4 N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet Address: 53 East Main Street Village/Hamlet: Trumansburg Sources Goldstein, Carol and Tania Werbizky. "47-55 E. Main Street," NY Building Structure Inventory Form, Division for Historic Preservation. Albany, NY, Spring 1977. Martin, Carolyn A. Trumansburg, New York Incorporation Centennial." Trumansburg, NY: The Trumansburg Centennial Association Incorporated, 1972. Sears, Lydia. A History of Trumansburg, New York, 1792-1967. Location unknown: I -T Publishing Corp, 1978. Tompkins County. "Property Description Report For: 53 Main St E, Municipality of V. Trumansburg." Image Mate Online. Accessed July 29, 2014. Ulrich, Sue. "Down on Main Street." Ithaca Times, Ithaca, NY, July 13, 2011, http://www.ithaca.com/news/trumansburg/article_9573ae6a-ad7b-11 e0-a7ed- 001cc4c03286.html, accessed July 27, 2014. Compiled by Katelin Olson, August 15, 2014 5