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HomeMy WebLinkAbout136 Agard.pdfBUILDING -STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM DIVISION FOR FIISTORIC PRESERVATION NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION ALBANY, NEW YORK (518) 474-0479, FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UNIQUE SITE NO. QUAD SERIES NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Cynthia C DATE: -12/21 /71 /A-9 YOUR ADDRESS:171 E.State 5t., #329 __TELEPHONE: 607 272_4,999 ORGANIZATION (if any): IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): 2. COUNTY: Tompkins - .._ TOWN/CITY: fllVsst s 3. STREET LOCATION: 36 ard Roado JC;nnyill_-, ' 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private 136 'glard Road 5. PRESENT OWNER: uavid Roy ADDRESS: Jacksonville, uy 6. USE: Original: Residential Present: s_i ;c 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain •'Jn - Priwa-te DESCRIPTION 8. BUILDING a. clapboard R1 b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: E)_ STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑ SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members (if knovn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good ZI c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a, original site ® b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): The house has grown in three phases: the original rect.anguler plan was built circa 1825, followed by the addition of 1053 to extend the front facade hree more I.DE;ys; and tl c a:!diticn to the 12. a� -Facade circa 18913 according. _present ovjner Javid Rov). HP -1 14. - THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known © b. zoning -E] c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. other: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn❑ b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑ d. privy ❑ e. shed ® f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gaidens ❑ i. landscape features: a number of evergreens along - j. other: the west facade - 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a. open land ® b. woodland Q c. scattered buildings ED d. densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential {� h. other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Located in th.p rolling woodlHnds of Jacksonville, this house serves as a precedent for the residence across the Road. Many of the same details of the Roy houss are also reflected in the Whittaker house such as: plan configuration, roof trim, and placement of doors wi-n0ow alonrr�� �n`cjudinrp>ret ffeacfUie�eif`Icnown): 18- OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITh` ( g (see attached.sheet) SIGNIFICANCE 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1825 (Tax Assessor's Office Atlas . Haps of 1853 w 1866 ARCHITECT: BUI LDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: Lot—19-4-5 was first it unti find as Iiilit4ry Lot #15 (consisting of 600 acres) and frau given to IscDc Janialson. according -to the present owner and the Tax Assessor, the house was built circa 1825. Being one of the oldest Greek Revival houses in Jacksonville, it has served as an example for lat�:r Greek Revival structures erec— ted in the hamlet. The house appears on the 1853 Atlas Map (owned by Minire) and on Vie 1066 Atlas Hap (owned by Hall). Deed re— search, however, indicated that individuals named Sincla6i actual— ly owned the lan- and house before 1856. Nevertheless,the Halls are also mentioned in the 1856 deed of transaction to Alson and ;Martha Lashier. (History of Ownership attached) 21. SOURCES: —Interview with David Roy —Tompkins County Atlas Paps: 1853,1866 —Tompkins County Tax Assessor's office —Tompkins County Clerk's Office (Heed Research) 22. THEME: i Roy House: 136 Agard road, Hacksonville, NY IS. One of he earliest examples of the Greek Revival period is located at 136 Agard Road in the hamlet of Jacksonville. The house was originally a rectangular plan »gilt approx- imately 1825, with a Greek Revival colonnaded verandah on the front. The house is sid6d with wooden clapao�rd Gond sets on :a stone foundation. The original body is three boys wide and runs per.pendicul_.r to Agard Road. The original entrance is lrceted on the laf t ._ i_e. The :.. i n .emtrpnce is a single leaf paneled wooden door aith side lid hts. Three medium pitched gable roofs cap the original structure and the two a dditicns. The xccfs are covered with Esphalt shingles. The first addition (circa 1653) runs perpendi- cular Acm the original `wady, Wnd hEs o ;torch with four square posts ^_cross the front feca de. The first cd it_ on is wIsQ three ..cys wida, kut Ake if fvrt_nce r _ ides in 0e entrynce being con i•r olly loc -tai:l. T e ::mace consists u,T a _' -Fnole lee_f, paneled `: oo n !oox. The original SeCy nd the first addition hive a Mae entabUture U t runs under the eaves and terminates on t, e g_ble ends in plain returns. Thera arc three frieze windows in the :Nest facade-' ©f Ve original body. The sacnn, a:1L1ition ciron 1890) was to the south facade making .:fie 'total Inn an L- hrpe. All of the i_n+.,uws are six -over --six = cuble-hun j sp.al"scs ii7h 1'in t im ldings ind tf e original shuttcrs. Thu lost Pjuition hos chcngred Lnd Ailed now L. ;.njows. There is Qso L new concrete block chimney added onto thn east facade. The original brick chimney is centrally located over tKe original kody of the house. 20. Roy house: (Kilitary Leat #15) History of Cwnership Date Acauired Took Daae Roy, David P. L 0tricir V. 6/29/73 510 369 Colem= n, John E. rw• Qthnrine A. 3/27/71 494 655 Bernstein, Jerone & ; ~nine 5/1.3/65 456 719 Stiles, John j. & Dawn G. 3/15/61 436 617 Dacus, Robert W. 3/25/59 42C 163 Parkinson, Kenneth U. 5/13/52 357 458 Haya, Waldemar J. 1:52 352 331 Tamburino, Louis 4/10/51 340 134 Shepard, Howard E. 6/11/50 333 146 Higgins, Frederick 0. 12/3/32 230 490 Simpson, €°•ary A. 1902 156 507 Higgins, N.C. 188E 132 315 Fuller, Chester € . 1370 3 341 Stewart, Oliver 1870 3 325 3 ates, Rufus 1869 2 314 Lashier, .Ascan E. L "ortha A. 6/12/1856 14 352 Sinclair, ElizaLoth T. 1 ` -polec_:n E.