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HomeMy WebLinkAbout223 Agard.pdfBUILDING -STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC 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: Cti4nthia DATE: _ _ 12.21 /8.3
YOUR ADDRESS: ,1 71 F_ Str, tra 9t_ 9919____ TELEPHONE: 607 272-42Q4._
ORGANIZATION (if any):
IDENTIFICATION
I. BUILDING NAME(S):
2. COUNTY: Tornpkins -- TOWN/CITY:UIysses V�AQy` 0 Jacksonville
3. STREET LOCATION: 223 Agard l�cpad Jacksginville, NY
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private
5. PRESENT OWNER: Lewis J. Jnn:-en ADDRESS:223 `,,card fioF:d Jacksonville,
6. USE: Original: P,eF,idr_rl1.za1 Present: Resi.dentiOl _
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain-NIfl ^ rivate
DESCRIPTION
8. BUILDING a. clapboard © b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ F. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other:
9. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members
(if knkvn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good ® c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ® b. moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
The garage appears to '::-:vr- been the original carriage house
and it contains sone er .;.,ineil ..inJows (nine aver six Joubla--hung
92shes) and '.:hc .` sine G3re3ek rovival details 4?S tht' h0L!5e. The conv'3rc:
12.40�6p- c@rriu ge house to op -rage ��3: ' ad' it_4 an n � aconnect�_ng
structure is probably early 20th--c_n�ury,
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known ® b. zoning ❑ 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. gardens ❑
i. landscape features:
j. other: Apgecgr to be more than �50—veors old-
16.
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16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a. open land © b. woodland x❑
c. scattered buildings 0
d. densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential FX_1
lt. other:
17- INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
The house sets amid Lhe ro_ling ,gills of J �Ickscnville. Behind
the house arg two ferns that appear to be more than 50 --years old.
In the near vicinity of the JOn_en house, there are other houses
in the Federal �.nd Greek revival stoles,
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
(see attached sheet)
SIGNIFICANCE
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1850 .( Tax Assessor's Office)
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
The Jansen house is o good exemple
between the Federal period :nd the
house appears on the 1853 atlas Map
One H.R. Westervelt is shown on the
in the research, T found an Albert
land.
of t!ie transition period
Greek Revival period, The
as owned by Isaac Plough.
Atlas heap of 1866, however,
ri. Voorhis actually owned the
(History of Ownership on attached sheet)
21. SOURCES:
--Tompkins
—Tompkins
22. THEME:
County Clerk's Office
County Tax Assessor's Office
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Jansen Douse: 223 Agard Road, Jacksonville, d Y
18. The Jansen house at 223 Agard is composed of approximetely
tuo squares: one the rasidentiel section running iJarallEr
to Agard; the other, "he g;7.rE ge (former carr _age i ruse)
running p�,rpen__icular to ,ard Road cnd joined to thL3 form-
er by c n enclosure..-Phen facing the froni; fl acade, '.ale resi-
dential wing is on i,he richt sive til Lhe g.=rzige i --In the
left rine. The on> -end--i,�.l_f stcry house ;its on a stone
foundation '.ji th a, full bcsoment. The structure -s sided
with wooden clapboard and has two separate rie:,'ju- pitched
garble roofs (covrsred +�fith __sphalt, shingles) i h s -fide un --
adorned entablature running under circ a a v e s
ture c«lrnin t .s ;itll plain returns an 't;>e
chimney is offset on t; _, residant _cl ,.ing.
There ar_e ti�irce frieze w'n''ot,Fs in ,e cot 'bl-aJ re ,in tie
front fL'C_:(ae of G`" C7ll t _ :.`:e. .411 E]'I' 4•:J.nJak'ds
Uf t O re -j :E..-1 41" j L. c_rC ..,]_X-Cvcr--,.1)C Joulbla--r-iunn sia ihr-s.
Th. -,re is cna f-xeld'' !i ix ;a _ni.1ow, °1 i �rtil I G:c�de "C 7i't
'77�drS Lu EAG orioi.nal. Throe more '.^'rye' olds i1r_ve 'Dean added
to t,-Ee r-,orth faciide (resiaGsntiE_l two �n the entabla-
ture =n1 one below, all of which ore one-cvsr-one separated
by E vertical molding.
TnG i,:c":in sn—crcnca is centrally locate.,--, in tt-e right .r,ng
Tale entrc'nce has a Sin(llla 1„r',caf pnnelel ,--`oodc-'n door flanked
by carved pilasters, sic:e n+ts, t:nd 7, long t! -i n transom
litLht over the door. This confOos:!tion is frt:mad by En or-
nFte aritablatLire 1,!f31ch breaks down into larner on
either side of the main rntra.nce.
There are three original nine--ov :r -six _:auble-hung wash wj_n--
v�:; do is on the north facade of t ,c PE'rage. The breezeway has
t<<c single leaf glazed doors, one on the south si,.;c, and one
on the north side. There rys ;.Iso e Six--over-siX �ou,bJe-hliiiQ
sash ,%rindow on t= e south =�;,e and a fixed six li `=t t,., ndow J
an iii f? north C'i, L' of '!-;le JrC2ZF-'.,W `r.
There sre Lwo tr,ocden b�:rns close tr) the house =nd both apse r
to be of pre -lith -century construction. The Inger structure
hc:s severe:l original six--over-six d1ouble-hung sash windo.^is
still intact.
21,,-. JF�nsen House (kilitEry Lot ":8)
History of rwnership Ja.te Acquired Book Pa q e
Jansen, Le'.,jis J. w Ro�)in 4/6/65 456
iiann, Carl c Lilli,un 11/30/64 454 222
Jonahue, E.J�infield (�x.) 5/6/24 20 7 l 6 1
Eldrett, �-Told Lewis
Lcwis, '.; lliam S. 9/19/20 197 567
ladley, Fred1,11 174 435
,Iiliinm , Fa-ry 1904 161 S
':Jilliam, Andrew J. `/20/lB66 2 237
Voorhis, Albert D. 1060-65 1 263
Plough, Isaac 11"33 x 315
Emote, James
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