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il . BUILDING -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: Jane Schwerdtfeger DATE: December 26, 1983
YOUR ADDREss:35 Goldwin Smith, CU TELEPHONE: ( 607) 273-4497-
-ORGANIZATION (if any): Preservation Planning Workshop, Cornell University
IDENTIFICATION
L. BUILDING NAME (S):
2. COUNTY:_ _ Tompkins TOWN/CITY: III -,Z,Sca___ c_VILLAGE:
3. STREET LOCATION: 569 Perry City Road
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b.' private X]
5. PRESENT OWNER: Robert Gonet ADDRESS: 569 Perry City Road
b. USE: Original: residence Present: residence
T. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes El No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain no, private home
DESCRIPTION OUrid t
8. BUILDING a. clapboard ® b. stone Xf c. i.
brie LJ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ *other:
1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑
(if kncavn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal - (explain)
e, other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good ER c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ® b. moved ❑_ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
no major alterations apparent
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14- THREATS TO BUILDING: ' a. none known M . b. zoning ❑ c. roads, El
d. developers ❑ eAeterioration ❑
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:trees
!- other:
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a. open land 0. b. woodland ❑ '
c. scattered buildings ❑
d. densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential C
h. other: _
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
This house is situated about 4e5 miles west on.Perry City
Road from New York State Route 96 and is in a sparsely
populated area. To its left about one hundred feet is a
well --preserved - Greek Revival home, while to the right is
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
This is a 2 story Victorian farmhouse following an irregular
plan that is generally rectangular. Its medium -pitched roof
has wide eaves and is made up of two gables perpendicular to
each other. Attached to the gable.pro"jecting west is -a two-
story section which extends north and has a rather flat roof.
SIGNIFICANCE circa 1$85 \
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION:
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
20.' HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: In a Farm -Journal article
from about-.1959•it states that a house• previously"on this site.
was torn down in 1885'and the present one -built from parts of..
the earlier -structure. This would perhaps explain the nine
over six light window house
the north gable. 'Mr. Gonet also in-
dicated that this ouse was the "tenant"house" to the Greek
Revival residence at 579 Perry City Road. If this were so,
then the employers of the tenant farmers would,have been Frank_
and Julia Carmen who lived at the latter address from 1881 to
1941.
21. SOURCES
Conversation with owner, IBob Gonet, October, 1983
Conversation with the owner of 579 Perry_City.,,Road Mr. Doug
Trenchard
2.2, THENJE:\_
A Farm Journal Magazine . circa 1959, -property of .1VIr . and . Mrs .
Trenchard
Gonet page 2
17. Interrelationship of Buildings to Surroundings: an
empty lot. A house is further west on the same side
of the road but is partly hidden from the Gonets by a
stand of trees. Their house direcly faces a large field
which stretches east and west. Their property has a
number of trees in the rear. The house is placed about
fifteen feet from Perry _ity Road.
18. Potable Features: A small one-story section is attached
to the west corner of the north end of the house. The
foundation is constructed of rectangular, regularly -shaped
stones and mortar.
On the first floor of the facade the entrance is off -
center to the left, with a window to the left and two
to the right of the door. All of the windows are tall,
narrow, double -hung windows with two over two lights
and have functioning shutters. Each window has a plain
surround with a projecting edge at the top. L'iost of the
facade is covered by a porch which has a gently sloping
hip roof supported by three slender colonettes. This
porch may be a slightly later addition since it has
raised walls covered with shingles.
The gable end projecting west has two windows on the
lower level and one on the upper level, each matching
those on the facade. A thin cornerboard separates the
gable from the section attached to it. Here, the four
windows are smaller and are double -hung with one over
one panes and are not shuttered. The roof of the gable
projects farther than the attached section. The eaves
of the roof are not as wide as the rest; this section
may not be part of the original construction of the
house.
The east side of the house has an exterior cinderblock
chimney. Two windows on the second story and one below
match those on the facade. The window to the left of the
chimney on the first floor is boarded over. There are
two bipartite casement windows in the foundation on the
east wall.
The rear of the house on the east side has two modern
windows joined together with one over one panes. On the
second story of the north gable end is a window much older
than the rest; it is a narrow, double -hung window with
nine over six panes. This section to the right;;of the
0 onet page 3
18. continued: north gable has an enclosed porch which
has three windows joined together on each side of the
porch. This has a cinderblock foundation and a gently
sloping shingled roof.
A large shed made of rough-hewn boards is on the east side
of the house. On the west side is a board and batten
garage/barn with large sliding doors.