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Home My WebLink About607 Jville Rd.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: Jane Schwerdtfeger DATE:December 26, 1983 YOUR ADDRESS -35 Goldwyn Smith, .CU TELEPHONE: (607.-. 273"4497 ORGANIZATION (if any): Preservation Plannina Worksho , ' Cornell University -IDENTIFICATION , ]. BUILDING NAME(S): 2. COUNTY: Tompkins TOWN/CITY: Ulysses____ VILLAGE: 3. STREET LOCATION: 7 Jacksonville Road. 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private 5. PRESENT OWNER:Cla ton E. Luce ADDRESS: 607 Jacksonville_ Road . 6. USE: Original: residence Present:reS,j„-delo,oe 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain no. private residence DESCRIPTION -8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b.'stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d- board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles Clx . g. stucco ❑ other: permas tone 9. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑ SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑ (if known) c* masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. .other 10. CONDITION: a.•excellent.❑ ' b. good ®' c. fair ❑ 'd. deteriorated ❑ I I INTEGRITY: a. original site IN b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): A garage joined,to the house at -the southeast"16orner.• 1 1978 cement ramp built parallel to the house from,the driveway (cement is imprinted'with.this date). I2. PHOTO: 13. MAP 14. THREATS TO BUILDING none known EO developers ❑ other: b. zoning ❑ ' c. roads ❑ e. deterioration ❑ 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn❑ b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ® ( one original. of perm - d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ astone, the other was g. shop. ❑ h. gardens ❑ built fairly recently) i. landscape features: 16 j. other: SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a. open land ❑ b. woodland ❑ c. scattered buildings ❑ d. densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential R-1 h. other I7. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) To the left of the luce's bungalow is another bungalow built slightly later in time. To its right is a large Federal/Greek Revival building, which was once the hamlet's church. The building directly. faces a barn, and another barn to the left. To the right it faces a 18. Oroup of trees and underbrush. THER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): This is a one -and -a -half story bungalow which hlis a gently -pitched hip roof and dormer projecting from the roof's west side. The dormer has two windows joined by a stile; each is double -hung with one over one lights. Brown stained shingles cover the front of the dormer. The wade eaves of the hipped dormer roof are supported by two brackets. The high permastone walls of the porch have cement SIGNIFICANCE 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: C . 191 ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: This residence was constructed at approximately the same time or slightly before the bungalow to its left. Both properties were in the Rightmeyer family who ran a general store in the building in the early twentieth century and which now houses "Antiques, Guns and Ammo." Mrs. Florence Graham's (who lives at 609 Jacksonville Road) father and uncle owned these two properties. These are the onl two examples of the bungalow style located near the crossroads of New York State Route 96,and Jacksonville Road. A list of Owners and their dates of ownership follows. Mrs. Graham believes that the fields behind the two bungalows had 21. SOURCES: Conversation with owner, Mr. Clayton Luce, December 1983. Conversation with owner Mrs. Florence Graham, who lives to the left 22. THEME: Luce, page 2 11. alterations: A dormer window was added to the upper story on the south side by the Luces in the last few years. 18. notable features of building: caps on which.four square permastone pillers support the projecting Poof. The entrance is slightly off - center towards the left. To its left is a double -hung window with twenty-four small panes over two long panes of glass. To the right o, the door are three double -hung windows joined together; the central window has thirty-two lights in the top quarter, two panes in the second quarter over two longer panes in the bottom half. Flanking this are windows with sixteen over two lights. The south side of the house has three bays of double -hung windows, one over one lights. Each window has a stone lintel and sill. A large square dormer has been added to the upper story and projects from the roof. Two small double -hung windows face south and have one over one lights, while the west side of the dormer has a double -hung window of six over three lights. A skylight is also visible in the flat roof of the dormer. The dormer is constructed of unstained plywood. The east wall has a permastone stoop about four feet high with con- crete steps leading up to an exterior vestibule. The vestibule is wood; under the sloping roof is a decoration which looks like pointed picket fence slats placed in a row. The north side of the house has three double -hung windows, with two over two lights, each with a stone lintel and sill. The central window is actually two windows joined together with a stile in between, each having the same number of lights as the other two. On both the north and south sides, three casement windows are cut into the permastone at the• basement level; they also are topped with a stone lintel and have a sill. A cement chimney with a stove pipe at the tip is located on the east end of the north side. 20. historical importance: been owned and farmed by John Chase in the early to mid twentieth century. John and Alice Chase lived at 1843 Trumansburg Road. (also referred to as New York State Route 96). According to Nancy Dean, these fields are still farmed by Bud Stover. 1915 Homer and Florence Rightmeyer bought the property from Edward And Mabel Updike. The Rightmeyers were Mrs. Florence Graham's aunt and uncle. Homer Rightmeyer died in 1944, and the property is placed in Florence Rightmeyer's name. (Book 185, page 292) 1945 Fred and Gertrude Frazier acquired the property from Florence Rightmeyer. (Book 281, page 187) z Luce, page 3 1946 W. Robert and Eva Eadie bought the property from the Fraziers (gook 291, page 458) 1950 Lenord and Clara Yarger bought it from Mr. and Mrs. Eadie. (nook 336, page 104) 1953 Edward and Evelyn Schano acquired the house and land From the Yargers.(Book 360, page 80) 1957 Clyde and Viola Meigle bought it from the Schanos (Hook 399, page 209) 1968 The present owner °,layton Luce acquired the property from the Reigles. (gook 477, page 488) 21. Sources: of Mr. Luce at number 605, November 1983 Deed search at the count' courthouse !'onversation with the hamlet's historian, ;Nancy Dean.