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HomeMy WebLinkAbout609 Jville Rd.pdfBUILDING -STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION ALBANY, NEW YORK (518) 474.0479 YOUR NAME: Jane Schwerdtfeger FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UNIQUE SITE NO. QUAD SERIES NEG. NO. DATE:December 24, 1983 YOUR ADDRESS:35 Goldwin Smith, CU TELEPHONE: (b07) 273-449 - ORGANIZATION (if any):. Preservation Planning Workshop, Cornell University IDENTIFICATION I. BUILDING NAME(S): 2. COUNTY: Tompkins TOWN/CITY:Ulysses VILLAGE: 3. STREET LOCATION: 09 Jacksonville Road, Jacksonville, New York 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private & 5. PRESENT OWNER. Florence Graham ADDRESS:609 Jacksonville Road 6. USE: Original: rest ence Present: resp ence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain no, private residence DESCRIPTION* (per astone) 8. BUILDING a. clapboard El b. stone IN c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f, shingles In g. stucco ® other:aluminum siding ').STRUCTURAL SYSTEM: (if knovn) 10. CONDITION 11. INTEGRITY a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑ b. wood frame with light members ❑ c. masonry load bearing wails ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other a. excellent ❑ b. good In c. Fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ a. original site Lr b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): no major alterations 12. PHOTO: 13. MAP: 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known d. developers ❑ f. other: b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑ e. deterioration ❑ 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn El b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑ d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: surrounded by a _few trees on the south j. other: 16.. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a. open land 153 b. woodland ❑ c. scattered buildings ❑ 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) Mrs. Graham's home is situated about ten feet from Jacksonville Road in a quiet residential area. It directly faces a barn, and - a small vernacular home about twenty yards further north. To its left, it.faces a Gothic Revival home. A large field joiner Mrs. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): This is a roughly square, 1J story bungalow -style building. The gable end faces the street and the facade's first story is dominated by an open porch which almost extends the length of the facade. The medium -pitched roof has plain projecting eaves. The brick chimney is offset and is nearer to the east gable end. SIGNIFICANCE 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 191 ARCHITECT: BUILDER: Enos Hardenbrook 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: The land on which this and the bungalow to the right are situated was once an apple orchard. In 1915, Enos Hardenbrook built the house on land which had belonged to Mrs. Graham's uncle, Homer Rightmyer. (Book 185, p. 483) Mr. Rightmyer also owned the parcel of land to the right of the property, which is now 607 Jacksonville Road. Hardenbrook was unable to finance the building of the house, so Daniel Harmon Rightmyer, Mrs. Graham's father, and Homer's brother, acquired it in 1922. In deed book 204, p.. 228, it states: "The object of this conveyance being to satisfy and discharge a mortgage" on the house. (In book 223, p. 257, it states that Daniel Harmon Rightmyer acquired the property'in 1912, and the transaction was recorded in 1922.) He 21. SOURCES: Conversation with owner, Florence Graham, November, 1983 Conversation with hamlet's historian, Nancy Dean, December, 1983 22. THEME: Deed search at the "County Courthouse Graham, page 2 15. landscape features: and west sides. 17. Interrelationship of buildings and surroundings: Graham's property on the north side, and another bungalow is closely situated next to it on the south side. Both houses are the same scale and are the same distance from the road. A field continues in back of IM:rs. Graham's property. 18. Building's notable features: Both the foundation and the two porch piers consist of perma- stone, while the rest of the house is covered in aluminum siding. Underneath the siding are wood clapboards. On the first story, the door is centrally-placed and is flanked by two large windows, each 3 by 4 feet. in both, the top of the window is a fixed transom, while the lower 3/4 is one plate of glass and can be raised about a foot. These are covered by double -hung stormwindows having 2 over 2 lights. Each window and the door has plain wooden surrounds which have a small lip at the top. The upper story has five bays; three double -hung windows are grouped together in the center and have 2 over 2 lights, and are flanked by two small, square one -pane windows. The north side of the house also has a centrally-placed door, flanked by two windows. The window to the right of the door matches those on the first level of the facade, while the window to the left is narrower and has one over one lights. Under each of the two windows on the first floor is a tripartite casement window set into the foundation. The south side has one large window which matches those on the first level of the facade, while the window to its right is narrorer and has one over one lights. A dormer window projects from the roof, and also has wide eaves. It is situated above and between the two windows on the lower level. The east gable end has two bays; the door is placed to the left, with a large window matching those on the facade to its right. In between the door and the window is a small, one - paned casement window. The door has a small open porch which just covers it, and the door is set above the foundation with steps leading up to it. The porch roof is supported by two slender turned piers. One tripartite casement window is set in the foundation underneath the large window. On the upper story are two double -hung windows with one over one lights. The front porch has a gently sloping hip roof and deep pro- jecting eaves. It is supported on each side by three grouped Graham, page 3 colonettes placed atop two permastone piers with cement caps. The front steps which lead up to the porch are flanked by two stuccoed balustrades, also capped in cement. The balustrades are attached to two piers matching those pre- voiusly mentioned. Two thin metal poles rest on these piers and support the roof; they are possibly a later addition. The porch is surrounded with a railing of vertical stiles. A wooden lattice covers the area underneath the porch. 20. Historical/Architectural Importance: and Wesley Rightmyer owned and ran a general store in Jacksonville which the partners Mattison and Loomis originally began. This store presently houses "Antiques, Guns and Ammo." According to Mrs. Graham, her father rented the property to others for a few years until 1926 when he deeded it to her and her new husband. (Book 2$2, P. 388) Although her husband died a number of years ago, she has lived there for the past fifty- seven years. This building and one other bungalow, the one next door where Mrs. Graham's uncle and aunt lived, are the only representatives of this style located in the crossroads of New York State Route 96 and Jacksonville Road.