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HomeMy WebLinkAbout684 Jville Rd.pdfI BUILDING -STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION ALBANY, NEW YORK (S 18) 474-0479 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UNIQUE SITE NO QUAD SERIES NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Cynthia Crier DATE: 1 x/21/81 YOUR ADDRESS: 173„ E.St,3te S1..#319 TELEPHONE:607 777--4992 ORGANIZATION (if any): IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): n 2. COUNTY: Tompk-ins TOWN/CITY:Jacksnnvi_lle 3, STREET LOCATION: 684 lacksnnvi 1 1 eRn r , !er_ic;;r.nv 1 1 � � NY_ 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private El 684 Jacksonville Road 5. PRESENT OWNER: R r_, i_ ort_ _C-. Shaw ADDRESS: a cr - UY 6. USE: Original: Ansi-!Qntial Present:_str.sidectial 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes Q No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain IND -- Private DESCRIPTION S. 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 interlockirtg joints ❑ SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members (if knolvn) 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): A one --story addition wiilh Greek Revivnl porch was added to the north focode of the original federal stale structure during the 1?th--cantury. 20th—century addition cr?nuisted of an automolai7_e 12. I ISO "'pith a concrete: foundation 13. MAP: HPA 4 .l.V ..� ti�J+`y•i S� 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: 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a. open land ® b. woodland 91 c. scattered buildings MX d. densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential 0 other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Located within the woodl-nds of Jacksonville, this house sets some twenty feet above the road's elevation, and thus possesses a commanding view. Across the road is an Italianate villa, and several other houses are scattered about the area. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): (see attached sheet) SIGNIFICANCE 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1850 (Dated by Tax Assessor's Office) ARCHITECT: BUI LDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: The Shaw house is one of the few examples of the Federal style in Jacksonville. The house possesses an origins.l brick cooking fire- place with baking oven and pot hangers. The DeWitt Historical Society is working to precisely date its constructiop. The house appears on the 1853 &. 1866 atlas cps as being ownedAJohn Carr, a minister. Carrs daughter and son--in—law acquired t; -ie property per stirpes in 1879, Interestingly, ::he longest association 'between an owner and this house was an onnoing relationship spanning nearly a half—century, during which James A. Bower and ultimately his heirs, bought and sold the homestead three tames. T'ie interior of the house's main body has the o��j; jycao vldn� $ �'g t��E:R��jding the windows and doers. 21. SOURCES: —interview with hrs. Robert Shaw —Tompkins County Clerk's Office -Tompkins County Tax Assessor's Office 22. THEME: Shaw House: 684 Jacksonville Road, Jacksonville, NY 16. Located outside the immediate hamlet area of Jacksonville at 684 Jacksonville Rood, the structure of the Robert C. Shaw mouse uisplLys typical Federal style characteristics with later appli_eJ Greek details. The win body of the two--and--a-half-story clapbocrd sided structure runs para- llel to Jacksonville Roca. The Nouse sets an a stone foundation, n `ha front facoje is Divided into five boys with a centrally lccn:ted .poor. There are two flanking brick chimneys on either and of Lhe rectangular structure. On the left side of the front facade, unjer the roof eave, is what appears to be an original ornate cap at the top of a drain pipe. The ;:gain boJy has o natal, medium pitch gable roof, c nd G -n undecorated wife siteblature which surrGu As ;40 ontire roctnngular plan. The triangular p 'ii .: t an the gable and is fin _chew uitn .•loo:'en flush- boerd. The main On i.rWce cQn fists of n paneled ;:oojen dour :surrounded by noprow delicete .side -lights, Lnd topped by e transore. Delicate Pilasters are also used to ° enote tete entrance, cnd T wide entablature with :log Barred enframe-- ent surrounis the inner composition. All win. ows on the original body are two--over--two double -hung sashes sur- rounded by flat moldings. The house hoc a one -and-r-half story Eppef"dage that tuns perpandiculor to the mvin boJy. it has three ei� int_ovex- eight joublc--hung wLnJows thct jo not appear to be origi- nal. T° ere •-.re two single leaf doers �ith Queen Ann glaz- ing and a four -post Greek Revivel ;porch can the addition's south facade. A latex addition incorporated onto the house's wast side is an auto garage n"d storage area. The two appendages are capped with medium 7rtch& gable roofs covered with asphalt shingles. 20. :haw House: ( ililDry Lot #14) Histc_ v of i=wnershi Jate .c uired Book Page Shaul, Robert C. Carey, ; ,ichael L. DudJlsston, Cenjamin H. Hadley, Fred E. Pyers, Walter la6ley, Fred E. L Hester N. Bower, Chcrles W. & Fronk Bower, Jcmes A. 3ower, James A. to Swartwoota, Pierce, Joseph Sower, dames A. a Emma Mack, MliEm & Katherine Carr, John 9_/8/56 4-10 290 8/7/46 811 528 2/26/46 285 12 4/4/32 229 179 3/15/29 217 85 4/18/26 216 59 4/18/26 213 504 3/24/27 Fred A. 4/1/21 09 411 3/17/02 6 41 3/22/60 5 197 1879 4 403