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YOUR NAMOlargaret Sherman DATE: January 1984
YOUR ADDRESS: Cornell University TELEPHONE: (607) 255-2344
ORGANIZATION (if any): Preservation Planning Workshop
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S):
2. COUNTY: Tompkins TOWN/CITY:Ulysses VILLAGE:
3. STREET LOCATION:1833 Trumansburg Road
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private DO
5. PRESENT OWNER. Earl and Ruth Dean ADDRESS: 1833. _T-rumansburg Road
6. USE: Original: Residence Present:Residence
7.. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑ ^
Interior accessible: Explain No, private „resilence
DESCRIPTION Undersiding Foundation Chimney
8. BUILDING a. clapboard R.1 b. stone El c. brick.0 d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ F. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other;As halt shingle roof,
vinyl siding
9. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints E3
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑
(if kn(wn) 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 1 1/2 story front core was built first; according to Nancy Dean, clapboard and
floor boards from the front and rear of the house do not match. See attached.
12. PHOTO: 13. MAP.
HP -1 An Lqual Opporlunilr Agency
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THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. other:
RELATLD OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn 0 b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features: well
). 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
h. other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
This house is on busy NYS Route 96 and faces two 20th century homes. Woodland
separates it from another Greek Revival style building to the south. To the east
is farmland that is still under cultivation; to the north is a 20th century
bungalow.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
Please see attached.
SIGNIFICANCE
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Possibly hefn-rF1891, by 1866
ARCHITECT.
BUILDER:
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
Please see attached.
21. SOURCES:
Fagan, L. Mat of Tompkins County, New York, Philadelphia: Horace and Charles T.
Smith, 1853.
Interview with Nancy Dean, 11/19/83.
22. THEME. New Topo,araphical Atlas of Tompkins County. Philadelphia:Stone and
Stewart, 1866.
Tompkins County Deeds.
#11. In the 1920's, Mr. Personius made a number of changes. At that time, the south
porch may have been enclosed and the smaller south porch added. The front door was
moved to the north side of the house where a new porch was constructed. New windows
were installed in the west elevation.
The red barn in back may have been moved from Park Lane; twenty years ago it was
reduced to one story from two.
More recently, the north porch was enclosed and in 1982, the house was sided with
vinyl.
018. This 1 1/2 story L-shaped building with some Greek Revival style features has green
painted trim and white vinyl siding. The gable roof of the front core of the house parallels
the Trumansburg Road. Two 6 -paned windows are located between the returns of each
gable end. The three bay wide west elevation features frieze windows with carved wood
grills. One first story window is double hung, one over one, while the second has a small
pane above and a larger pane below. To the north, a single story porch with shed roof has
been enclosed with paneled siding. The porch door is flanked by two windows. Within
the porch enclosure are posts and a spindled balustrade suggestive of the Colonial Revival
style.
The gable of the 1 1/2 story rear wing runs perpendicular to the road; its three bay north
elevation features two four -paned frieze windows. Like the gable end of the front core, its
east gable end has two six -paned windows between returns. There is also a clear door on
this east elevation.
An enclosed single story shed roofed proch, now a kitchen, extends across the south
facade of the rear wing. A smaller open porch shelters the kitchen door.
Behind the house, to the east, are three structures. Northern most is a white painted
shed with sliding double doors and a metal gable roof. In the middle is a red -painted privy,
and to the south is a red board and batten barn with a metal gable roof.
#20. An 1853 map shows a Mrs. Tompkins in this house, with a shop immediately to the
north. On March 2, 1864 (Tompkins County Deeds Book 3 page 169) Sarah Tompkins
deeded this property, 1/4 acre, 1/4 acre fo John Brown for $500; this low value could
indicate that this building had not yet been built. An 1866 map shows J. Brown at this
location, with a shop to the north.
John Brown was a carpenter who was supposed to have worked on the nearby school
building. Some of his descendants told the Deans that his shop was just south of the
present driveway, not north of the house. According to oral tradition, a descendant of
Browns wrote about the house in an architectural magazine and cited the carved wooden
grills over the frieze windows as an unusual feature.
In 1919, after Melissa Brown died (relationship to John not known), the property went
to M. Clark and Florence Brown (Book 195, page 105). On May 13, 1920 they sold it to
Herman L. Personius and Grace K. Brown (Book 197 pate 358).
Subsequent owners have been as follows:
Harold C. and Ruth Teeter, May 18, 1925 (Book 208 Page 358)
William J. and Carrie L. Beach, June 29, 1926 (Book 210 Page 542)
Earl A. and Ruth E. Dean, June 14, 1945 (Book 278 Page 195)
Frieze window detail of 1833 Trumansburg Road