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BUILDING -STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION
:ALBANY, NEW YORK (51 S) 474-0479
FOR
OFFICE USE ONLY
UNIQUE SITE NO.
QUAD
'SERIES
NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Jane Schwerdtfeger DATE: December 28, 1983
YOUR ADDRESS:35 Goldwin Smith, CU TELEPHONE: (607) 273-4497
ORGANIZATION (if any): Preservation Planning Workshop, . Cornell University
IDENTIFICATION '
1. BUILDING NAME(S):,
2_ COUNTY: Tom kens TOWN/CITY: Ulysses VILLAGE:
3. STREET LOCATION: 1845 New York State Route 96 (also known as the
4: OWNERSHIP: ' a. ublic ❑ h private IP' Gerrish
5. PRESENT OWNERObert and Catherine ADDRESS: 1845 New York State ;Route 9
6. USE: Original: residence Present: residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain no, private home
DESCRIPTION
8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ Awn�ut SH. g. stucco ❑ other:shingles on the main
9. STRUCTURAL a_ wood frame with, interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members $ l
(if. known) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good ILl 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 known
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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, ED b. woodland b7 and field .in back of house
c. scattered buildings ❑
d. densely built-up e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential M
h. other':
17: INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure Win an historic district)
To the building's right is an early Greek Revival house, while to
its left.is a well-preserved brick Italianate house.- Directly
facing it is a Greek Revival residence in very good condition,
and. further north is.. a Federal/Greek Revival -home.. This and the
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features it Known):
This is a 12 story Greek Revival building- following"a "T" shaped
plan.. The roof's ridgepole -is parallel to the, -road.- The first
story has'five.bays and a'central entrance'on•the-facade. The
door is flanked by mdest square pilasters supporting an entabulatur-
which projects slightly .from the facade.- The -four double -hung ..
SIGNIFICANCE ;= -
- 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: circa 1840-1860.. A building on this site
....ARCHITECT:
BUILDER.
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE A -:history sof. ,ownership is
known as -far -back.` as-, the late 1920s.- `;Johnand;.Mabel Carmen _
bought the property in 1929 (Book .2.18,-. p.
131).Alton L. -
'Culver
and' acquired. it from the =Carmens iril, 5 (Book' 540;
;rp. 69). Elizabeth Green bought it.from'.the:Culvers in January,
1976 (Book -549, p. 1002), and sold -it 'six 'months-ilater to Wil----
liam and Laura'Ford.(Book-553, p 166). The Gerrishs,acquired
the house in 1981. {Book. 584,, p. 1066)
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This isone :of„`the several. Greek- Revival residences.- in and
-surrounding`th'e!crossroads of New York State Route 96 and the
Jacksonville 'Road.'. '_ As, a�p�a"tt of this .`group, it, s an .important
21: 'SOURCES:
{ Neap of Tompkins County,• New York,, -From -Actual Surveys By
L. Faun. Philadelphia:.. Horace and Charles- T,. Smith' 1$53
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Gerrish page 2
3. Street Location: Trumansburg Road.)
8. Building Material: part of the roof, and a smaller one
story section has a metal roof. Stone and mortar foundation.
17. Interrelationship of Buildings and Surroundings: other
Greek Revival buildings are set close to the road.
18. Notable Features: windows have six over six lights and
wood surrounds with a raised outer edge. Two narrow
casement windows are placed in the foundation on this side.
Three narrow frieze windows are centrally-placed; the
frieze board does not return on the gable ends. The house
has fairly wide corner boards.
The southeast gable end has one window on each story which
match those on the facade. The gable end continues project-
ing towards the rear of the house at the level of the frieze
board. It forms a false front which hides where the section
of the house perpendicular to the road joins the larger section.
On the first floor of the false wall are three double -hung
windows joined together (but separated by stiles) with
six over one lights. The frieze board had one frieze win-
dow which is boarded over. On this section the entabulature
is lower and does not meet the entabulature of the
southwest gable end.
The southeast side of the one-story section making up the
stem of the "T" has two double -hung windows with six over six
lights. An entrance is to their right. The foundation
underneath this section matches that under the rest of the
house, although most of it is covered with cement. The
small attic space on the northeast end of this section has
an eight paned window. A small shed is attached to this
northeast end and is covered in wodden shingles and has
sliding hinge doors.
The fenestration on the northwest gable end is identical
to the southeast side. In the false wall there is one
centrally-placed double -hung window with six over one lights.
On the frieze band there is a boarded over frieze window.
The one-story section perpendicular to the road has a
central door flanked by two windows. The small, narrow
window to its left is double -hung with nine over six lights
and very thin mutins, while the one to the right is double -
hung with six over six lights. This section has a centrally-
placed brick chimney. The attached shed has no bays on
this wall.
Gerrish page 3
19. Date of Construction: appears on the 1853 map of Jack-
sonville.
20. Historical/Architectural Significance: reflection of
Jacksonville's economic prosperity in the first half of
the nineteenth century.