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Home My WebLink About1853 Trumansburg Rd.pdfi BUILDING -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 Schwerdtf eger, DATE: December 2?,1983 YOUR ADDRESS: 35 Goldwyn Smith, . CU TELEPHONE: (607) 273 449 ORGANIZATION (if any): Preservation Planning Workshop, Cornell Universit} IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): 2. COUNTY: Tompkins TOWN/CITY: Ulysses VILLAGE: 3. STREET LOCATION: 1853 New York State Route 96 also known as 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public El }z private ®Nanoy Hous oriumansburg Road) 5. PRESENT OWNER: William H. Jr.anda ADISRESS: Route 96 6. USE: Original: residence - __ Present: rP_SJ dP.nrP _ 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes E No ❑ Interior accessible: Explainna, nrivate residence 8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ®i- c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: Composition brick siding, wood shakes, and metal roof. 1). 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 ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ® b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): The Housworths have made many repairs and changes to the house sin( they acquired it in 1970. They have bolstered sagging floors, - 12. PHOTO: 13. -MAP: q6rk�v[ot; P&,.k q6 U 01w- ;le 16. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known ® b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. other: RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn❑ b. carriage house ❑ . c. garage 50 d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop- ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. land scape• features: 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 CX7 h. other: I7. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) The Housworth's home is situated about ten feet from New York State Route 96.- To its left is a Greek Revival residence which sec to have been altered very little,' There.is an empty.lot between the two houses. To its right is their garage and a small, greatly 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF*BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): This is a one -and -a --half story greatly altered Greek Revival build -f following a generally rectangular plan. .The main facade is L-shaped and a low pitched metal hip roof covers the -porch. The roof is supported by two tapering fluted columns. The gable end of the facade has two bays on both stdries; each of the four SIGNIFICANCE 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: E. B.'amd Eva.Allen bought the house in 1934 (Book 234, Page 157) Eva Allen died in 1969 and William Housworth; Jr. was one'of the executors of her estate. (Mr. Housworth's•mother's maiden name - was also Allen, so the two families. may be related. Book 4.84, page 805) William -and Nancy Housworth then bought the house in 1970 (Book 486, page 491).1 - Although the precise date of construction is unknown, the building's Greek Revival style most likely places it in Jacksonville's period of greatest economic growth in the early and mid nineteenth century. The hamleU—growth spurt occured 21.. SOURCES: Conversation with owner Nancy Housworth, December, 1983 Deed search at the County Courthouse. ; 22. THEME: Housworth, page 2 11. hlterations: changed entrances leading to other rooms and to the outside. They removed a small bathroom from the kitchen and moved windows and doors to suit their taste. In 1970 there were seven entrances into the kitchen. Currently the Housworths are in the process of gutting the upper story. 17. Interrelationship of building and surroundings: altered home. Their house is surrounded by large evergreen trees. Directly facing the Housworth residence is Jacksonville's square brick post office and to the right an unused gas station. 18. Other notable features: double -hung windows has six over six lights and plain surrounds. The frieze band has been partially covered by the composition brick siding, but it does not return on any of the gable ends. The entabulature of the medium -pitched roff is still visible, as are the thin corner boards. The main entrance is underneath the porch on the facade; to its right is a window matching those on the gable end of the facade. The northwest side has four windows unevenly spaced along the wall. Two are boarded up and covered over with composition brick siding, while the other two match those on the gable end of the facade. These latter two are placed close together near the northeast end of the wall. On the Southeast side, the friezooard on the left gable end has been removed. The four windows on the two levels of the southeast gable match those -on the southwest facade. Two tripartite casement windows are underneath these in the stone and cement foundation. The southeast side continues in a smaller section which is attached perpendicular to the gable end just described. On the inter ibQr, this area is the kitchen. On the left in this section is ad,six`"o er six lights window matching the others, with "A Chase Feb. 12, 1861" written in cursive on the glass. This is probably not Alice Chase who married John Chase, who still would have been living in 1935. John Chase's family was prominent in Jacksonville and his father, Henry, lived in a stately Greek Revival home at the northwest corner of Parke Lane and New York State Route 96. Henry Chase was a physician in the hamlet in the late nineteenth century. To the right of this window is a modern bipartite casement window which the Housworths installed. To its right is a double -hung window with six over six lights which is smaller than the others. its thin moldings causes it to look older than the other windows. At the northeast corner of the southeast wall is a vertical plank door set into a deep wooden doorway. A large slate porch stands about two feet high to meet the door. Housworth, page 3 The northeast side of the house has also been changed by the Housworths. It is covered in Aluminum siding. Half of the north- east wall near the southeast corner projects back further than the other half. This projecting area has a one pane rectangular casement window on both the lower and upper levels, the northwest wall of the projection has a door with nine panes of glass and old metal hinges. To its right is a modern casement window. The other half of the northeast wall has two one paned casement windows on both stories. An exterior chimney is also on this wall. On the right of the house is a two -door garage which appears to be rather new. Its one -and -a -half stories rests on a cinderblock foundation and has a exhaust or stovepipe on the northeast end. Its gable end faces the street and has two double -hung windows with six over six lights placed close together on it. Under its low pitched roof it has stained wood shakes which match the house, while the first story is clapboard. 20. Ifistorical and architectural importance: most noticably at the original settlement area at the crossroads of New York State Route 96 and Jacksonville Road. There are many varied Greek Revival residences situated in the general area of the cross- roads.