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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION .
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION
ALBANY, NEW YORK (SI K) 474-0479
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UNIQUE SITE NO.
QUAD
SERIES
NEG. NO.
YOUR
NAME: Jane
Schwerdtfeger
DATE:December
26, 1983
YOUR
ADDRESS:35
Goldwyn Smith, CU_
_TELEPHONE: 0 23-4497
ORGANIZATION (if any): Preservation Planning Workshop, Cornell University
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S):
2. COUNTY: Tompkins TOWNICITY: Ulysses LLAGE:
3. STREET LOCATION: 7 New York State Route 9 also refered to as
4. OWNERSHIP: a. ublic ❑ lx private Trumansburg Road T.
5. PRESENT OWNER:•John and Anna Kraft ADDRESS: 1857 New York State Route 9b
b. USE: Original: residence Present:residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ❑` No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain no, private residence
DESCRIPTION
S. BUILDING a. clapboard ® b. stone -'El c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATL'•RIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ® g. stucco ❑. other:cement and einderblS
foundation
1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members 0 (addition)
(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 IN b. moved ®. if so,when? sometime between 1954 and
. c. list major alterations and dates (if known): • 1969 -(The bhotb was 'taken
in 1954 and the Krafts bought the house in its altered form in 196,
Alterations - Mr. and Mrs. Kraft.know,that the house once followed
a T-shaped plan, with the horozontal part .of the "T" facing the ro
12. PHOTO: 13. MAP: _
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING' a. none known R b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e- deterioration ❑
F. other:
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barng] 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 ❑
c. scattered buildings ❑
d. densely built-up ❑ e. commercial Q
f. industrial ❑ g. residential IC
h. other:wooded area in the rear, north-east side of
their property.
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if t uilddipg or structure is in an historic district)
This bu�lding is situated at the crossroads of New York State Route
96 and Jacksonville Road. On either side are Greek'Revival-residen
which have been altered. Across the street on New York State Route
96 is an unused gas station and a store selling "Antiques, Guns
and Ammo." to the right.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
The Kraft's house has been greatly altered since it was originally
built. At present, it is ane -and -a -half stories with its southwest
gable end facing New York State Route 96. A screened parch wraps
around the southwest and southeast sides,of the house -and extends
to the top of the first story. An enterance onto the porch is on
SIGNIFICANCE
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION:
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
20. HISTORICAL. AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
According to Nancy Deans.the town's historian, this building was
known as "the Beehive" because families moved...in and out of ,the
house after short periods of time.- She and the owners believe the
house to be quite old, but are not sure of the -exact -date.
Whether or nat it is the -same one, a house on this site appears on
the 1853 map of Jacksonville. -In 1954 Ms. Dean referred to the
house as the "Orville Updyke house: The Krafts believe that the
previous owner,.Dick Shaw, bought it in the early.1960's and.
removed part.of the house and moved it back on the lot. -What -is
left of this building may be one of 'the earliest built at Jackson-
ville's first area of settlement on New York State Route-96.and
21, SSOURCES: - Jacksonville Road..
Conversation with.the owners John and Anna Kraft, December, 1983
Conversation with Nancy Dean, Jacksonville's historian, December,
1983, She -lent me a photograph of the extant building which
22. THEME:
Kraft, page 2
11. integrity: Sometime after 1954, the front section of the house was
removed and the vertical part of the "T" was set back about
twenty feet from New York State Route 96. This latter part of the
original house still stands.
The house was in disrepair when the Krafts bought it in 1969•
Mr. Kraft installed new walls and insulation, and changed the shape
of some of the windows. In 1971 the Krafts added two rooms onto the
back of the house, giving it an L-shaped plan, projecting towards
the south --east. They also added a screened porch to the south-west
and south-east sides of the house, and one also on the rear, north-
east side. A carport is attached to the south-east side of the
porch. Most of the house now has a cinderblock foundation.
18. Building's notable features: the east corner of the south-west
facade. The facade has a modern window of one large pane of glass
with a double -hung, one over one light window on each side. On the
south-east wall is a double hung, one over one light window and the
entrance to the older part of the house on the right. A carport
is attached to the porch on the south-east side. The corrugated
metal roof is supported by three wooden poles.
The addition is on a concrete foundation and is one story with a
small crawlspace above it. The southwest wall has a modern rect-
angular and horizontal one paned casement window with small non-
functioning metal shutters. The southeast wa,11 has two modern
windows side by side of the same description. The addition does
not totally cover the older part of the house. The northeast
gable end has one double hung one over one light window; to its
left in the addition is a modern casement window with shutters
matching the others. The two windows are separated by a corner
board that appears to have marked the corner of the original part
of the house. To the right of the double -hung window is a section
which projects northeast. On its southeast side, the projection has
a modern casement window with shutters matching the others. The
northeast wall has a door and a double -hung one over one pane window
to its right. This projecting section does not extend to the north-
west corner of the house, and rests on a cinderblock foundation.
A screened porch extends out about five feet and covers the
majority of the northeast side of the house. It is covered by a
green plastic corrugated roof, and has a screened door to the right
of the entrance into the house. The porch is on a cement foundation
An exterior cinderblock chimney is near the southeast side of the
northeast end of the house.
The northwest wall of the older part of the building has two
double -hung one over one pane windows. The north west side
of the projecting part of the addition has a modern casement window
with shutters matching the others.
Kraft, page 3
The one -and -a -half story barn in the rear northwest corner of the
yard is separated by a fence and may be part of their neighbor's
property to the left at 601 Jacksonville Road. Behind the barn
is a small building the size of a privy. It has wooden shingles
and a decorative design in wood on the back.
21. Sources: she took in 1954.
IyIap of Tompkins County, New_York from Actual Surveys by L. Fagan.
Philadelphia: Horace and Charles�T.-Smith, Publishers, 1853