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YOUR NAME: Margaret Sherman DATE: 1/84
106 West Sibley Hall
YOUR ADDRESS: Cornell University TELEPHONE: (607) 255-4331
ORGANIZATION (if any): Preservation Planning Workshop
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IDENTIFICATION
I. BUILDING NAMF(S):
2. COUNTY- Tompkins TOWN/CITY: Ulysses _VILLAGE:
3. STREET LOCATION: 1858 Trumansburg Road
4. OWNERSHIP:
a. public ❑ b. private
5. PRESENT OWNER: Aldo J. and Lillian 1858 Trumgn1b_urg Road
6. USE: Original:
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$'resent: _ ;L_ rp and residenra.,
7. ACCESSIBILITY
TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain No, store closed and residence i
DESCRIPTION
foundation private
8. BUILDING
a. clapboard ❑ b. stone �9 c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL:
e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: vinyl siding, asphalt
shingle roof
1). STRUCTURAL
a. wood frame with interlocking joints a
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 ❑
1 I. INTEGRITY:
a. original site IN b. moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known): In the twentiet century, the secon
story front
window has been altered, a cement block chimney added to the south
side has been constructed. The building has also been sided.
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THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known MI b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. other:
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:
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 1Z
h. other:
17. INTE.RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Please see attached.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
Please see attached.
SIGNIFICANCE
14. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: before 1853
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
Please see attached.
21. SOURCES:
Please see attached.
22. THEME:
#17. This store building is set close to the road at the intersection of Jacksonville Road and
New York State Route 96. Its mass dominates the houses to its north and south. Of the
four corners at this intersection, two have 20th century buildings (a gas station and an
antiques store). The third corner is an altered house.
#18. The white vinyl -siding rectangular building is two stories in height with a gabled
roof. On the south elevation is a two story addition just large enough to accommodate a
flight of stairs, with door on the east side and two windows on the south side. The front
elevation of the store features a central recessed entrance flanked by two plate glass
windows. On the second story, two double -hung, six -over -six windows frame a "picture
window". There is a projection from the gable end which was used in a pulley system in
the past.
Within the entrance the double wooden doors each have two panes of glass with
rounded corners. The two lights above door are of the same form. Concrete steps lead up
to the door. Similarly scaled signs surmount each plate glass window; below the window,
siding has been applied in a vertical manner.
Except for the south stair addition, the north and south elevations are similar, with
irregularly spaced windows under the eaves, most double hung with six lights over one.
On the south side is another door at the rear of the building.
#20. On an 1853 map, this store building is marked "Gutes Store"; on an 1866 map, the
store is labeled "Mattison and Loomis". Cornelius C. Mattison and George W. Loomis
bought this property from William and Antoinette A. Pierson and Arthur M. and Martha
Holman in 1858 or 1860 (Book 67 page 160 or Book 1 page 46). According to John
Selkreg's Landmarks of Tompkins County, p. 43, Arthur Holman "was a merchant and
bookkeeper through life".
After Mattison and Loomis, John Kerst ran the store, though his father Isaac owned it.
John Kerst lived in the Greek Revival style house at 592 Jacksonville Road.
On July 12, 1897, John Kerst bought the store at an auction to settle his father's estate
(Book 148, Page 289). Edwin S. Johnson took over the store from Kerst on May 1, 1899
(Book 153, Page 145); Johnson was also postmaster and lived in a Greek Revival style
house at 596 Jacksonville Road. Subsequent owners have been as follows:
Ai Lyon from Edwin S. and Anna R. Johnson, January 16, 1932 (Book 227, page 461)
Albert H. and Anna W. Webster from Ai Lyon May 13, 1944 (Book 273, page 71)
Martin J. and Fay L. Moe from Albert H. Webster, April 18, 1947 (Book 298, Page 96)
Aldo J. and Lillian Casciotti from Fay L. Moe, June 9, 1970 (book 487, page 403)
"Moe's National Brands" was the last general store in operation at this location.
#21. Fagan, L. Map of Tompkins County, Philadelphia: Horace and Charles T. Smith, 1853.
Interview with Nancy Dean, 11/19/83.
New Topographical Atlas of Tompkins Countx, Philadelphia: Stone and Stewart, 1866,
Slekreg, John H., Landmarks of Tompkins County, Syracuse; D. Mason, 1892.
Tompkins County Deeds.