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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1864 Trumansburg Rd.pdfBUILDING -STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM ,
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION
ALBANY, NEW YORK (518) 474-0479
YOUR NAME: Cynthia Crier
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
UNIQUE SITE NO.
QUAD
SERIES
NEG. NO.
DATE: 12/21/83
YOUR ADDRESS:171 E. State St. , #319 _TELEPHONE: 607 272-4394
ORGANIZATION (if any):
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S):
2. COUNTY:, Tompkins TOWN/CITY: I11yccc }EF,IrkA .lar{Gnnv;lle
3. STREET LOCATION -1864 Truman_ ir_g Road- .larksnnvi 1 iP, _ N F-.tij .j'.or1,
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private Axl 1864 Trumansdurg Road,
5. PRESENT OWNER: I-lar.lc.nd Knight ADDRESS: Jar_ s n,,r ry i 1 1 g, lIpw Ynrk
6. USE: Original: Rem i de.n_t L-1 PIesent: Reside q + i a1
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain Ilo — priva-te
DESCRIPTION
8. BUILDING a. clapboard ® b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other:
N. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members El
(if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good 0 c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
1 1. INTEGRITY: a. original site © b. moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
(see attached sheet)
12. PHOTO:
13. MAP:
HP -1
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 ❑
L landscape features: Can (.1) Tnm k i_ns Counts, King Apple Tr
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 ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential
h. other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
The house is surrounded by other 19th -century Greek Revival
houses in the immediate hamlet of Jacksonville This house is
one of only two that possess an original ornate hood aver the
Win entrance.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
(see attached sheet)
SIGNIFICANCE
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Appears on the Atlas f=laps ,of 1853 &. 1666.
1660 ( JateJ Ly Tax Assessor's Gffice
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
20, HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
John Crenue; one of tka .original owners of Loth tho house and
barn, wcs [a blacksmith by trade r.nd useA the barn as his place
of business. Creque was the first applicant for degrees in the
Nasonic lodge. Aftar selling the property to Follett for $1500,
Cneque moved to Trumansburg, and the born went from being a
blacksmith shop to a carriage: builders shop, "nd eventually
it became 6 resting place for the 20th -century's conveyance,
the automobile.
(History of Ownership attached)
21. SOURCES: Tompkins County ,atlas hips of 1053 &, 1666
--Intarvi,ew with Hcrland Knight
-Tompkins County Clerk's Uffice
-Tompkins County Tax Assessor's Office
2.2. THEME:
3 "
Knight douse: 1864 Trumnnsburg Road, Jacksonville, New York
6
11. There have been sevwrvl 19th -century additions to the
original structure. One addition ccross the back of the house
has a she; roof that originates from the main body; and one
addition th2t runs perpendicular to the main body, elongates the
plan from rectangular to L -shape. The hood over the main en-
trance may be a later addition to the house. Judging from a
photograph (early 20th--ccntury) this ornament was rattier popular.
The iiur(i house and another property has similar ornaments.
18. The Knight House'o front clevation looks as though two com-
plete houses have been pushed together to form one facode. The
left section is one -,end half stories tall with a separate g..ble
rcof covered with asphalt shingles. There are three frieze win-
dows included in the wide entablature. The frieze windows have
the nriginal carver_' wcn" trills c, ver ing thn opeiings. The eft
Qci . e hTr _, very ory to on''t;ranca con: .'i_s't�,_E of J_nnar -id t:
,`, � CFu t., r
r:lnnle In f glazed ltlL?caen .00rs with ecorn tive ric_t hood :ith
brcckets th t have ponKonts 0" : "Wed wooden bi lustrade aLove
the hood.
The right fEca de is qct as tell os the left fscade, but it
is still. one-und-a-half =tcries t --ll. This facade Elso supports
a gable roof w4ich originates the rest of the roof .system. The
right fccade starts with an open , arch with square Boric posts
topped with 0 wide entablature. The exterior wDil in the front
porch is finished with f lushhoLrd, unlike the rest of he house
which is covered with clopho&xd. The wit ht QcLde also hcs an
extraordinary cntrence door. The door is o 5 ingl e leaf glazeu,
door with a Boric e8rwed enframement.
All of the winjows ore the same throughout the house. They
all hcve c heavy molding surrounding six--aver-six icuble-hung
ta sash. The original shutters have been =jut on the house again
by the Knights. The house hLj two offset Krick chimneys, but now
there is only one. The chimneys were connected to stoves. The
structure' T cern;:= are afinet;•i1n o ly thin c,"�rE1F'.?_'t7i,7Rrds.
20. Knight knure Cilitaxy Lot #21)
Astor! of :_WT ersrlio (Jctc r'CL;uirEd Book t."".C7e
Knight, Harland & Hope A.
4/12/39
250
3DO
Chose, Warren Leslie
1913
180
318
Allan Sr., William
6/7/1873
2
496
Honnes, Conrad
186+3
3
124
Follett, Williambryed WED)
1AC--64
1
266
Creque, James
L; t Frcnt Entrances Ri-1"t
Knight House