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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1875 Trumansburg Rd.pdfBUILDING -STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION ALBANY, NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 YOUR NAME: Leslie Chatterton FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UNIQUE SITE NO. QUAD SERIES NEG. NO. DATE: November 11, 1983 YOUR ADDRESS: 105 west Sibley Hall TELEPHONE: (607) 256-4331 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850 ORGANIZATION (if any): Preservation Planning Workshop IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): _ 2. COUNTY: Tompkins TOWNjCITY. Ulysses VILLAGE: 3. STREET LOCATION: 1875 Trumansburg Road (New York State Route 96) Jacksonville 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private 5. PRESENT OWNER: Thomas & Mary DeCotiis ADDRESS: 1875 Trumansburg Road, Jacksonville G. USE: Original: residence Present: residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes 0 No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain no, private residence DESCRIPTION 8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑x b. stone IN c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f, shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: 'ISTRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members N (if kn(xvn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent ® b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 1 1. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑x b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): The age of tFie house an changing ownership precipitated many additions and alterations. In general, changes have bee] sympathetic to the original character of the residence. (See attached sheet) 12. PHOTO. 13. MAP: H"-1 • l7¢ ! � tifi l U C � Sw r 4 Y� W 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known ® b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. other: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn El b. carriage house ❑ c. garage d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: see #18 j. other: 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a. open land © b. woodland M c. scattered buildings FN d. densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ 'g. residential ❑ h. other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: The house is located at the north (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) edge of the survey area. The style, scale and set back are in keeping with the residential structures that -line New York StatE Route 96 as it leaves the junction at the Jacksonville Road, although it is separa- ted by a considerable distance from neighbors on the north and south. Consequently, the house is not an integral part of the Route 96 streetscape; however, it provides an important focal point at the t rminati n ofl 2wam C$i��arebwn): 18, OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SIT (inc u ing z uFn e The three bay, two story, square main block supports a gently pitched roof. A two story wing projects east from the rear wall. The two sections feature a combinatior of Federal style and Greek Revival style details. Federal style details include slender pilasters on either side of the arched semi -circular door surround and an inset fanlight with radiating iron bars. The main facade also features 12 over 12 double hung sash windows and narrow louvered shutters. (see accompanying sheet) SIGNIFICANCE 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION - ARCHITECT: none BUILDER: unknown }j[CT(1RIfAi-ANF) ARf iHTFfT11RA1 MpnRkTANCF.• s ._' lu. 1rie House was bu31t by one or Jac sonva.11e s earliest"settlers, Jeremiah Cooper. Eight year-old Jeremiah came to Ulysses in 1799, accompanied by his grandfather, Thomas Cooper. Interviewed in 1881, J. Cooper remembered the "long and hard march of four weeks from Connecticut with an ox team, through a pathless wilderness their route marked by hacked trees! The two pioneers were eventually joined by Jeremiah's father and the remainder of the Cooper family. Thomas Cooper built the Cooper Tavern located on the west side of New York State Route 96, south of Swamp College Road. By 1800, an initial clearing was hacked out on the site that served as Cooper's home and farm for the following 85 years. At age 19, he volunteered and served as Captain'in the War of 1812. His first--marriage,tto Harriet Smith, ended with her death in 1826, and Cooper remarried in 1827. Ten children resulted from the toad marriages. 21. SOURCES: Day, Charles G. Re ort of the Half Century Club of Tom kins Co. Ithaca, New York: Charles G. Day, 1881. Registry of Deeds, Tompkins Co. Clerk's Office, Ithaca, New York 22• THEME: Fagan, L. Map of Tompkins County, New York from Actual Surveys by L. Fa an. Philadelphia: Horace and Charles T. Smith, 1853. 11. Integrit The alterations include: 1. the addition of a Greek Revival style porch, on the south facade, 2. the addition of two small sheds, both approximately 7' by 7', to either end of the east facade, 3. the addition of a 6' by 12' glassed --in porch, also on the east facade, 4. a 23' by 16' addition projecting from the east end of the north wall. The last addition appears the most recent and based on mortgage records probably dates from the 1940's. 20. Historical and architectural importance Other owners have included: Edgar and Annie Farrington, who received the property from the estate of Jeremiah Cooper, on 3/19/1894, (book 153, page 393). Payment was $1200. The Farringtons conveyed the deed to William H. Mathews on 10/28/1899, (book 153, page 552). Mathews conveyed the deed to Theron and Hattie Allen on 3/19/1909, (book 154, page 66). Payment was $1500. The Allens conveyed the deed to George and Nellie Carpenter on 4/2/1910, (book 173, page 190). The Carpenters conveyed the deed to Elsie Blanchard on 4/4/1910, (book 173, page 41: Blanchard conveyed the deed to Nellie Blanchard Carpenter on 7/23/1.937, (book 245, page 13). Carpenter conveyed the deed to Augustus and Eleanore Treeman on 3/5/1943, (book 281, page 53). Treeman conveyed the deed to Philip C. and Mildred Sainburg on 1/17/1946, (book 334, page 379). Sainburg conveyed the deed to Margaret Comstock on 8/21/1950, (book 343, page 29). Comstock assumed a mortgage as well. Comstock conveyed the ;deed -to-Frances W, Bass on 7/21/1951,'. (book 426, -page 94). Bass conveyed the deed to Clayton and Dorothy Burger on 8/4/1959, (book 464, page 740) . Burger conveyed the deed to Henry and Bobbie Thompson on 9/19/1966, (book 490, page 795) . The Thompsons conveyed the deed to John and Lynn Scott on 9/15/1970 (book 560, page 970). The Scotts conveyed the deed to Mary Sue DeCotiis on 9/28/1977. Mary Sue DeCotiis conveyed the deed to Thomas and Mary Sue DeCotiis on 9/16/1982, (book 591, page 432). 18. Other notable features Narrow trim boards contrast with a wide frieze and suggest a transition to the Creek Revival style. Above the wide gable end returns is a full recessed pediment. other Greek Revival style features evident in the detail of the porch located on the south facade include a substantial en- tablature supported by thich wood posts and matched board siding beneath the porch roof pierced with frieze windows. Large siltstone paving, a terraced yard at the rear, and the arrange- ment of the plantings suggest that the grounds were once carefully attended. The rail fence across the front is not consistent with the refined style of the house.