HomeMy WebLinkAboutContinuation Sheet - 1858 Trumansburg Road.pdfN.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet
Address: 1858 Trumansburg Road
Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville
Narrative Description of Property
The two-story gable -end building is angled on the southwestern corner of
Trumansburg Road (Route 96) and Jacksonville Road. The main block of the building
reflects the scale, size and massing typical for the Greek Revival Period, and was
constructed ca. 1840. Numerous changes to windows, vinyl siding, and possibly multiple
additions has obscured any aesthetic details typical for the style.
The main (eastern) elevation features a central recessed entrance flanked by two
plate glass windows. A pair of wooden doors each contain two panes of glass with
rounded corners, and the two lights over the door reflect the same form. Concrete steps
lead from the ground to the doorway. On the second story, two double -hung wooden
sash with 6/6 lights frame a "picture window." A projection extends from the peak of the
roof, which once contained a pulley system, reflecting the building's historically
commercial past. The entire building, including the additions, is clad in white vinyl. The
roof is clad in asphalt shingles.
The siding obscures evidence of construction stages or additions. The rear,
southern portion of the building is likely original. On the eastern and western facades are
similar in configuration, with irregularly spaced windows tucked underneath the eaves of
the roof. A single entrance door is at the western corner of the south facade, and a
cinderblock chimney with a terracotta cap bifurcates the fagade. A brick chimney is
centered on the gable -end of the western fagade.
A narrow, projecting two-story addition with gabled roof was constructed to
provide a staircase and is accessible via an eastern mid -20th century door with a cross-
hatched light configuration.
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N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet
Address: 1858 Trumansburg Road
Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville
Narrative Description of Property (continued)
There does not appear to have been any exterior investment in the property since
the 1984 historic survey. The building appears to have been vacant for a number of years.
The asphalt shingle roof is past the end of its life, and partial roof collapse around the
chimney on the south fagade, presumably due to water incursion, poses the most
significant threat to the future of the structure.
Narrative Description of Significance
The intersection of Trumansburg Road and Jacksonville Road has the strongest
commercial ties in the hamlet. The building first appears on the 1852 Map of Tompkins
County as Gutes Store, and labeled "Mattison and Loomis" on the 1866 New
Topographical Atlas of Tompkins County. Cornelius C. Mattison and George W. Loomis
bought the 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). At an unknown point
the property was sold to Isaac Kerst, whose son, John Kerst, ran the store and resided in
the Greek Revival house at 592 Jacksonville Road. (Exact contemporary address is
unknown due to changes in the street numbers post -1984.) John Kerst purchased the store
at auction from his father's estate on July 12, 1897. Edwin S. Johnson took over the store
from Kerst in 1899. He lived in the Greek Revival house at 596 Jacksonville Road.
(Exact contemporary address is unknown due to street number changes post -1983.)
Moe's National Brands was the last general store operating in the building, and in
property was subdivided into two residential units likely after it was sold to the Casciottis
in 1970.
History of Ownership (from 1984) Date Acquired Book Page
William and Antoinette A. Pierson
And Arthur M. and Martha Holman
Cornelius C. Mattison 1858 or 1860
and George W. Loomis
Isaac Kerst unknown
John Kerst July 12, 1897
Edwin S. Johnson May 1, 1899
Ai Lyon January 16, 1932
Albert H. and Anna W. Webster May 13, 1944
(See above for details)
148 289
153 145
227 461
273 71
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N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet
Address: 1858 Trumansburg Road
Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville
Narrative Description of Significance (continued)
History of Ownership (from 1984) Date Acquired Book Page
Martin J. and Fay L. Moe
April 18, 1947
298
96
Aldo J. and Lillian Casciotti
June 9, 1970
487
403
William Hurd, II
pre -1996
?
?
Edmund A. Hurd, II
June 20, 1996
774
256
County of Tompkins
May 20, 2004
45430
1001
(current owner)
May 26, 2004
45600
6001
Various persons connected to the property:
Cornelius C. Mattison (born c. 1820) resided in a Jacksonville hotel at the time of the
1860 US Census and the value of his real estate, likely the store, was valued at $500. By
the following decade, he's as "merchant," homeowner and was married to Fanny B. (born
c. 1832).
George W. Loomis (1823 -October 31, 1865)
John B. Kerst (August 1, 1842 - August 14, 1903) In February 1864 at the age of 21,
John enlisted in the Grand Army of the Republic, receiving a $300 bonus from the Town
of Ulysses. He was discharged in Philadelphia in August 1864 for a physical disability.
By 1870, he worked as a clerk in his father's store, along with his brother William. On
July 28, 1885, he was appointed as postmaster for Jacksonville and continued to work in
the store. He sold the store in 1899 and retired from the post office at approximately the
same time. He died in 1903 and is buried in Trumansburg's Grove Cemetery in Lot 575
with his wife, Adeline L. Kerst.
Edwin S. Johnson (born ca. 1859) - After purchasing the store in 1899, he ran it until
selling in 1932, roughly at the age of 73. He was married to Anne S (born ca. 1862).
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N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet
Address: 1858 Trumansburg Road
Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville
Figure 1: Main (eastern) facade
Figure 2: Southern facade
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N.Y. Historic Resource Inventory Form - Continuation Sheet
Address: 1858 Trumansburg Road
Village/Hamlet: Jacksonville
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Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
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Fagan, L. Map of Tompkins County. Philadelphia: Horace and Charles T.
Smith, 1853.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington,
D.C.; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832 -Sept. 30,
1971; Roll #: 90; Archive Publication #: M841.
New Topographical Atlas of Tompkins County. Philadelphia: Stone and
Stewart, 1866.
New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census
Schedules, 1905; Election District: E.D.
02; City: Ulysses; County: Tompkins; Page: 14
Sherman, Margaret. "Building Structure Inventory Form: 1858 Trumansburg
Road," Jacksonville, NY, January 1984.
Slekreg, John H. Landmarks of Tompkins County. Syracuse: D. Mason, 1892.
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Year: 1900; Census Place: Ulysses, Tompkins, New
York; Roll: 1169; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0163; FHL
microfilm: 1241169.
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