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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: December 18 1983
YOUR ADDRESS: 106 West Sibley Hall TELEPf14NE: ( 607) 256-4331
Cornell UniversHy, Ithaca NY 350
ORGANIZATION (if any): Preservation Planning Workshop
IDENTIFICATION
I. BUILDING NAME(S): Jacksonville Antiques
2. COUNTY: Tompkins TOWN/CITY:ysses VILLAGE:
3.STREET LOCATION -:1859 Trumansburg Road Flew York State Route 9 Jacksonville
4. OWNERSHIP: a.ublic El h private C� Hamlet
5. PRESENT OWNER: pLeonard & Joan Keith ADDRESS: 11120 Trumansburg Road,JacksonvillE
6. USE: Original: commercia Present: commercaa
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes R1 No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain ypct _ n •! gi3a' shop
DESCRIPTION
8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and. batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ otherconcrete block
9. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑
(if knovn) c.' masonry load bearing walls 0
10. CONDITION:
.1 l . INTEGRITY:
12. PHOTON
d. metal (explain)
e.' other
a. excellent ❑ b. good ® c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
a. original site D b. moved ❑ if so,when? -
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
13. MAP:
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THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known 5�1 • 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:E
f. industrial ❑ g. residential:
h. other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: The structure occupies a prominent
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) site at the junction of the Jacksonville
Road and New York State -Route 96, fronting the Jacksonville Road. The grounds
in front are covered with asphalt extending from the building to the road. The
broad parking lot and the building's low scale contrast with the predominantly
residential streetscape at the center of the hamlet.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including anterior features if known): Thq struct
is a one story, rectangular block with a flat roof. The two window openi-ngs
flank either side of the main entrance. A garage door is Located at the north
side of the west wall.
SIGNIFICANCE
19. DATE OF INITIALCONSTRUCTION: early 196Q; f
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
0. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: The deed describes the property as part
of the land "known as the old Tavern lot." Additional research corroberates thr
the. Mattison Tavern;(no Longer extant) occupied the site diagonally across New
"New York State Route 96 and'the Jacksonville Road.'See attached sheet for deed
"research.
�Gsite
The centrally located has -served a variety of uses. The 1866 map depicts a
structure fronting the present New York State Route 96, called the -Tin Shop.
.Local historian Nancy Dean speaks of a bean thellin'enterprise-operating
from a house on the site, although the date is unspecified. The gas and
oil business,>xeuiously.on the .'site is documented in the deed research.
21. , SOURCES: Deed search, Tom-okins County Clerks Office, Ithaca, -New York.
Interview with Nancy Dean, Jacksonville, New York 12/18/83.
2.2. TH E AI I,:
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On 2/i4/184o, Egbert Burr purchased the property from the trustees of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, named as Horace Cooper, Elisha Wilcox, Thomas Gibb
and Stephen Mandeville, (book NN, page 318).
Burr conveyed the deed to Elisha Wilcox on 4/l/1857, (book 67, page 112).
On 9/21/1877 Lovinia Lee purchased the property from J.J.Ayers Durling,(book 4,
page 310).
On 12/18/1912 Edwin S. Johnson purchased the property from David B. Stewart,
(book 178, page 552).
Johnson conveyed the deed to John E. Stevenson 10/1.8/1924, (book 207, page 503)
and it was subsequently conveyed to Edythe Stevenson, (book 246, gape 259). Early
photographs depict a gas station on the site. Deed references indicate the like-
lihood that the station and an accompanying residence were built at this time.
fitevenson conveyel the deed to Cynthia Sr_yder, 12/7./1937, (book 249, page 226).
Snvder conveyed the deed to Ai Laron on 11/2.9/1933, (book 252, page 119). The
deed makes reference to a gas and oil business on the property when Lyon aquired it.
Lyon conveyed the deed to William B. & Sarah Wilkinson, 10/23/1040. (boob: 277,
pare 53?)
Wilkinson conveyed the deed to Wilber Gregg, 6/1/1945. ,
Gregg conveyed the deed to Leonard Keith on 7/1/1974.
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