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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1862 Trumansburg Rd.pdf" I FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING -STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION ALBANY, NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 UNIQUE SITE NO, QUAD SERIES NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Cynthia DATE: _12121 /8 3 — YOUR ADDRESS: 171 E. State St. ,J319 _TELEPHONE: 607 272--4399_ ORGANIZATION (if any): IDENTIFICATION I. BUILDING NAME(S): 2. COUNTY: Tompkins __ TOWN/CITY: Illyssss :.1ale 3. STREET LOCATION: 1 AF2 Trimanshtirg Rnari, Jarksnnvi_l l e,. _NY 4. OWNERSHIP. a. public ❑ h private ® 1862 Trumansbura Road, 5. PRESENT OWNER: James Wilson ADDRESS: Jacksonville, N 6. USE: Original: Residential Present: Residential 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes Xn No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain Nn — Private DESCRIPTION (underne,�_th) 8.' BUILDING a. clapboard kJ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ® g. stucco ❑ other: (asbestos) 1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑ SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members (if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a- excellent ❑ b. good ® c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site © b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): The original structure was an alraost perfect square, but additions have altered the house into an L—shape plan. A 20th— century post— card fr m `"e JeUit Hi tori dl Society ravel-_ls the clapboard siding, cent- . on atac�imenl 12. PHOTO: 13. MAP: 14. 15 1 G. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known ® b. zoning ❑ e. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. other: RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn F-1 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 It. 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 houses in the hamlet of Jacksonville, and is one of five houses located on the north- west side of NY Route 96 that appear on the 1853 Atlas slap. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): (see attached sheet) SIGNIFICANCE Appears on the 1853 & 1666 Atlas Maps; 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 18901 (dated by Tax Assessor's Office) ARCHITECT: R011101M 20. HISTORICAL AND ARC1iITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: The 1053 & 1860 Atlas kOpS i- enti y John Van8uskirk as owner of the house, and deed records inCicate he held title for seventy-one years Van OusKirk, a cabinet maker cnd undertaker, served as Jacksonville town clerk from 1846--1£356. According to a DeWitt historical Society postcard, the Wilson house is one of three houses in the immediate vicinity of the hamlet that possessed carve6 hood enf'ramements with brackets and pendants over tha front doer. (History of Ownership attached) 21. SOURCES: -interview with -Tompkins .County --Tompkins County 22. THEME: Harland Knight Tex Assessor's Office Clerk's Office -The DeWitt Historical Society Wilson house: 1662 Trumansburg Road, Jacksonville, MY 11. The two 20th --century additions are supported by concrete foundations: on the west facade there is a one-story addition capped with a flat roof; on the north facade there is an enclosed one-story porch with a shed roof. 18. TO i cin body of the tructure is almost a perfect squere (25f t. x 31ft.) and is divided into five bay, along the front facade. Later additions hove elongated the structure into cn L --shape Man. Capping the main body of the house is a low pitched '.cin r -of covered w0h cspholt :shingles. Originally this roof w"s surmounted by a "captain's walk'' however, he Nilson'ti removed •::iie structure. The Douse, which sets on a. stoAe foundation, has been sided with as- bestos shingles. There is _•n exoesed concrete Klock flue on the north facade. The i first floor winjuws "re two -over --two double -hung sashes, while the second floor has ave ix i.ipuhle rung Sash windows. The ;louse's most notaLls fec tore &a .�Fe ornate centrally located front entrcnce. The single loaf glazed outer ;_poor is accentuated by carved pilasters. The door and pilasters are topped by an ornate flat hood with brac- kets and pendants. The entrance's inner door is also a single leaf glazed unit. 20. Wilson souse. (W lr:.c y Lc., 1171) P;'istory or" uwnershio Jcte Acquired Nook Page ::ilson, Jamas R. A Betty V. 5/28/48 3U9 244 Brown, Ellis L. & fiery E. 8/30/35 237 480 Chase, J. Warren E'or for Warren, Ella A. 5/9/24 207 167 Nott, Homer C. 1919 191 191 Un Cuskirk, John 11/24/1840 22 106 Kelly, jznes Front Entrance 'ililson i:cruse