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Home My WebLink About1882 Trumansburg Rd.pdfA BUILDING -STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION NEW YORK S'IATE PARKS AND RECREATION ALBANY, NEWYORK (518)474-0479 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UNIQUE SITE NO QUAD SERIES NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: NaTgayet SRerman DATE:1/83 YOUR ADDRESS Preservation PlanninTFR91ribW ORGANIZATION (if any):Cornell Universit 607-255-4025 IDENTIFICATION I. BUILDING NAME(S): 2- COUNTY: Tomp,ktns TOWN/CITY: Y11 ys,CAPs VILLAGE: 3. STREFT LOCATION: 1882 Trumans urg Rnar1 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private 11 5. PRESENT OWNER: Bruce D, & Arli-s 0_ADDRESS: 1889 Tr„mansBurgFte^d G. USE: Original: iLMn Rahinenn Present: alartments 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain ne-�� iva t e DESCRIPTION foundation chimneys K. BUILDING a. clapboard IJ b. stone [5� c. brick ]JI d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: stetaI rnof �). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints 1 ] SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑ (il' knovn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a- excellent ❑ b. good c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 1 I. INTEGRITY: a. original site J1 h. moved ❑ if so,when`.' c. list major alterations and dates (if known): In the twentieth century, a front porch has been added and new double hung windows have been installed. Additionally, a cement block chimney and an addition with a picture window have been added. 12. PHOTO: 13. MAP. i 9�1 4B y ..00— cam__ Jh j yq0 14. IS W THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known C�j 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 KI f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: j. other: r a r p_o r r SURROUNDINGS OE= THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a. open land ER b. woodland J�l c. scattered buildings U 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) This building is one of the northernmost structures of the settlement at the crossroads of Jacksonville Road and Route 96. Set back from the road in the wooded northwest corner of Route 96 and Swamp College Road, this building is located across Route 96 from a Federal house 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known)(cont' d . ) This is a two story 1 --shaped building consisting of a rectangular core and rear wing. Its 5 bay front elevation with central door and gable roof parallel to the road reflects a typical Federal pattern. An open single story porch shelters the front entrance, a double door flanked by six sidelights framed by pilasters. Two columns support SfdMFCEANC-Lh, (cont' d . ) 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1 81 F..1 8 2 3 .e ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: According to Mrs. Viola Tompkins, this building was situated on the first 14 acres of land bought from the Indians in 1799`; and it Became a private residence after 1904. Local history has it that this Federal style inn was built in 1823 by Thomas Cooper (Celebration of the Bicentennial, p. 36). According to Peirce and Hurd's History of Tio a, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties (p. 537): Thomas Cooper , in 1799, cleared off a little place and sowed wheat, and in November moved his family in. They came through from Co-necticut with two yoke of oxen and a wagon, and were twenty-four days on the road. He bought (cont'd. 21. SOURCES: Celebration of the Bicentennial of the United States of America in Ulysses and the Village of Trumansburg. 1976. �Pe^ Henry B. and D. Hamilton Hurd. The History of Tioga, Chemung Tompkins and Schuler Counties. Philadelphia, Everts and Ensign; 1875 - Tompkins, Mrs. Viola H. Cooper's Inn. Unpublished article in Town of Ulysses Collection of the Dewitt Historical Society, Box 2-4-8-B, Folder #4. Tompkins County Deeds. (con C d,) 1882 Trumansburg Road 17. (cont'd.) and across swamp College Road from a Greek Revival. 18. (cont'd.) the porch, which has a lattice base. The double hung, one over one windows are longer on the first than on the second story', windows on the core of the building feature an elliptical overhang above the head of the window surround, an element which is exaggerated over the window above the front door. In the north gable end is a 6 paned small window; an iron ladder is bolted to this wall. A single story shed roofed addition to the rear or west elevation of the core features a picture window. The gable of the roof of the rear wing is perpendicular to Route 96. Against its north wall is a cement block chimney; additionally, there is a chimney in the center_ of the front core roof and another at the west end of the wing, where another single story shed roofed addition is located. While the rest of the house is sided in gr.en painted clapboard, this shed has vertical wood siding. Double doors mark its north elevation while the south elevation has a door and single paned window. A door marks the east end of the 5 bay south elevation of the rear wing. Another door, with heavy entablature and single paned side lights, is located on the south elevation of the front core. In the gable end is an elliptical fan ornament. The building's interior is said to have had a large ballroom with three inverted jugs in the ceiling to improve the acoustics as well as a secret passage. 20. (cont'd,) fourteen acres of land on the farm where 11. G. Cooper now lives. Jeremiah Cooper, his son, who came in with him when eight years old, is still living at Jacksonville. Tompkins County deeds state that Thomas Cooper had died by 1823 and the land was in possession of Horace Cooper. In 1816 Mary Cooper deeded to Horace about 80 acres for the sum of $100, "being land which descended to the heirs of Thomas Cooper late of North Haven in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut" (Book D Page 491). In 1823, Mary, Jeremiah, and John b. Cooper deeded the same property to Horace for $600, excepting the Federal home of Jeremiah across the Trumansburg 'Road. These deeds suggest that the Cooper Inn was built between 1816 and 1823 by Horace Cooper. Horace Cooper served as Ulvsses Town Clerk in 1821 and from 1826 to 1839 (Peirce and Hurd, p. 546). The Cooper Inn was also a stop on the Underground Railroad ("UGRR UNlimited," Yesteryears, June, 1967, p. 171). On April 1, 1859, Horace and Esther Cooper deeded this property to Horace G. Cooper (Book 69 Page 313). Horace G. Cooper was Ulysses Town Clerk in 1872 and from 1876--77 and served as Town Supervisor in 1878. Horace G. and Lucretia M. Cooper deeded the house and land to Horacp's sister, Mary in 1887 (Book 130 Page 230), On February 10, 19{1 , the property was conveyed to Edwin S. Johnson by Fred D. and P aria Johnson, Diantha Johnson, Sarah M. Kirkendall, and Elsie L anchard and described as the homestead farm 1882 Trumansburg Road 20. (cont'd.) of Cailord Cooper at the time of his death (Book 158 Page 242). Edwin Johnson was the local postmaster and a storekeeper. Subsequent owners have been: Walter and Irene Emmons from Anna R. Johnson, widow of Edwin, Book 271 Pa -e 145 Bruce D. and Arliss Robinson from Walter and Irene Emmons, September 27, 1948, Book 313 Page 489 21. (cont'd.) "' UGRR' Unlimited, the Alleluiah Freedom Road," Yesteryears. v. 10 #40, June, 1967.