17159 Eden Street


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: Stick/Eastlake
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 187
911 Number: 17159
Street: Eden Street
Address:  17159 Eden St, Thousand Island Park, NY 13692, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, two stories, with modified cruciform footprint and cross-gabled roof. Foundation concealed by diamond lattice skirting; cove siding; asphalt shingle roof. Two-story, full-width front porch. First-floor porch spans front of front gabled section and extends past right (northeast) side wing, with flat roof, turned posts, flared solid-sided shingle rail, plain frieze band, wide fascia, screened in. Second-floor porch has triple-band rail combining three styles of pierced, flat-sawn panels, and square posts with elaborate pierced brackets. Whimsical, complex trim in gable including decorative truss, diamond emblems, bands of wave-like flat-sawn trim with pierced dots along horizontal and diagonal decorative truss pieces. Screen conceals first-floor openings; second-floor porch shelters two double-doors. Wave-like trim continuous at eaves and rakes. Right (northeast) gable with pendant and trim. Two-story integral porch at right rear with chamfered posts, solid-sided vertical board rail, and vertical board frieze. Side windows generally two-over-two double-hung wood sash. Shed-roof addition at rear.

History: This was one of the “Wren” cottages/boarding houses, where summer tourists could rent rooms in the early twentieth century.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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