42778 Ontario Avenue


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: Stick/Eastlake
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 201
911 Number: 42778
Street: Ontario Avenue
Address:  42778 Ontario Ave, Thousand Island Park, NY 13692, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, 1 ½ story, with cruciform configuration and cross-gabled roof. Foundation concealed by vertical board skirting; clapboard siding; asphalt shingle roof. Two-story, full-width front porch. First-floor porch wraps around both sides, with square posts, pierced-panel rail, plain frieze band, exposed rafters at roof. Second-floor porch has square posts, whimsical sailboat-pattern pierced-panel rail. Gable has truss elements, exposed rafters. Three-bay facade: first-floor porch shelters single front door, at center, with two-over-two window at either side. Second-floor porch shelters single front door, at center, with two-over-two window at either side. Side windows generally two-over-two double-hung wood sash. Shed-roof rear addition with integral porch, decoration matches front first-floor porch. Sympathetic rehabilitation since 1980: first-floor porch extended and rebuilt, second-floor porch added, rear cross-gable addition, gable siding restored (Jeremy Greene, architect, new porch and rear addition).

Location within Thousand Island Park


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