17253 Coast Avenue East


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: Stick/Eastlake
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 291
911 Number: 17253
Street: Coast Avenue East
Address:  17253 Coast Ave, Thousand Island Park, NY 13692, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, two stories, with rectangular footprint and hipped roof, with gable at each side. Foundation concealed by shrubbery; clapboard siding; asphalt shingle roof. Two-story, full-width front porch, with chamfered posts, diagonal cross railing, pierced truss-style brackets, paneled frieze at first floor, plain frieze band at second floor. First-floor porch shelters picture window, at center, two-over-two window and single door, at right (east), screen conceals openings at left. Second-floor porch shelters single door, at center, with tall, narrow two-over-two double-hung windows at either side; additional openings obscured. Side gables with casement window, at center. Side windows generally two-over-two and one-over-one double-hung wood sash. Front door originally in location of picture window (altered prior to 1980).

History: The original owner of this cottage was a founder of TIP and minister, Rev. Elijah Horr. The 1980 survey provided an 1898 construction date for this cottage, but according to the book Thousand Island Park: One Hundred Years, and Then Some, the cottage survived the 1890 fire thanks to its proximity to the Iron Cottage, so the construction date must be earlier than 1890. The cottage also survived the 1912 fire, which burned the attic resulting in an alteration to the roofline, formerly a front gable. The cottage has been in the same family’s ownership since 1898.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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