Gas House


Year Built: between 1870-1879 
Architectural Style: Former Utility Building
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 333
911 Number: 42840
Street: United States Avenue
Address:  {44.2870592775701,-76.02556178902435}  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, one story, built as the Park’s gas/propane plant and water pumping station; L-plan footprint and hipped roof. Second floor is narrower than the first, with low-pitched hipped roof, situated at center. Concrete block foundation; rock-faced concrete block and cove siding; asphalt shingle roof. Two-story, full-width front porch, with square posts, square balusters, plain frieze band; screened in. First-floor porch shelters double front door, at center, one-over-one window at left; screen conceals openings at right. Screen conceals openings at second-floor porch, which partially spans tower portion only. Secondary first-floor porch extends at right rear; decorations match front porch. Side windows generally one-over-one double-hung wood windows.

History: According to the 1980 survey form, this was built as the gas / propane plant and water pumping station for TIP. The original gas plant was destroyed in the 1890 fire; this building likely replaced that one. According to “100 Years and Then Some,” in the 1912 fire, “the cement walls of the gas plant at 333 United States Avenue were left intact.” Sympathetic rehabilitation in the 1980s.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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