42960 Garden Avenue


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: Stick/Eastlake
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 562
911 Number: 42960
Street: Garden Avenue
Address:  42960 Garden Ave, Fineview, NY 13640, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, 1 ½ stories, two-bay facade, with modified rectangular footprint and front-gabled roof. Original cottage, at center, has a front-gabled roof, wrapped on all sides by low-pitched, hip-roofed later additions, consisting of an open porch at front and partway around the north and south sides, recessed one-story shed-roofed side wings, and a one-story addition across the rear, all united by a continuous low-pitched hipped roof. Foundation concealed by square lattice skirting; clapboard siding; asphalt shingle roof. Porch has chamfered posts, turned balusters, spindlework frieze band, exposed rafters, and sawtooth and pierced trim at eaves. Porch shelters two double-hung windows, at center; porch also shelters double-hung window on south side and single door recessed at right and left (at the front of the side / rear additions). Chimney at right (south) side. Front gable features sawtooth trim, pierced panels, and three-part window, consisting of a picture window at center with one one-over-one double-hung window to either side. Side windows vary in type and size. This cottage was considerably altered before 1980, including the loss of its original porch, addition of side wings, and siding replacement; it was subsequently rehabilitated to be considerably more compatible, with the addition of the wraparound porch, gable trim, and matching outbuilding, leaving original cottage character discernable with compatible detailing.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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