16921 Prospect Avenue


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: 
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 1538
911 Number: 16921
Street: Prospect Avenue
Address:  16921 Prospect Avenue, Thousand Island Park, NY 13692, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, 1 ½ stories, with L-plan footprint, gable roof at front, hip-roofed wing at right (southeast); oriented to the road (southwest) on a deep lot extending to South Bay, to the north. Foundation concealed by square lattice skirting; cove siding; asphalt shingle roof. Two-bay front-gabled section at left originally had a two-story open front porch; first-floor porch fully enclosed in the 1980s with cove siding and paired front one-over-one windows. Second-floor porch screened, with solid sided rail, cove siding and triangular window in gable; one door and one window open onto second-floor porch. At right (southeast) is a one-story projecting enclosed corner porch, with solid sided rail and banks of sliding windows with simulated muntins. Two-story side wing with cutaway corners and hipped roof, with two-over-two windows at cutaway corners, geometric patterns in upper sash of center windows. One-story hip-roofed addition recessed at left (northwest) side with bank of frieze windows, picture windows at rear cutaway corners, and sliding doors at rear opening onto a deck. Telescoping rear additions terminating in a screened one-story porch. Side windows include awning, one-over-one, two-over-two, and decorative double-hung wood windows.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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