16961 Park Avenue


Year Built:  2013 
Architectural Style: New Traditional
National Register:
 Non-Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 1543
911 Number: 16961
Street: Park Avenue
Address:  16961 Park Ave, Fineview, NY 13640, USA 
Structure Status:  

Description & Additional Information


Designed by Jonathan Taylor and Steve Taylor. Frame cottage, two stories, five-bay facade, with generally cruciform footprint and cross-gabled roof; oriented to Prospect Ave (southwest). New cottage constructed with many features that reflect traditional cottage architecture. Poured concrete foundation under most of cottage, with pier foundation under porch; square lattice porch skirting; clapboard and shingle siding; asphalt shingle roof. Two-story, full-width front porch. First-floor porch full-width, with square posts, flared shingle-sided rail, delicate brackets, and plain frieze band. Narrower second-floor porch under gable only, with flared shingle-sided rail, square posts, delicate brackets; screened. Shingle siding in front and side gables. First-floor porch shelters double front doors, at center, single door and paired two-over-one windows, at left (northwest), and two two-over-one windows, at right (southeast). Screen conceals second-floor porch openings. Separate screened first-floor porch with polygonal footprint and hipped roof projects from left wing, with similar features to front porches. Broad square cupola with low-pitched hipped roof, at intersection of cross-gables, with shingle siding and band of awning windows just below eaves. Side windows generally two-over-one double-hung wood windows. Telescoping rear wings. Noncontributing due to age only.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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