16856 Prospect Avenue


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: Late 19th Century Venacular
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 1525
911 Number: 16856
Street: Prospect Avenue
Address:  16856 Prospect Avenue, Thousand Island Park, NY 13692, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, two stories, with cruciform footprint and cross-gabled roof; oriented to the water (southeast) with rear facing the road (northwest). Foundation concealed by square lattice skirting; cove siding; asphalt shingle roof. Two-story front porch. First-floor porch wraps both sides, terminating at front of one-bay by one-bay cross-gable wings, with square posts, solid wood-panel rail, plain frieze band; screened. Second-floor porch spans two-bay front-gabled section only, and has chamfered posts, square balusters at front, solid-sided rail at sides. Gable features decorative truss, decorative carved vergeboard with pierced and incised detail, and exposed rafters. First-floor porch shelters single door, at right (northeast), and paired two-over-two windows, at left (southwest), with shouldered moldings; porch also shelters single door and two-over-two window at southwest and northeast sides. Second-floor porch shelters single door with shouldered molding, at left, and two-over-two window, at right. Side and rear gables feature decorative vergeboard and pendant. Side windows include two-over-two and eight-over-one double-hung wood windows. One-story hip-roofed roof additions to either side of two-story rear wing.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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