16956 Prospect Avenue


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: Late 19th Century Venacular
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 1535
911 Number: 16956
Street: Prospect Avenue
Address:  16956 Prospect Ave, Thousand Island Park, NY 13692, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, two stories, gable-and-wing configuration; oriented to the water (southwest) with rear facing the road (northeast). Foundation concealed by square lattice skirting; vinyl siding; asphalt shingle roof. Front-gabled section is two bays wide, with three-part window at first floor, broad picture window flanked by narrow one-over-one double-hung windows; two one-over-one double-hung wood sash at second-floor front. One-story porch with low-pitched hipped roof at right, in front of one-bay by one-bay southeast cross-gable wing, extends past front and side walls, enclosed with vinyl siding and band of fixed, picture, and awning windows at front, double-hung and picture windows to the side. Porch wraps around southeast wing; open section of porch at rear has turned posts, turned balusters, and brackets. Concrete block chimney and small shed-roofed extension, at left side. Two-story hip-roofed rear wing with one-story shed-roofed rear addition. Side windows include casement, picture, awning, and one-over-one double-hung wood windows. Concrete chimney on northwest side, relocated from front of house after 1980.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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