17129 Coast Avenue West


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: Queen Anne
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 77
911 Number: 17129
Street: Coast Avenue West
Address:  17129 Coast Ave W, Fineview, NY 13640, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, two stories, with irregular rectangular footprint and complex roofline. Foundation concealed by shingle skirting and arched square lattice grates; cove siding; asphalt shingle roof with standing metal seam roof at first-floor porch. Two-story porch; first floor wraps right (southwest) corner; second-floor porch at right side. First-floor porch with square columns, flared solid-sided rail, scrolled brackets, and plain frieze band; right section of porch with band of windows at front, screens at side. Open second-floor side porch has square columns, square balusters, scrolled brackets, and plain frieze band. Front gable with shingle siding and paired 6/1 windows. First-floor porch shelters single entry door, off-center, with one 6/1 double-hung window at either side; secondary entry door at screened section. Second-floor porch shelters two single doors. Side gables match front gable, with single casement window. Polygonal two-story bay at right side; side first-floor porch at northeast corner with identical features to front porch.

History: The 1980 survey provides a construction date of 1875, which may relate to the original lot lease; the cottage appears to have been enlarged in multiple construction phases in the late 19th / early 20th century.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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