17183 Coast Avenue West


Year Built:  1895 
Architectural Style: Queen Anne
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 115
911 Number: 17183
Street: Coast Avenue West
Address:  17183 Coast Avenue West, Thousand Island Park, NY 13692, USA 
Structure Status:  

Description & Additional Information


Archimedes Russell, architect. Imposing two-story cottage with complex footprint and roofline. This cottage was under extensive rehabilitation during the two summers this survey was underway; nearly complete as of summer 2021. Cross-gambrel roof; tower at southeast corner with bell-cast roof and finial. Wood shingle siding; metal and shingle roofing. Full-width wraparound front porch, with shingled piers, single and grouped columns, and turned wood balusters; porch wraps east corner. Porch shelters multiple doors and windows, including double front doors and front bay window. Second-floor front has a projecting semicircular one-bay porch, at right, with a triple window at right. Triple window with unusual decorative surround in attic. This house is notable for its complex form, multiple projecting shapes, and varied window types and configurations.

History: Originally owned by Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Gridley, who owned almost half the stock in the Thousand Island Park Association, this became part of the Rochester Cottages hotel complex in the early twentieth century. Designed by Archimedes Russell, it was described in the Utica Morning Herald on December 27, 1894 as “a large and imposing residence… Its very novelty is a delight.”

Location within Thousand Island Park


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