42672 Ontario Avenue


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: Stick/Eastlake
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 46
911 Number: 42672
Street: Ontario Avenue
Address:  {44.28621345462096,-76.0306461263199}  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, 1 ½ stories, with irregular rectangular footprint; classic front-gabled platform cottage form at center; wraparound porch and cross-gable side wings create more complex massing. Foundation concealed by square lattice skirting; cove siding; asphalt shingle roof. Two-story porch. First-floor porch is wraparound with turned posts; double band rail, spindles over pierced panels, with picket fence gate at stairs; arched spandrels, spindlework frieze, and exposed rafters. Second-floor porch beneath front-facing gable, with square posts, wrought iron railing. Gable with decorative vergeboard and decorative truss with inverted picket motif; pierced panel trim at roof line to side gables. First-floor porch shelters single entry door, at center, one-over-one double-hung window at left, two one-over-one windows at right; secondary entry door at left (northeast) side. Single entry door at center of second-floor porch. Windows generally one-over-one or two-over-two double-hung. Rear addition and rear uncovered porch. Appears unchanged since 1980.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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