42729 Union Avenue


Year Built: between 1890-1899 
Architectural Style: Queen Anne
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: 
Lot Number: 95
911 Number: 42729
Street: Union Avenue
Address:  42729 Union Avenue, Thousand Island Park, NY 13692, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


O.D. Green, builder. Frame cottage, two stories, with irregular footprint (to fit wedge-shaped lot) and irregular roofline combining hipped and gable shapes. Foundation concealed by horizontal board skirting; clapboard siding; asphalt shingle roof. Two-story partial width porch at southeast corner (Union Avenue side). Porch is screened at first floor, with no rail; smaller second-floor porch with round posts, diagonal cross rail, plain frieze band and hipped. First-floor porch shelters two single entry doors, at right, casement window at left. Second-floor porch shelters single entry door. Notable central bay on the Union Avenue side has a picture window with square lattice transom at first floor, shallow bay window at second floor with elliptical sunburst emblem at center flanked by one-over-one window; above this is a one-bay gable roof with raking cornice and fanlight. Other notable features include one-bay-wide north gable end with triangular window in closed gable; additional one-bay-wide cross gable on Star Avenue (west) side, left of which is a one-bay side entry porch and a granite chimney and a pair of stair windows. Windows are generally one-over-one double-hung wood sash. This house originally had a polygonal corner tower at its north end, seen in historic photos, which has been removed.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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