42757 Star Avenue


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: Stick/Eastlake
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: 
Lot Number: 172
911 Number: 42757
Street: Star Avenue
Address:  {44.2862314109655,-76.02796014351654}  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, nearly two full stories, with gable-and-wing configuration oriented facing Star Avenue. Foundation concealed by vertical board skirting; cove and shingle siding; asphalt shingle roof. One-story full-width wraparound front porch wraps right (northeast) corner, with turned posts, flared solid-sided rail, diagonal cross frieze band at front and plain frieze band at side; partially screened; front-gabled projection over steps with triangular brackets. Porch roof balustrade with turned balusters creates second-floor balcony, uncovered. Gable with pierced panels, pierced frieze board, pendants, decorative brackets, and decorative exposed rafters; decorative heron pattern in gable peak is a notable element unique in Thousand Island Park. First-floor porch shelters single door, at right, picture window, at left; porch also shelters two two-over-two windows and secondary entry door at side, beneath wraparound section. Wraparound terminates at front of one-bay-wide northeast cross-gable wing. Single door with sidelight at second-floor front, opening onto balcony; door has projecting gable hood with clapboard siding, sawtooth trim, and decorative brackets over door. Two gabled wall dormers at sides, with pierced panel in gable, sawtooth trim, and brackets. Cross-gable wing has two pairs of tall, narrow doors at first floor, single pair of doors at second floor with Juliet balcony and hood matching front door hood; side gable decoration matches front gable. One-story flat-roof extension at left (southwest) side, with sawtooth fascia trim. Side windows generally two-over-two double-hung wood sash. One-story rear addition with diamond-lattice screening, recessed entry porch; additional shed-roofed storage addition at rear.

History: Historic photographs show this cottage originally stood at the corner of Union Avenue and Coast Avenue, and was moved to this site by the turn of the twentieth century.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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