42820 Island Avenue


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: Stick/Eastlake
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 225
911 Number: 42820
Street: Island Avenue
Address:  42820 Island Avenue, Thousand Island Park, NY 13692, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, two stories, L-shaped footprint. Pier foundation; decorative flat-sawn skirting; cove siding; asphalt shingle roof. Front-gabled main cottage has distinctly narrow, vertical proportions. Two-story full-width front porch, with square posts, delicate square balusters, sawtooth trim; first-floor porch with spindlework frieze band. Gable features decorative truss, sawtooth trim, spindlework band, pierced panels, exposed rafters, decorative rafter tails. First-floor porch shelters double front door with two-over-two window at either side. Second-floor porch shelters two single doors. Side windows generally two-over-two double-hung wood sash. One-story side-gabled addition, two-bay by two-bay, projects at right and extends across rear, with shed-roofed rear wing behind that. Front section is an excellent example of a classic campground cottage configuration.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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