Poplar Hill / The Farmhouse


Year Built: between 1870-1879 
Architectural Style: Late 19th Century Venacular
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: 
Lot Number: 0856/ 857 OPP
911 Number: 42840
Street: Wellesley Avenue
Address:  {44.28750320164988,-76.01913520734026}  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, two stories, two-bay by three-bay, with rectangular footprint and front-gabled roof, oriented to Wellesley Ave (southwest). Foundation concealed by square lattice skirting; aluminum siding; asphalt shingle roof. One-story full-width front porch wraps right (southeast) corner, with square posts, flared wood shingle-sided rail, plain frieze band. Porch shelters one-over-one window, at left, three-part picture window, at right; porch also shelters two picture windows, single door, and one-over-one window, on southeast side. Side windows include casement, picture, and one-over-one wood and vinyl windows. Front-gabled 1 ½ story rear addition, with small one-story shed-roof extension at left side (behind garage); rear addition clad in hardieboard siding. Shed-roofed two-car garage addition at left side. Minimal decoration with the exception of subtle carving at the eave corners.

History: This vernacular cottage is believed to predate Thousand Island Park; it was the farmhouse for a farm that was incorporated into the Park and then rented to a farmer who sold farm products to the Association. The farm and farmhouse were not depicted on the first map of lots and streets in Thousand Island Park, which showed lots and a park called “Oriental Park” in this area, but were shown on the revised map produced in 1887. Part of the farm became a golf course, developed by the Association and opened in 1917; the golf course became part of Wellesley Island State Park in 1962.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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