The Pennsylvania


Year Built: between 1980-1989 
Architectural Style: Stick/Eastlake
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 448
911 Number: 42876
Street: Garden Avenue
Address:  42876 Garden Ave, Thousand Island Park, NY 13692, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame cottage, two stories; irregular cruciform footprint and cross-gabled roof. Concrete pier foundation behind horizontal board skirting; cove siding; asphalt shingle roof. Massing seems to have been T-shaped but a rear addition is wider than the original structure, making the shape more complex. Two-story, symmetrical front porch; full width first-floor porch with turned porch posts, no balusters, and spindle frieze band wraps both sides, terminating at the front of one-bay by one-bay cross-gable wings. Second-floor porch spans front-gabled section only, with turned balusters. Decorative truss in gable, semi circular with curved band of trim with pierced circle detail. First-floor porch shelters four entry doors each with four panes of glass, two at front and two at the front of the side wings. Porch also shelters a one-over-one double-hung window on the south side. Second-floor porch shelters a four-paned glass door, above which is an applied raking contrasting vertical siding detail emphasizing the gable shape. Side windows are generally two-over-one (first floor) and two-over two (second floor) double-hung wood sash. Side gables have decorative trusses. with pierced circle motif. One story gable-roof rear addition is slightly wider than the original cottage.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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