42886 United States Avenue


Year Built: between 1880-1889 
Architectural Style: Stick/Eastlake
National Register:
 Contributing
Use Type: Residential
Lot Number: 428
911 Number: 42886
Street: United States Avenue
Address:  42886 US Ave, Thousand Island Park, NY 13692, USA  
Structure Status:

Description & Additional Information


Frame house, two stories, with cross-gable roof and generally cruciform footprint. Pier foundation; plain solid skirting board; cove siding with vertically laid siding in gables; asphalt shingle roof. Atypical porch foundation and construction: slender square posts, tall balustrade; horizontal board on which porch rafters rest. First and second-floor porches are structurally separate rather than integrated as is typical: first-floor porch extends to either side of the broad opening beneath the first-floor porch. Arched, pierced decorative gable ornament with bands of sawtooth trim continuous around arch and along eaves. First-floor front has off-center front door beneath second-story porch, with one one-over-one window placed asymmetrically to either side. Porch wraps around south side, spanning a shallow cross-gable wing and terminating at a one-story shed-roofed addition to southeast corner. Variety of rear additions with varied rooflines. Side windows generally one-over-one. The nontraditional construction and proportions of the porch reflect its history: a full-width, one-story front porch was altered and partially enclosed before 1980, and more fully enclosed prior to 1997; the present porch is a complete reconstruction and reconfiguration of the porch, adding the second-floor porch as a new element with the front gable trim moved forward to its present location at the porch gable; the wraparound section was also added as a new element.

Location within Thousand Island Park


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