dalez 139 #1 Posted July 2, 2023 (edited) No idea how to title this thread so ir it gets anyone's attention that is good. The picture shown is my grandparents home, both long gone. House has been renovated but the structure is the same. What I am trying to do is figure out which was built first, the small building on the left or the colonial portion. They share the one wall between them. I may have some access if questions need to be answered. Supposedly the house is from late 1700's. In my eyes the small building would have been original and the colonial added on after but I have nothing to base that on except a low priced home at first then adding on. Upstate NY if it matters Dalez Edited July 2, 2023 by dalez add photo 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 50,963 #2 Posted July 2, 2023 56 minutes ago, dalez said: the small building on the left or the colonial portion. They Hard to say from pics but looking at how the two structures are tied together would be a tell tale. Best guess from here the smaller one may have been added as summer kitchen? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,995 #3 Posted July 2, 2023 House is classical style and design of period and location. Small building was added later. Photo with incomplete renovation shows where first floor window was located prior to small building being built. Gable end of house would have been similar to the one on photo below from nearby. can you get detailed photos of the details on the portico? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dalez 139 #4 Posted July 2, 2023 @formariz That is amazingly similar. I will look for some more pictures. When we were growing up 1960's there was no kitchen in the main house. Just bedrooms and one large living room which was in the front left looking at the photo. Person who bought the house put in a kitchen in the front right side. He said that was where it was originally. @WHX??The small building contained a large kitchen in the rear and a dining room sitting area closer next and then a "sunroom" which was opened up to the open porch as it is now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dalez 139 #5 Posted July 2, 2023 (edited) Realor pictures of house after remodeling. https://www.redfin.com/NY/Averill-Park/229-N-Nassau-Rd-12018/home/72346786 Google street shot from before remodel. Edited July 2, 2023 by dalez add photo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,995 #6 Posted July 2, 2023 I have been in Architectural Woodwork all of my life and always have been an avid student of Colonial architecture. Homes like that are timeless designs which are always pleasant to look at. Colonial Architecture is all about symmetry and details. That one is a good example and luckily it has not been “built over” retaining its original characteristics. Luckily it also survived the all too common fire, which destroyed a large part of them. Good to see that new owners maintained most of its originality. Most likely that home is at least in the local Historical Registry. At the time such a house would have been built for someone of means. The presence and complexity of the their porticos and woodwork details always an indication of how wealthy owners would be. I don’t know how modified the interior is now but without a doubt it had some incredibly detailed and executed woodwork in its heyday. Your house has details in it which are very similar to details by Architect Ephraim Russ who was at the time one of the most prominent architects in that area. House is most likely from the very early 1800s. Such houses in that area were mostly built from white pine. Thank you for bringing it to light. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
formariz 11,995 #7 Posted July 2, 2023 (edited) Just looked through photos of listing. Beautifully done adapted to today’s standards but maintaining original character and some details, specially some of the beautiful original pine flooring. I am sure that it went for a handsome sum. Oh, actually not bad at all. Edited July 2, 2023 by formariz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dalez 139 #8 Posted July 2, 2023 Thanks for the info. That room with the exposed beams is in the addition. The house was in very poor shape even as we were growing up and most of the time spent there was working hay in the summer. Main house was not used except for bathroom and one bedroom by my uncle. My father sold it for 65k back in 1994ish. Just neglected due to other chores "farming" I still live on the farmland two houses down. Dale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
