Building Address:  192 Old Stump Road

Section / Block / Lot:     

Surveyor’s Name:  Jayme Breschard

Survey Date:  July 14, 2004

Building Type:  residence

Owner’s Name:  Elizabeth Stephani (Frank Muller and Ami Hamlin are currently renting this building.)

Building Name:  Cornell house     

Date of Construction:  ca. 1910

Architect:   

Building Dimensions:  30’ x 30’

No. of Floors:  1 ½
 
Decorative Features:  shed roof dormers and pergola on north elevation

Siding Material(s):  wood shingle, coursed, sawed

Roof Style:  gambrel

Roofing Material(s):  asphalt shingle, plain

Foundation:  poured concrete

Window Style(s):  single and paired eight-over-eight double-hung sash windows

No. of Entrances and Placement:  centered exterior screened door with paneled interior door on the east façade

Chimneys and Placement:  exterior brick end-wall chimney, south elevation     

Condition:  good

Architectural Integrity:  windows have been replaced

Architectural Style:  Gambrel Cottage

Description: 
The building at 192 Old Stump Road sits on the west side of the road.  An asphalt drive runs east-west from Old Stump Road along the north elevation of the building to a one-story saltbox garage with clapboard vinyl siding and a roll-up garage door with a row of lights.

Historical Information: 
According to an interview with current Bellport Village Trustee, Robert H. Lyons III, Leo Cornell was a bayman who lived in the building presently at 192 Old Stump Road.  Mr. Lyons believed the garage or outbuilding in the rear (west) lot had once served as an apartment.

Source:    
Gottfried, Herbert and Jan Jennings. American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940. New York: Van Norstrand Reinhold, 1985.

Lyons, Robert H. III, interview by author, Jayme Breschard.  Telephone interview, 14 July 2004.

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