Building Address: 29 West Avenue
Section / Block / Lot:
Surveyor’s Name: Jayme Breschard
Survey Date: August 9, 2004
Building Type: residence
Owner’s Name:
Building Name: Jacob Locker house
Date of Construction: ca. 1880
Architect:
Building Dimensions: 28’ x 20’
No. of Floors: 1 ½
Decorative Features: enclosed full-width one-story façade (west) porch, gabled with pent roof
Siding Material(s): wood shingle, sawed, coursed
Roof Style: saltbox and intersecting gable
Roofing Material(s): asphalt shingle, plain
Foundation: concrete
Window Style(s): single one-over-one double-hung sash, casement, and Chicago-type windows
No. of Entrances and Placement: centered entrance door on façade (west) and off-centered entrance door on south elevation
Chimneys and Placement: exterior end brick chimney, north elevation
Condition: excellent
Architectural Integrity: enclosed full-width façade porch and new fenestration; original wall cladding
Architectural Style: Colonial Cottage
Description:
The building at 29 West Avenue sits on the east side of the street with an east-west gravel drive running along the building’s south elevation and an east-west concrete walkway extending westward from the façade’s (west) entrance door to West Avenue.
Historical Information:
According to retired fisherman Lowell Ockers, a George Van Der Borgh & Son Oyster House employee, Jacob Locker, lived at this residence. This building was located at 35 West Avenue until sometime after August 1949 when West Avenue was renumbered.
Source:
Gottfried, Herbert and Jan Jennings. American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940. New York: Van Norstrand Reinhold, 1985.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Sayville, New York: February 1909, September 1915, and June 1925 (updated through August 1949); available from http://ezproxy.library.cornell.edu:2972/ ; Internet; accessed 16 August 2004.