John Wood House "The Woodshed"
Building Name:
John Wood House "The Woodshed"
Architect:
Pohl, George R. and Simonson, Otto G. (1862-1922) attr.
Date:
1890
Address:
115 Central Avenue Long Island, NY
Current Use:
Residential
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Notes:
This very exuberant Victorian combines the form of the Second Empire with the ornamentation of the Stick Style. In outstanding restored condition, stick elements abound including chamfered brackets, vertical frieze boards, jerkinhead dormers and patterned slate roof. A gem.
This house is nearly identical to one illustrated in the Jennings book below. The design was one submitted to a competition sponsored by the journal Carpentry & Building in 1886 by Pohl and Simonson.
Bibliography:
AIA Architectural Guide to Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island. New York: Dover, 1992.
NA730.N42 N372 1992
Delatiner, Barbara. "Company's Coming, So Tour Hosts Spruce up Seriously." New York Times May 9, 1999, Long Island ed., sec. 14: 1, 6.
Jennings, Jan. Cheap and Tasteful Dwellings: Design Competitions and the Convenient Interior, 1879-1909. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2005.
NA2340.J46 2005
http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com #88000014
Photo Source:
Bruce Barnes, March, 2004,April 2006
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