Long Island Traditions

Patchogue Architectural Survey

293 South Ocean Avenue

South Ocean Avenue

Building Address: 293 South Ocean Avenue

Section / Block / Lot: 16 / 5 / 24

Surveyor’s Name: Jackie Peu-Duvallon

Survey Date: January 2004

Building Type: House

Owner’s Name:

Building Name: N/A

Date of Construction: ca. 1890

Architect: Not available.

Building Dimensions:

No. of Floors: 2.5

Decorative Features: Fascia trim, exterior window mouldings and lintels, eave brackets, spindle posts, spandrels, turned balusters.

Siding Material(s): Asbestos clapboard

Roof Style: Gable

Roofing Material(s): Asphalt shingle

Foundation: Concrete block

Window Style(s): 1/1 double hung replacements, 16/1 double hung originals

No. of Entrances and Placement: One front door tucked beneath the porch on the east façade.

Chimneys and Placement: One interior brick

Condition: Good

Architectural Integrity: High. The over all appearance of the house is likely as it was fist constructed, except that the windows and original roofing and siding materials have been replaced.

Architectural Style: Queen Anne

Description:
Standing two and a half stories, this Queen Anne is of frame construction with beige asbestos clapboard siding. It has an L-shaped plan and a complicated roofline. Its crossgable roof is interrupted by a tower that rises through the center of the house and is capped by a steeply pitched roof. The house’s fascia trim is painted blue, and features eave brackets on the tower. The door and window surrounds are also painted blue. A bay window projects from the front of the first floor, as well as a porch. The porch’s original decorative elements are intact, such as its spindle posts, spandrels, turned balusters. The house’s front door is tucked beneath the porch. The windows throughout the house are one-over-one double hung replacements, except for the pair of windows at the top of the tower, which are sixteen-over-one originals. An interior brick chimney rises along side the tower on the northern side of the house.

According to its tax assessment card, this house was built circa 1900 and is now a multi-family home.

Sources:
Tax assessment cards, Incorporated Village of Patchogue Building Records.
Map of Patchogue, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, 1872.
Plan of South Part Patchogue, 1888.
Part of Patchogue, 1915.