Long Island Traditions

Patchogue Architectural Survey

429 South Ocean Avenue

South Ocean Avenue

Building Address: 429 South Ocean Avenue

Section / Block / Lot: 17 / 4 / 17

Surveyor’s Name: Jackie Peu-Duvallon

Survey Date: January 2004

Building Type: House

Owner’s Name:

Building Name: N/A

Date of Construction: ca. 1870

Architect: Not available.

Building Dimensions:

No. of Floors: 2.5

Decorative Features: Fascia trim, spindle posts, exterior window mouldings, bay window

Siding Material(s): Wood shingle

Roof Style: Gable and eave-front gable end

Roofing Material(s): Asphalt shingle

Foundation: Brick, stone

Window Style(s): 1/1 double hung replacements, bay window

No. of Entrances and Placement: Two front doors on the east elevation.

Chimneys and Placement: One interior brick gable end chimney

Condition: Good

Architectural Integrity: High. The over all appearance of this house is likely as it was fist constructed, except that windows and original roofing material has been replaced.

Architectural Style: Vernacular Late 19th Century Folk

Description:
This early folk house of the Victorian period has a square, symmetrical massing, and a one-story wing on its south elevation which creates an L-shaped plan. Two and a half stories high and three bays wide, this house is clad in yellow painted wood shingle. Its gable roofs are clad in asphalt shingle. The windows are one-over-one double hung replacements, and they are surrounded by dark red painted mouldings. The front door, which is tucked beneath the wrap around porch on the east façade, is also surrounded by a decorative moulding. The simple wrap around porch is supported by spindle posts. A gable projection in the porch roofline highlights the front doorway. The one story south wing features a bay window and an interior gable-end brick chimney.

This house dates from c. 1850. The house appears on an 1872 map of Patchogue as a property owned by G. Jennings. An 1888 map has the property owned by G. Odell, and an 1915 map of Patchogue as a property owned by Mrs. G. Odell.

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.