Long Island Traditions

Patchogue Architectural Survey

447 South Ocean Avenue

South Ocean Avenue

Building Address: 447 South Ocean Avenue

Section / Block / Lot: 17 / 4 / 21

Surveyor’s Name: Jackie Peu-Duvallon

Survey Date: January 2004

Building Type: House

Owner’s Name:

Building Name: N/A

Date of Construction: ca. 1910

Architect: Not available.

Building Dimensions:

No. of Floors: 3

Decorative Features: Fascia trim, exterior window mouldings and lintels

Siding Material(s): Asbestos clapboard

Roof Style: Hipped

Roofing Material(s): Asphalt shingle

Foundation: Concrete block

Window Style(s): 1/1 replacements, glass block

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

Chimneys and Placement: Two interior brick chimneys

Condition: Good

Architectural Integrity: Moderate. 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, and the wrap around porch has been enclosed.

Architectural Style: Queen Anne

Description:
This later Queen Anne has features reminiscent of the Arts and Crafts style, such as a hopped roof, and wide, flared eaves. However, its complicated roofline and now-enclosed wrap around porch denote the Queen Anne. Standing three stories, this house is of frame construction with white asbestos clapboard siding. Its prominent hipped roof is of asphalt shingle and has attractive hipped dormers on each side. The windows throughout the house are one-over-one double hung replacements. The enclosed porch features alternating bays of one-over-one windows with panels of glass block. The house features two separate front doors on its east façade. Two interior brick chimneys feature at either end of the roof’s ridge line.

This house appears on a 1915 map of Patchogue as a property owned by E. Petty.

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.