Long Island Traditions

Patchogue Architectural Survey

538 South Ocean Avenue

South Ocean Avenue

Building Address: 538 South Ocean Avenue

Section / Block / Lot: 19 / 8 / 60

Surveyor’s Name: Jackie Peu-Duvallon

Survey Date: January 2004

Building Type: House

Owner’s Name:

Building Name: N/A

Date of Construction: ca. 1915

Architect: Not available.

Building Dimensions:

No. of Floors: 2

Decorative Features: Fascia trim

Siding Material(s): Asbestos clapboard

Roof Style: Gable

Roofing Material(s): Asphalt shingle

Foundation: Concrete block

Window Style(s): 1/1 replacement

No. of Entrances and Placement: One front door on the west façade.

Chimneys and Placement:

Condition: Good

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

Architectural Style: Vernacular Turn of the Century Folk

Description:
Two stories high and two bays wide, this house is clad in white asbestos clapboard. Its gable roof is clad in asphalt shingle. The windows are one-over-one replacements. The simple wrap porch is supported by slender square posts. The front door is located on the west façade.

According to this property’s tax assessment card, the house dates from 1922. However, this house appears on a 1915 map of Patchogue as a property under the name of Robotaeri.

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.