The house was pre-fabricated by National Homes and erected by Jennings of Groton. This is a long, one story rectangular house with full basement. When built in 1955, the basement included a family-room and two bedrooms. It was converted into a separate apartment in the 1970s.
The exterior has remained virtually unchanged since the house was built. The roof is a shallow gable, with the gable end toward the street. There is an external concrete block chimney at the far end of the house. Both the main entry and the kitchen entry face east, with access through the attached carport. The entry to the basement apartment is from the west. Siding is grooved plywood (Texture III), and there are both fixed and casement windows.
This house is set on the eastern edge of the property, with a large lawn and garden. The land slopes sufficiently to allow ground level access to the basement apartment from the west.
Once a part of the Warren farm, Crest Lane was subdivided by Mrs. Mary Warren in 1948 when she decided to retire from farming. Most of the houses on Crest Lane were built at about the same time. This particular house is the largest of three National Homes in Forest Home. These houses were erected from prefabricated panels, which included the windows and doors. The roof, chimney, and some electrical and plumbing work were done on site. This house was built for Cornell University swimming coach
Scott Little and his wife
Barbara, who already lived in Forest Home at the time.
This description is adapted from a provisional NYS Building-Structure Inventory Form (sometimes referred to as the "Blue Form") that was prepared as part of a Forest Home Improvement Association (FHIA) project completed around 1991. See
https://www.fhia.org/wp-content/uploads/BlueForms/111.CrestLane_BlueForm_1991_sm.pdf.
[Note: This building is not in the
Forest Home Historic District.]