137 Judd Falls Rd Ithaca

This house is on the southeast corner of the intersection of Forest Home Drive with Judd Falls Road.  It was enumerated as on Forest Home Drive in the 1950 census and its occupant was listed on Forest Home Drive in the 1951 Ithaca city directory.  In the 1952 Ithaca city directory the occupant was listed at 137 Judd Falls Road.   

This house is a one-and-a-half-story Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a gable roof with returns, a wide frieze with two-pane eyebrow windows and a center doorway. The main doorway and windows feature wide lintels which are peaked with shouldered moldings. The building has clapboard siding and louvered shutters. There is a one-story side wing and a rear ell. Interior details include hardwood floors and the same window and door moldings which grace the exterior. The house is believed to have been built by Isaac Cradit or his son, Jacob Cradit, prior to 1850.  Jacob Cradit bought the property from Whalen Cradit and wife Letty in 1832.  The Bool Company, which produced furniture, owned the property from 1894 until 1914.

This house is one of the "carpenters' classics" (Greek Revival houses built by carpenters from carpenters' manuals) built for mill workers and owners in the Forest Home area (then Free Hollow).  For a digitized example of such a manual, "The carpenters' and builders' guide : being a hand-book for workmen, also a manual of reference for contractors, builders, etc." by Peter W. Plummer, see https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101049953571&seq=5.

Included in Forest Home Historic District with USN 10906.000030. To access the Building-Structure Inventory Form (sometimes referred to as the "Blue Form"), follow these Lookup Instructions.