This one-and-a-half-story bungalow with gable roof features wood shingle cladding on the second story and covering the foundation; the first story is clad in clapboard. There is a large central dormer on the west elevation, above an enclosed porch which is incorporated under the main roof. Most windows are one-over-one double hung sash; there are also small six-pane casement windows. An outside end brick chimney rises above the north elevation.
The original front of the home, which overlooks Beebe Lake, has become the rear entrance because access to the house from Judd Falls Road was easier than from Forest Home Drive. The current main facade is deeply set back from the street on a wooded lot. Tn 1971. the former front entryway was removed and a sliding glass door installed. At the same time, the porch was enclosed and converted into a kitchen. The carport was added in 1991.
In the early 1950s, the house had a Forest Home Drive address as indicated on the 1950 census and other sources. The 1952 Ithaca City directory lists Ralph Wheeler at 119 Forest Home Dr. Exactly when the address changed to Judd Falls Road is uncertain, but a 2023 resident has indicated that a request for a Judd Falls Rd address to move the mail box for safer access was made soon after she and her husband moved in in 1983. The 1986 Ithaca city directory still used the 119 Forest Home Dr address.
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Forest Home Historic District with USN 10906.000039. To access the Building-Structure Inventory form (sometimes referred to as the "Blue Forms"), from which some of the details above come, including the approximate year built, follow these
Lookup Instructions. This structure has two forms, one from 1975 and one from 1991.