124 Judd Falls Rd Ithaca

This one-and-a-half story bungalow features a broad gable roof with overhanging eaves, large front and rear dormers with tripartite window groups and a cutaway porch sheltering the front entrance. Exterior walls are sheathed in clapboard on the first story and wood shingles on the dormers, gables and skirting covering the foundation.

This house, and a nearly identical one at 124 1/2 Judd Falls Road (with former address of 119 Forest Home Drive), were both built by Eugene Preswick in 1914, according to the writings of local historian Albert Force. Preswick, a chemistry instructor turned builder, erected another group of houses on Forest Home Drive near the upstream bridge. Preswick is listed in the city directories between 1912 and 1922 as a farmer, timekeeper and assistant yardman, but not as a builder. The interior of the house was completely remodelled during the period in which it was owned by Arthur and Nancy Masterman, from 1929 to 1986. Half of the original full-width front porch was enclosed and incorporated into the house and a one-story rear wing with shed-roof was added to the building.  Dates for these modifications are not known.

Included in Forest Home Historic District with USN 10906.000018. To access the Building-Structure Inventory form (sometimes referred to as the "Blue Form"), and from which some of the details above come, including the approximate year built, follow these Lookup Instructions.