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The Wolf Pit (Ellsworth Tuthill) House
Beth and Frank Ianno bought the Wolf Pit House
September 1992. They immediately started on the restoration.
The family; Beth, Frank and four children (three girls and
one boy) moved into their restoration challange in August,
1993 .
The Wolf Pit House has an extensive Tuthill history. It
was originally built to be a stately Italianate home in 1870
by Captain Ellsworth Tuthill. In 1901 Capt. Tuthill's son,
Nathaniel's first wife died. He remarried and' the house
underwent enlargement and re-styling, to become the present
Queen Anne.
Much work has been done by the Ianno family. The
foundations were shorn up and pointed. Windows were renewed
with sash of the same style as the originals but glazed with
Thermopane. The furnace was removed and replaced with an oil
burner. The original cast-iron radiators were saved, cleaned
and re-used. A complete new electric system was installed
and the plumbing system was updated. Flooring was replaced
where needed and the undre-house support timbers were either
strengthened or replaced.
The entire house was insulated when the inside walls
were replaced. The cladding on the outside of the house
remains as it was when the Ianno's found it. Attractive
paint and stain were chosen to restore the stately ,"Queen
Anne" to her throne atop the hill at Wolf Pit Pond. Now when
the ice skaters and sledders play in front of the house,
their red jackets and hats blend cheerily with the green
trim and the green grey siding of the house to bring holiday
charm to Mattituck winters.