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The Reeve - Pim House
The Reeve- Pim House is representative of a North Fork farm dwelling. Originally built in
the 1700's as a three-bay half-house. The dwelling changed with time and prosperity. Around
1820 a Federal period side-hall house was added. Although the first house was put on a fieldstone
foundation the addition was built on a cut granite foundation. A later addition was moved to the
site and attached on the west side. This portion was placed on a brick foundation.
This house demonstrates not only the growth of the Reeve farm but also the changes in ar-
chitectural style and materials. The original house was made of hand-hewn oak timbers and the .
later ones of sawn pine timbers. The first house was of one-story construction and the second has
three floors. The woodwork of the Federal Period is evident in this house and has been carefully
preserved. The main front door is a classic: it still has it's original box lock.
Originally owned by James,Reeve, the farm extended from the Kings Highway(Main
Road), to the Peconic Bay. James Reeve died in 1830 and left 170 acres including the house to his
son Edward, who died in 1872, leaving the farm to his son Isaiah, who died in 1900. The property
passed to Isaiah's only daughter, Florence Reeve Tilley, who eventually moved to California and
sold the house to Maude LeValley in 1924, thus ending the Reeve family tenure. After Mrs. LeV-
alley's death, the Pims bought the house from Mrs. LeValley's son in 1971.
It has been a labor of love and patience to bring the house to it's present condition. As
Connie Pim says, "Remember that even new houses need to be repainted, get termites,become
dusty and require constant attention." The work,of restoration has been going on for 22 years. It
continues with the same painstaking attention to detail that will insure historic integrity and still
allow comfortable living in a charming house.
The Southold Landmark Preservation Commission is pleased and proud to have the Reeve
-Pim House receive one of its first Southold Town Preservation Awards.
For the Landmark Commission,
Chairman
May 20, 1993 -