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Home My WebLink AboutMK-14 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE NO.1 6 . -1 U - o56(�j MK-14 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY, NEW YORK (519)474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Town. of uthold/.9 �I:A - DATE: Fall 1985 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Rd. TELEPHONE: 516/765-1892 Southoid, . , .Y. 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Dev. Offices IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING N M S): Luther Cox House 2. COUNTY: SufIt,l TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Mattituck 3. STREET LOCATION: Cox Neck Rai, 4. OWNERSHIP: a. ubl�c El b. private S. PRESENT OWNER:David Creatos ADDRESS: 3539 Cox Neck Road G. USE: Original: Residence Present: Residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road. Yes ❑ No 12 Interior accessible. Explain By appt. only DESCRIPTION S. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ® g. stucco ❑ other: c). STRUCTURAL a. woad frame wilh interlocking joints CIE SYSTEM: b, wood frame with light members El (it* kncwn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e, other 10. CONDITION- a. excellent b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ l l_ INTEGRITY: a. original site In b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Structure was originally a small 12 story, two room saltbox house. House was added, onto in various states. LLH- lf7/21 12. PHOTO: View from S/W 13. MAP: NYSDQT Mattituck uad. - _ 01 r 60 k - c s y Acre 1<Y lb 54 Ar lb 13k t lb + ♦ x ' . Vi 84 At i A V 27 v P `SOUND 9M a ♦ c ALS. .r r f MK-14 la. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known 0. b.zoning ❑ e. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ C. other: IS. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn© b. carriage house ® c. garage Ell d. privy ❑ e. shed M f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop KI h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features_ j, other: 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ❑ b. woodland R c. scattered buildings ❑ d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑ Ir.other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) This structure sits back from the road with a winding dirt drive leading to the site. The property includes a pond full of phragmites. The house sits on a small hill above the pond. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 22-story, 3-bay gable-roof, side entrance plan house with 6/6 windows, original shingles. Porch across front with turned posts and a round headed window in NAr*M gable. There are also many wings to the rear. SIGNIFICANCE 11), DATE OF INITIAL C'ONSTRUC'TION: c. 1843 ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 'Q. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: This house has been included in many tours of Mattituck' s historic sites. Craven ;says it was Lewis Goldsmith before Luther Cox. Cox Neck Road commemorates the Cox familys original ownership on this neck of land. 21. SOURCES:Conversation with Mary and David Creates on 10/22/85. Hyde, E. Belcher, Atlas of Suffolk Count L. I, 11.Y. Vol. Two. Plate, 27. , 1909. Craven. Rev. C. , HistorV of Mattituck, 1906. , p. 216. ?. THE A1F: Form prepared by Linda L. Harvey, Research Assistant