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HISTORIC AND NATURAL DISTRICTS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
INVENTORY FORM
UNIQUE -SITE NO. 163' I0~4C&
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD'
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK (518)474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME:Town of Southold SPLIA DATE: Fall 1985
Town M11, Main Rd. T
YOUR ADDRESS: Southold , L.1. ,N.Y.11171 TELEPHONE: 516 765-1092
ORGANIZATION (if any):Southold Town Commmnn_i ty Dev. Of f Lee a
I. NAME OF DISTRICT: New Bethany Cemetery
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2. COUNTY: Suffolk -TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE:Mattituck
3. DESCRIPTION:
Local cemetery with stone gate posts at entrance and privet
hedge along Main 'load . Several family names on headstones
are : Bayer, Cooper, Hamilton, Ha,llock, Fisk, and Duryea.
It contains five acres .
4. SIGNIFICANCE: The land was purchased in 1870 by the Mattituck
Cemetery Association and in 1894 it was sold to the Bethany
Cemetery Association. -- �-This cemetery is still used . r •, '
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6. SOURCES: A History of Nattituck Lone, Island N.Y. , Rev.
Charles E. Craven, 1909 , p. 159.
7 . THREATS TO AREA:
BY ZONING ❑ BY ROADS ❑ BY DEVELOPERS ❑
BY DETERIORATION ❑ OTHER
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
B. LOCAL ATTITUDES TOWARD THE AREA:
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9 PHOTOS: View from S/E
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Form prepared by Linda L. Itarvey, Research Assist€3.nt.