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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
UNIQUE SITE NO..�
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ,QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK (518)474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Phyllis Odiseos DATE: November 1973
Box 206
YOUR ADDRESS:Setauket L.I. N.Y. 11733 TELEPHONE: 516-941-9l+14
ORGANIZATION (if any): Mattituck Historical Society, Mattituck, L.I. , N.Y.
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S): Mattituck Octagon
2. COUNTY: Suffo TOWN/CITY- Southold VTT.T,AGF- Mattituck_
3. STREET LOCATION: Main Rd+� v4ovAJA SjJG; CA- I-W& L-w y 2Ge.,t•sici,
4. OWNERSHIP: a.ppublic ❑ h private F]
5. PRESENT OWNER: M•A. Kelsey As soc.,T-ne. ADDRESS: Love Lane, Mattituck, L.I., N.Y.
6. USE: Original: store and residence Present: store — residence unoccupied
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC:. Exterior visible from public road: Yes KI No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain the store yes
DESCRIPTION foundation residence with permission of owners
8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone CX c. brick 99 d. board and batten P
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other:
9 STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints'T
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members.❑
(if known) e. masonry load bearing walls❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good ❑ c. fair 11 d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site IN b. moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):Store en-Large , with north portion added
n.d. (North extension raised to 2nd story in 1$95?) Bathroom added 1910.
The original front piazza removed. n.d.
HeavAl y at�erdd Ig95
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known b.zoning ❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. other:
15_ RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn❑ b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ Il. gardens 1-1
L landscape features: • little landscaping.
j. other: one large tulip tree in front, Said to have been
lb. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):planted w en .use built.
a.open land ❑ b. woodland ❑
c.scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial F&I
f. industrial ❑ g. residential 6E7
h.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) yes
Located at the intersection of three main roads. Stands in geographic and
commercial center of the Village of Mattituck. A landmark that has been so
considered since the 19th century.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
Interior plan remains essentially the same as when built and the shape of the
rooms reflect one builder's manner of adjusting the interior space to the
octagonal form of the whole. Window panels, fireplace mantels, and trim remain
as they were originally as also the stairway of modified elliptical forth,
newel post, balusters and, rail, all of which are made of mahogany. The length
SIGNIFICANCE of each bay is 1512"
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1854 — 1855
ARCHITECT: Andrew Gildersleeve - Muster Build6r
BUILDER:
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: The structure was built as a residence
with a store attached. This is one of the few remaining examples on Long Island
of an octagonal structure built in the mid-19th century. Outstanding in that it
has had few alterations and stands much as it was at time first constructed.
The building played an important part in generating further commercial growth
within the immediate environs. In the years following its construction
continuously operated as a store in the wing and with the P.O. established
there for some years. (wing) The house served as a residence until the 1930's,
and boarding house for many years.
21. SOURCES:
Journal of Andrew Gildersleeve, in possession of Donald Gildersleeve, Mjattituck LI
HiatoLy g: jdattatuck, Charles Craven, pp. 179, 210, 238.
The Architecture of Suffolk County, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, L.I., N.Y.,
1971 , p. 17.
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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM FOR OFFICE USE ONLY /
. DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION UNIQUE SITE N0. 3 0. -oo
QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK (5 18)474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Ph lli- Odiseos DATE:_Nov. 1973
Box 20
YOUR ADDRESS: Setauket Long Island TELEPHONE:
ORGANIZATION (if any): Mattituck HistoricL1 Society, Mattituck. long sland, N. Y.
IDENTIFICATION
I. BUILDING NAME S): Ma ttituck Octagon
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE:Mattituck
3. STREET LOCATION: Main Road and Love Lane M ttituck L I
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private IT
5. PRESENT OWNER: M. A. Kelsey, Assoc._TgDRESS: Love Lane - %ttituck, L.I.
6. USE: Original: Store and residence Present: —store — residence unoccuied
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes Eil No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain the store, .Yes.
DESCRIPTION foundation residence— with permission of owners
8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone D c. brick [5d d. board and batten 10
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other:
9 STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints E3
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑
(if known) c. masonry load bearing walls❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good ❑ c. fair Ei d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ® b. moved ❑ if so,when?
e. list major alterations and dates (if known). Store enlarg with north half added n.d.
North extension raised to 2nd story in 1195..)Bathroom added 1910.
The original front piazza removed. n. d.
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known d b.zoning ❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. other:
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn El b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑
d. privy C7 e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features: little landscaping
). other: One large tulip tree in front. Said to have been planted
lb. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): hen house built.
a.open land ❑ b. woodland ❑
c.scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial
f. industrial ❑ g. residential E0
h.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) yes
Located at the intersection of three main roads. Stands in the geographic
and commercial center of the village of Mattituck. A landmark that
has been so considered since the 19th century.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
Interior plan remains essentially the same as when built and the shape
of the rooms reflect one builder's manner of adjusting the interior space
to the octagonal form of the whole. Window panels, fireplace mantles, and
trim remain as they were originally as also the stairway of modified elliptical
form, newel post, balusters and rail, all of which are made of mahogany.
SIGNIFICANCE TI'e l e 1 L- C H 3 A y
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1854 -1855
ARCHITECT: Andrew Gildersleeve - Master Builder yW N' kV R
BUILDER: A-,
?B. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: The structure was buil It as a
residence with a store attached. This is one of the few remaining examples
on Long Island of an octagonal structure built in the mid 19th century.
Outstanding in that it has had few alterations and stands much as it was at
time first constructed. The building played an important ?art enerating
further commercial growth within the immediate envirva o ,nuous`1y`�
operated as a stoire�asic id with the P. 0. established here for some years.CW r N
The house served as a residence until the 1930's. P\N -D Ec,gAc—-D + N G-
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21. SOURCES:
Journal of Andrew Gildersleeve, In possession of Donald Gildersleeve, Mattituck, LI.
History of n-,ttituck) Charles Craven, pp. 179, 210, 238.
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NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC TRUST
STATEWIDE SURVEY OF HISTORIC SITES AND BUILDINGS
1. Name (Common and Historic) Octagonal Buildirig, Mattituck
Location 2. Suffolk 3. Southold 4. 17Ar1 rucx—
County Town Village or City
5. Address or Location N. side of Rt, 25 (Main Rd.) at Love La. in Mattituck
L. I.
6. Type Greek Revival GCrA&Q04+4L 7. Subject or Theme
8. Date of Construction c,--184o ZMT3 4 . Architect (If Known)
10. Builder (If known)
11. Original Owner �C71.ON' S, '+n�ELLS
12. Original Use Residence p Aja rfm x 6sw&wc Siv Me- .Q
,Sbmemne fybST ofF r
13. Present Owner
Name
Address
14. Present Use Commercial, Liquor store etc.
1S. Physical Condition Good
16. Surveys L. I. Survey, (Office of Blanning Coordination
17. Future Action None
18. Surveyed by R. Wiggins, Cuddebackville, N. Y., March 68.
Date Surveyed
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History and Significance,
A reivtively well mainteincd buildini. put to good use.
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Sources of Information: L. I. Survey, (Office of ilanning Coordination).
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(1 ) 5ipmificance: ,
A.rehitecturally, the Octagon is one of the six remaining examples on
Long Island of an architectural style that flourished during the 1840'e
and 5013. While the construction of many-sided buildings is not a new
phenomenon, Orson Squire Forder, a leading phrenologist of the mid 1800139 ` '
is credited with popularizing the octagon style. For Fowler, the Octagon
was the most beautiful of all geomentic forms, being the closest to the
circle, and the one which encompassed the most usable space. Popular for
almost twenty years, the octagon style declined prior to the depression
of 1857 and the onset of the Civil War. Few octagons were built after
that, and those that still remain today are living reminders of a curious
phase of American architecture. The Mattituek Octagon is the only one in12
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Eastern Long Island, and is a good example of an octagon that served both
commercial and private uses. -
Historically, the Octagon has helped shape ghat is Mattituck's
business center. One of the earlier commercial buildings built on the
North Fork; it is on the most important corner in Mattituck, at the
intersection of three roads, and is located in what became the heart of
Mattituck. For many years the Octagon was the center for trade and a
gathering spot for the townspeople, as the location of the early post
office, and as an agency for local produce. It also played a contribut-
ing role in one of Mattituck's chief livelihoods in the late 1800'x, the
summer tourist trade.
Of the octagons remaining on Long Island, the Ma.ttituck Octagon is
not only the only 19th century octagon on eastern Long Island, but is
the least altered of all the Long Island octagons. It was
built ten years after the railroad came to serve what was then, and
still remains, a highly fertile agricultural area which today retains
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"s distinctive rural mood ." (Long Island Landmarks p. 80). The
Octagon with its attached store was built within yards of the Long
Island Railroad Station and as one of the earlier commercial buildings
on the North Fork, its location and size reflect the optimism of the
builder toward the economic possibilities generated by the new trans-
portation system. With its location in relation to the railroad and
its placement at the juncture of three main roads, the selection of
this "round" form may well have been to emphasize the concept of the
"hub."
Built in response to the need for a commercial structure in this
area, the Octagon stands on the most important corner in Mattituck at
the head of the main street of the village. The building has become
a landmark and has been considered such for at least one hundred years.
As early as 1889 the corner store was mentioned in the Long Island
Traveler (L.I. Traveler 10/25/1889) as "an old landmark." It also
played a contributing role in one of Mattituck's chief livelihoods in
the late 1800's, the summer tourist trade.
The Mattituck Octagon in effect forms the Gateway to the North
Fork. (See L.I. Sound Regional Study Mn p, Appendix I, and Suffolk County
Comprehensive Bikeway Study, Appendix 3)
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Hattltuck H>Istorlcal
! Society Continues
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School Restoration
After a winter recess, the Mat-
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tituck Historical Society resumed
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monthly meeting schedule March 25.
/ Officers and trustees elected at the
November meeting were announced: '
President, Ralph W. Tuthill, Sr;
Vice-President, Carolyn Cooper, Re-
* cording Secretary, Gertrude Koop;
Corresponding Secretary, Laura Tut-
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hill and Treasurer, Dorothy Haines;
new Trustees, William Johnson and
James Pim. ;y
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,7 Mr. Tuthill reported progress in '
the restoration of the Red School-
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house and connections being made
with the Museum for water and elec. i
tricity for the School. He also re-
ported gratifying signs that preser-
vation of the Octagon House, one of cr�
Mattituck's unique architectural fea-
tures, may be in the offing.
The evening's program was pro-
vided by Mattituck school teacher, '
c,Mrs. Pat Milford of Southold. Mrs.
Milford delighted her audience by
describing some of the highlights of
her year as a teacher on a small mil-
itary base on the Island of Honshu in S
• Japan.Located some 256 miles north
of Tokyo, the area around the base r
presented a marked contrast to the I
congested urban life of the metropo- l
"lis. Attractive slides reflected not
1 only the beautiful countryside but
something of the life of the friendly
people.A visit to Kyoto in the south,
stressed its culture and art treas.
ores.An over-night climb to the peak
of Mount Fuji to view the rising sun
was another special event.
Hostesses for the social hour were
Mrs. Marguerite Goldsmith, Mrs.
Edith Wickham, Mrs.Sheila Wirsing
and Miss Shel Wirsing.
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l.nnllnurdl VftC 1111I1!�T OI' Ea3''n fly one yonk o{ O tt% ,� :.omrtlurra two,,
• r'••lmi.n lrlrn t rd ra!nr will)alt .* r''r a Ir^A a M1nd R g •irn.^.rr
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1.., ;"•: r'rrtrr; t4a1111 ,[r rn:nrt,t 1ty i:ranr'S,7thrr, Andrew tllhtrr- with ttm oth-r budinr:.'s Ltll:rr wn*rld
1q 1.1 hr v't-tltti.-k de wort. with hien r.lrrve, wrote two accounts t1: lel'. 1',I'.i- tray a Int Of woad$c FIX murlev wit not i
n hot"'. th'n heina Inuit for Iind llv4^ vrntmes.They were wrlitet' from as plenty then an nrsw, he would get '-
yc. Erre htarrntlxtiul 1'Rrm. WO 1-,,0:: In p^ncll on Arlo sheets raf p:q•r. the wand cut with his euntnmrr:: for .
ranking arnd repairing their rhnrs d `
ac:!e-1 t1�;:clt;rr ulx:ut 7 yearn In C11t- anti later eohir d In Ink on ruled p:lper. � .
t.,,rue Pnr EO[.1e erase n-hr.a'rntr am p:,prr In we boyo would cart It to the Land!ng
Wraked Pt a grrat many different•flat pernan and the other in third per Aftrr tlettinC throllull the work an
;lust^ of un=ineSe, fterstred a great :on. I hale combined the two Rcenuntn' the farm In 111a fail, being lilt oldest, ,
r^na Sort•t= 1lrlprd overhaul Tile Full-I using first perron, ant; using; his q,cll- I wa.+ taken In the shop to work at
nt lr'•1:S1:.nK Where thcl•dre::,ed lair. The tlunrlua1Inn Is my Own. ac shnrinakirr fr,•r about six weeks
be fore -
sloth.lilt Irl anew driving a'hrrl l-watt rmnsif,llher, in r:ritlrt these nlemutra• going to scll�-1, Fall 9cing file bu,lcst
there sninc, auks d: worked on the Incd neither cnnrnla, twriod, nor para- time of the year, 11Riny dny4 we boyo ••
P:ourins 9tt11 at 111c some lime, tlmn graph,Ther arc luta of detalls that RCC tc•otlld h�.ve to grind]Dark 1n a mlll which. ,
owned by Flascktlls Berard, `Sade all I.ot too explicit.For Instance,file stnrc In consistrd of a huge onk c„7;tihen1 5 ft ••t
tre Coffins in Cu:chonne and hlatttti:ck a'hlrlr he sinned buctness was probably In diamctrr Ar.]71n.thick,with a Sweep r
. the t+ctacarr building at silo earner o.
powerdriven 1r]th a horsa. ' r . r
for ninny rears. Attenrred the funerals4,
'price for cotlins Sl 50 to S4.M,the htr.11-' the htain Rend and Love I.nne, The When 10 Yerrs of ace hired out to ` '.
.st price trim.,twd in the best style made "C)kldCrstccvc" stare is not mentionedWhen
Sidney Smith to take charge and ;a
of best white wood d: stnincd,to stilt,' in the Pipers.It was sold to 11nve tlrtell drive l)l�trams,3 Horses and a Wt.n of +,•
3fahn(any,T„ark Walnut k some block. bought by grandfather frmn a Iiarnabas mules tar 56.0)per rnontl!for 6 months, v: y, Ale r
No boxes a *•:tit that time.I*rt be:vers Pike,pow`!bey In the earl_• 1860's. -8.09 be1n; file hi,-hest Price for his '
f under the I e. io krep it from breaking. I There will be three installments.
The best rr..Iln I made was for Wlli1a>st {I ' • • • '
Father
t3 months come is $3ttp0. y r r C k
• Father gave me half of It. I mo load tat 5
1 randllllc Iii. her of Errn, while I was it 1 n11IfgC RAFFil OF to earn $2.00 working night to load l'•r ;
at work for Sidney Smith. Alrflnt:li° f;ii,l)f:RyL:I C vessels at S%vezey Landing with wood.
i Nov.7th, 1T38 I married Anna Nick- An:esti'Gic.cr5 ecvc,«'ns nrn nn. I naw had $20.00.
harp nerve,Uatightcr of Deacon James 10th, 1815 at tillddie Island, Town of �{
ly:ickhnrn reeve. Commenced house BrookiI.;Lven• lived arld worked on a The next year went to learn the '
keeping in the spring of 1834, Cut- farm with my father,]Ezra C.kldcrsiccce Carpenters trade with Orange Cleaves Y
chogue, len n house owned and cccupled
Until 17
Curr sin:dad 7antling,which year the flrstt2 yews & S"01-00 have 5a Year �+
,by Ira 13. i�atldll (Enst Part of the -
house).ilutlt a pause the,same summer a•ns the only establishment In that for the last two years. Went in :March, •'t �-
ho niggle to the se then part of the, section at that time.Went In the Woods come home In December. I was to be
tillage on the Main Rood leading to and•cot the bark for tanning. ground bound to ilial It I stayed ]corer, .fy '
the bark d thresed Rye rayncy days. father c4 me down In Dec.with Clic In-
.tattituek where I resided and carded was quite an object In denture nil made out do was to be signed f5
on the House Carpenter business In Bark for tanner,
� connection with otherthings until those sys. When we get a gang ni meet& y Father old by W -me rant tolstay lif tI gd d not f y=
(,.! Heel) lfiri.
I never used any machine or mull in the woods and get It avrsclucx,They So I of to. I laid him I would so home,
worked stuff as tone as I war; 'It the stave us the bark for cutting tic tlnlber. So { nott;ing for that year. I spent
! .carpenter busln^ss.Worked all the floor helped rap fntilcr ]sY away hides 111 all of my 520.04 to keep. my soul and �t
< boards d pine;;by hand,y'm`kcd all tide the vats. Put In one skin& a layer of body tozcther. I had spent $5.00 of it ', r
i , went.Had
not:I&n�of every kind by hand- wMadchen n Rbovt bark t�x monthshe mme to salt'
Fad 3Ing pork. �rats ook SC now fore an the �rret and gots some de no- - '
• - ' I all Lie •_n,11 It '
” they wanted any.Done all the palnthlgl sunk in the ground lance enouch for flans that I thought I should need- w
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myself.Done all the bvrrin� and lath-!. a hide. i.laay: cert a whole skin in 2 The next Sprlrr I bargained with
f-Intl. Norkn'. In the ship yard soma. Parts lcncth-clays, Sats duo in till Ebenezer Roe of Patchogue for 3 years"
;Helped build the North State at New ground and Planked up in elsy to make or until I should be 21 gears Old. Ile
t Suffolk.?.loved quite a numbrr of build- them tight.
gave me Sit 0 09 same as Glcaves was to 1"
B•u1 the oldest r+t t1 chtldrrn — 3 give m,• fnr 4 ycarx.I had-the privil"e
Ings. The one moved far.be..st wag from g t
the Herrick farm down an fife farm now daughters& 5 sores naturally felt It to of wor:•_rng Mr lits for myself. In the
me to take the lead of tho children. summer It was customary to work from
owned and occullled by the lion. Ex.
•Senator ],ward Ifawkirs of I•tanUln- sunrl.;c to sundown with alts hour less
vdle, Large double barn. Aeaty oak at 7 A.T.T.and an hour noon for dinner.
r_• A few weeks before I a m out of my,
timber.
While llvinr in Cutchogue started a
time I was measured 6,: Bot or had;
Dan- _ made by a taylor ss
Lumber Yard for which I went to IIagoad a cult Of.
. ' Broad Cloth as any young man In that
For.bfahle and bolsrht R la Schooner - r'�` �
.load of Timber Boards, Shingle Lath, t vlallat a of Pntcklo;ue t. had 540.00
etc. After running about one year sold. •Ei it [� a left for which I spent for tools.Worked
' out to g'e'm.?.f• Betts of Cutchmue who + for my �. the next season for 71 l
cents per day, that being the highest • '' ' r . 45
kept the store on the corner.April 1850 -"" price for Journeymen_The next season 1
Bot a faun of Walter Reeve. 59 acres -
running from the Ore Son Road to Lang I was my own boss. Took some con- •,'.•
{ island Sound.}fired a man to work for '..
.,, tracts and worked !n the Trltvu of _
# me to work it.rept one As sometimes 7 Brook Haven.I had now taken on ape
I or 3 cows. Worked oxen ait(Kether,had Appreeltiss. AlLwys-kept from 1 to 3.,j M
tthem shod in the winter,used them for ;-• "'-gyp
carting hlmbtr in the winter.Barry W.
Howell, John Johnson Az Gilbert Terry `
wori:ed for me.June 1654 said the farm , ,�t �•" ^� f - t
to Carder C. 11ar1rd.tiloved from Cuter y r" n," • ��, +.' ))
I chn;,ue to Mat tituck?.larch 1,154. �• . L y
( While llvinr in Cine 1�t tie 7fullt the
Presbyterian Parsonage (hlattituck) In
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Built the Presbyterian Church In _
John Frank Hortons house In 1852.1855'
&6 Buil the Octa on]louse and store.,
Als _° - e a' Jr
o Samuel Lrown's house in 1855 now +
r occupied by Peter Hazard. Commenced ter
VY keeping stoic in the spring of 1858. l?r 1 �.
Went to Albnry and bnuaht lumber for
Hrmse A: Stam&her. lsrown's house lz L.{
kept lumber irr sale 7 or 3 ycnri. Stun },ri au J
tale store 2 gears unecr the name A. '
1 01'!ders:er%v. Then tonk John C, Vella
na R plrtncr,l:sunc of irmres revs �, �r:n-•
Ae wells da continued unlill the begin- t . '""•' r, -
nit g of the war, a little more than 4_ C��
years. /e�� D. n.O. t ter; 4
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work for vie the next year.Carried on • 1
Thing i hang or ti,33other the markctlnF business in connection
' with the form. Moved from Oregon to f �
tr` Mattituck Mnrch 1872 and lived In the
taloblWnpliN q �An rw'Glldrraleere house back of north side of the store
A ( Conciodcd} while building the house where I now
In A winter of 1858 d' 1859 built a 111M (Now the residence of James F.
tteam Flouring Mill with Stlas M.Hal. Gildersleeve, D. R, G.) So1¢_u�_jmy
ock under the name Gildersleeve h crest in the store to James A.Gilder-
fallock. We done the Carpenter work, sAteeve April 1872.Built the house where
tad put In the machinery under the I now live In 1871 do 1872.Moved In the " w
lirectlan of a Mill right.Run the steam house May 1842 from the house back of �r iY ti ti
mill about 1 do u, years & sold out to the store.Dec.19th 1853 Sot a lot from 0A0,t•6' '
Pike do Adams do went back 1n the Anna Shirley containing % of an acre. 1
Kort', Consideration of $175.00. I. F. Hortoale t .
In the beginning of the war sold out house built In 1852. 1
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arch 1862 to John C. Wells & bot a My first vote was cast for Martin Van + f
arm of 190 sma at Oregon da Built a Buren eth President In 1836.
bqueo there tha next season. Hired Ofllt Held. +:
Schooll trustees in Cutchogue, Oregon
ohs Halloek Et wife to vtatk for me k Matilturk - .•�/
or one year.Hired Sebastian and wife
Overseer of Highway,Oregon do Matti- `
tuck
Postmaster!years under gucannan
IAssessor of the Town of Southold 3
terms 9 Years dr Chalrman of the
Board of Assessors.
r - _ j Charter Member..Trustee and Presl-
dent of the Mattltuek Cemetery As-
sociation
Tfuetee do Chairman of Trustees of ,
S Mattituck Parish do Treasurer
:- � 'a•• ' ' ' Elder of Presbyterian Cnurch 31 years; .•s ' '
,�; Leader of Adult Bible Clans 10 Years
t.a L ''.. Superintendent of Presbyterian Sunday ,
a { School 1 year
A Commissioner of the Presbyterlan
Church of the United States to the - •. 1
oeneral Assembly at Pitts Hurt In r I
` '., - . +• ; ° 1876
Hever asked for an office. f
•. Hever asked a m= to vote for me
1 Never padd a cent to set elated. 1 `
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