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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM FOR OFFICE USE ONLY MK 87
UNIQUE SITE NO. 163 - 10 -C33IJI _
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (518t474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: Fall 1985
Town Hall, Main Rd.
YOUR ADDRESS: Southold L.I . ,N.Y. TELEPHONE: 515 765-1892
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ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Pevel opment Off#ee
IDENTIFICATION
I. BUILDING NAMI fS):Llptnno --- HoiiaP
2. COUNTY: S11ff01 k TOWN/CITY: Southold —VILLAGE: Matti tuck
3. STREET LOCATION NEW „c.r AVC-1 S . 5r. _ , AT-s. ENS v' 1.Q VJ7-6- LA'\
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private
5. PRESENT OWNER: Bruce Norris ADDRESS:New Suffolk Avenue
6, USE: Original: Residence Present: Reaidenee
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public road. Yes ❑ No
Interior accessible: Explain By Smelt. only
DESCRIPTION
H. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ® c. brick ❑. d, board and batten ❑
MATF.RIAL: c. cobblestone ❑ f.-shingles ❑ g. stucco X1 other:half_timbering
'). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ID
(ifkn(wn) c_ masonry load hearing walls L]
d_ metal (explain)
e. other
IU. CONDITION: a. excellent X b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY. a. original site b. moved ❑ if so,when''
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
Conical top of round bay on south facade has been removed .
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a, none known ❑ b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers 5l e. deterioration ❑
f. other:
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a, barn❑ b. carriage house c. garage
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ 1h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features: Pump house and guest hoUse
j. other:
16, SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land IN b. woodland ❑
c. scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑
h.other: Peconic Bay to South
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Structure is reached by a long tree-lined driveway off New
Suffolk Avenue. Large fields used for horses are north of
the house. Peconic Bay is situated directly to south of
the residence with open land surrounding it on the other sides,
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
Large , 2*story, irregular, Queen Anne house with projecting
round 3-story bay on front (south) facade. Half-timbering
and stucco surfacing. Wrap-around porch with double deck
on south facade.
SIGNIFICANCE
It1. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: C. 1886
ARCHITECT: Goo. Skidmore*
BUILDER:
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
Frank M. Lupton, a native of Mattituck, was a New York City
publisher. In 1905 Lupton gave the fine building, Library Hall ,
to Mattituck with an endowment (Craven-page 243 ) .
The handsome Lupton summer home has survived without
disfiguring alterations.
21. SOURCES:* "A Reuse Proposal For The East Moriches Schoolhouse" ,
research paper by Diane L. Adams, Columbia University,
1984.
Form prepared by Linda L. Harvey, Research Assistant.
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and rills f .rtiltie•r %%hell needr(i. '1 h[• ii�.h 1114tlorie•It fi[ltls
and filter cr+til,,. It i• deedless t" sa}' then did not sltleli driven awa,
goad. Before the fi,h were itictved ander—anti for the Steamers of
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best results the} must not be plowed under too sooli—the sial fertiliw
atmosphere was redolent of their perfume from River- caught jury
head to Orient Point. Through-passengers on the rail- re the f hen,
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then,
of comtllerv.
J time, not os,
blit the farl:
anti their bar
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1 one-half of a'
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tions of t-apit.t
"WO-11O-WET'A," SUMMER COTTAGE OFand the
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FrtAt\TIi M. LVPTON. purchased re
road and strangers in the villages d:d not enjoy it, but the and is now
inhabitants had little s}mpath} wit`l their exl,ressiotls of ums of fertiliz:
disgust. The shell signified rich crops anel increasing the rcriott. i
wealth. ! fertilizer
The menhaden long since ceased to enter Peconic of the t clrls Nv
Day in great numbers except in rare and infrequent ;Fears. mrine l fanner
Many persons suppose mr+ney tll�cn all
p pilose this is beczusc they have been
Cf tllc tulvtl.
Rev. Graven, History of Mattituck, 1906
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LUPT2YZ�ORRIS HOUSE
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Entrance to Lupton/Bruce Norris estate looking north
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Korten Photo c. 1910, Collections •
_S ce_Naris long a popular Figure in
Southampton and East Hampton, died
December 31 at U ersity Hospital in
Stony Brook. He wa 61 ears old.A former
president and owner theational
Lea ue's Detroit Red Wings,w ich he sold
in 1982, ended 5o consecutive years of Nor-
ris family control of the franchise.The Nor-
ris era in the league began in 1932 when
r James D. Norris Sr., Bruce's father, pur-
chased the Detroit Falcons and Olympia
Stadium. He renamed the team the Red
Wings, and the club won seven Stanley Cup
championships in 23 years. The final title
was in 1955, Bruce's first year as sole
owner.x� �.�J' _ ^- r L'r' V cj l S6
In addition to entering the Hall of Fame in
1969,Bruce was awarded the Lester Patrick
Trophy in 1976 for outstanding service to
hockey in the United States. The League's t
board of governors named him an honorary
governor in 1983. Nine years earlier, the
League honored his family by naming one
of its four divisions The Norris Division.
Bruce was a resident of North Miami and
also k t a summer lace in Mattituck. At
e time o is death, he was chairman and
president of Norris Grain Company, North t
Miami. Surviving are his daughter, Wendy
Norris Elmore; a sister, Marquerite A.
Norris; and many nieces and nephews.
Burial took place on January 2 in 4k
family plot in New Bethany Cemetery in
—PATRICIA M. WOOD