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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD SITE Na. I ' �d` a�lay
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NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (518)474-047() NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME:Town of Southold/SPL2A DATE:November 11, 1985
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Halls Main Road TELEPHONE:516/765/1892
Southold, L. 1. , N.Y. 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S,. I Manor House.
2. COUNTY: Si2ffnik TOWNjCITYSnuthold VTLTA-a�l l5,_A ND
3. STREET LOCATION: dirt r d ° w. 5ioe_
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public 1-1 h. private IX c/o A. Lesser Esq.
5. PRESENT OWNER:Southold Deve1 ADDRESS:175 W 93rd. SYN 10025
6. USE: Original: Unfinished residen 'Present: Vacant
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO 'PUBLIC: Exterior visible from PWroad Yes X No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain no—,dnfinished
DESCRIPTION
8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATTI;RIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles F] g. stucco ❑ other.
V. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b, wood frarne with light members
(if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. Cather
10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b_ goof] ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated Cl
1 I. 1NTFGRITY: a. original site It] b, moved ❑ if so,when"
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known ❑ b. zoning ❑ c. roads
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration
f. other:
Iti. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn❑ b_ carriage house ❑ c. garage
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features: The house faces Peconic Bay
j, other: and the North Fork
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land KI b. woodland
c. scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑
h.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is-in an historic district)
The house lies across the dirt road from the main residence
(Rd-3) on the west side of-the road.
It stands on a grassy area and faces the bay.
18. OTHER NOT ABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
SIGNIFICANCE
199 DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1919 _
ARCHITECT: Welles osworth, 52.7 Fifth Ave_._ .N._Y._, N. Y.
BUILDER:
'is HISTORICAL AND ARCIIITLCTURAL IMPORTANCE:
The house was to have been the home of James Warren Lane;
however, he ceased construction of the house after the
sudden death of this wife in 1919. J.W. Lane maintained
the island as a game preserve as well as raising prize
cattle and prize dogs. He also had the gamekeepers'
cottages and their surrounding buildings constructed.
He owned the island from 1917 to 1927.
21. SOURCES: Wells , Betty. Robins Island. 1981
Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, Research
assistant.
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Unfinished Manor House
The main portion of the building is a 221 story, rectangular
gable-roofed building with overhanging second story, and over-
hanging third story in the 17th century manner. In the rear the
roof flares downward at each end to the level of the first floor
to cover two open porches paved with blue sandstone , leaving the
central space inbetween open. At each end the building recesses
to form two shallow 2-story wings or pavillions.
The house is topped by 5 massive , corbeled and pilastered
chimneys , two of which are of the exterior end-wall variety.
The diaper brick pattern of the exterior chimney is quite note-
worthy. (see photos) . The copper flashing is in place .
The walls are sheathed with split shingles in an undulant
pattern. The roof is also covered with small split shingles.
A double-leaved door fronts the center of the building.
The frame-work for two sets of bay windows each side of the door,
rectangular in section, are in place ; they are flush with the
overhang above . The diamond shaped lead window panes lie on the
floor on the inside of the building.
The staircase to the second floor is also in place.
An inner fireplace is in a recess lined with bricks, under a
wood-beamed ceiling. The opening of the fireplace is large, rec-
tangular, tapering slightly in the upper portion and lined with a
herringbone pattern and is topped by a brick lintel. Above this a
pedimental-shaped pattern, composed of two layers of headers con-
verging upward towards one another.
About 15-20 feet S--W from the building there is a pile of
stones. Next to it , a large slab circa 6 " x 30" with eight rec-
tangular openings, some symmetrically placed, some not. Was it
intended for small window openings surrounding the sandstone
porches ?