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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION UNIQUE SITE NO. 10j 10 - 0960
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NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (51 M) 474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME'Tnwn nf _S outhold,49 FL A DATE: Oct, 24,, 1985
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall* blain Road _'TELEPHONE: 51-6/765-1892
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Southold, L. I. , N.Y. 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any):Southold Town Community DevelOpm nt Office
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(s): Gamekeeper's_ House--- -
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2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: 60� N , t 0/J0
;I. STREET LOCATION: � -dirt$ road, Past-
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ast 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b: private It c/o I,esSer Esq.NYC 1002
5. PRESENT OWNER-Southold Deyelo'Dmg ADDRESS
375 W. 93id.
6. USE: Original: (jamekeeper�s houseOL- *Present:
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public read: Yes 0 No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
H. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten Q
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone I❑ f. shingles ® g. stucco ❑ other:
+). STRUCTURAI. a, wood frank with interlocking joints
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members
(if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls
d. metal (explain)
e. other
101 CONDITION. a- excellent ❑i b. good It c. fair [I d. deteriorated ❑
1 1. INTEGRITY a, original site ® b. moved ❑ if so,when"
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known CE b.zoning D c. roads D
d. developers D e, deterioration
f. other:
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn❑ b. carriage house D c. garage ❑
d. privy D e. sheds® f. greenhouse D for storage of
g. shop D h. gardens D fodder machinery etc.
i. landscape features: 435 acres of natural terrain
j, other: 10 auxi lary buildings
16, SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land IN b. woodland Kl
c. scattered buildings X (sheds)
d.densely built-up D e. commercial D
f. industrial D g. residential D
h.other:
17. INTI RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
The so-called road is a dirt path only suitable for a jeep,
and reaches the building from the north west.
South of the building is a reservoir to which water was
piped from a well in the proximity of the main residence.
Int. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE, (including interior features if known):
2 story 3-bay gable front house with a 3-bay shed roof
porch across the front. Two long one-story wings extend out-
ward from each side of the main structure. Windows are 6/6.
Pheasants were kept in the wings. At other times chickens
for showing were kept there too.
SIGNIFICANCE
11). DA'i I OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1417-1927
ARCHITECI:
BUILDIR:
"0. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
A building like this is typical of a game preserve
operation.
21. SOURCES: wells, Betty. Robins Island. 1981
Mackay, John 'W . , Robins Island, Exposition Press,
Inc. , Smithtown, N.Y. 198+
22. rH+:n11 Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, Research
assistant.