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Home My WebLink AboutNS-25 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Ns-25 i BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE NO. r O'b'!0 - a 4 11 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/SPLTA DATE: December 6, 1985 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Road_TELEPHONE: 516/765-1892 Southold L. I. , N.Y. 11971. ORGANIZATION (if any):Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): Lyndon Tuthill 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY- Southold VILLAGE: New Suffolk 3. STRF'ET LOCATION: . Jackson St ,` north Side ; UJ• Ja: 5-- S>, 4. OWNERSI(IP: a, public ❑ b. private rX 5. PRESENT OWNER: R. Tuthill Hnuston ADDRESS: Jackson Street 6. USE: Original: Residence Present: Residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC. Exterior visible from public road: Yes X1 No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION K. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c_ brick M d. board and batten 13 MA]ERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: 1) STRUCTURAL, a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑ SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light mcInbers (il' kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls IX d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent FX1 b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site LX b. moved ❑ if so,when" c. list major alterations and dates (if known): 12. PHOTO: Fatrade - from the south 13. MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Southampton Quad Ns-rsm III 14a Enlarged jf I` • Q`tYl• _ - rtr • i ( eW • �: ffolk 26 7 r4 0 . . o — AV • r- o r-- - 1 t isia � • •• ■(t d � Y .-�- • IM •Jjcf •j.` YY• s Y L •• • J NS 25 'i 1.1 J I IREATS 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 ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: j. other: It). :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. residentiai E h.other: landscaped-estate area 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicated building or structure is in an historic district) The house is situated on an open, attractively landscaped estate, dotted with shrubs and trees and is one of the several large properties of the area. IK. OTHER NOTABLE: FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 22 story, 3-bay center entrance gable roof house with end chimneys and attached 1 story brick garage in rear (north) . 1-story flat decked wingswith Chippendale railing flanking the main section on both sides. Red brick house with white trim and green shutters. Quadrant windows in gables. Slate SIGNIFICANCE roof. 11). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUC'1ION: Built circa World War II ARCHITECT: BUILDER: _ '0 HISTORICAL. AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: Was the residence of Mr. & Yrs. Floyd . Houston who owned the Goldsmith-Tuthill Shipyard founded in 1842*. The house was built for Mrs. Houston' s brother, Lyndon Tuthill, 21. SOURCES: Butterworth Marjorie M. The New Suffolk Storv. Greenport 1983. Pp. 7, 9,10. *Vetter Wm. American Yacht Co. Conversation Dec- 7, 1985 22. 11iL N11 Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, Research Assistant. NS-25 4 • ;",-.:.,.� , THE TUTHILLS The name Tuthill is synonymous with the beginnings of present day New Suffolk. From Henry Tuthill who moved from Hingham, Mass. to Southold and died there in 1650, to the present Mrs. Ruth Tuthill Houston and other Tuthill descendents, their marriages sound like a roster of early settlers;Goldsmith, King, Webb, Beebe, Howell and Horton to name a few. The first Tuthill on record to show interest in New Suffolk was James who was part owner of the land that formed the famous "grid," the beginning of the village. His son, Ira, born in Cutchogue in 1803 and died in 1898, was a man of many parts. As a real estate developer, he built a hotel and pioneered the tourist industry on the North Fork in general and New Suffolk in particular. At one time, he was the owner of Robins Island where he built and operated_a brick factory. Ira moved his lumber business to New Suffolk from Cutchogue to be handy to his new wharf,out of which he operated a small fleet of sailing vessels.�TFie 75 ton`schooner,New Suffolk, sailed regularly to New York. nand I at the P k in 1930. ive been Goldsmith&Tuth ill's store and post office looking up Main Street s :scribed In 1828, Ira built a eperal store on the corner of New Suffolk rtect our Road and Route 25 i Cutchoguey now the remodeled home of the he Newest North Fork Bank &T s`tMi pany. Seven years later, it became the and firm of Goldsmith and Tuthill, when he was joined by his nephew, Hurling Orrin Goldsmith. Leaving his nephew in complete charge in 1836, Floyd Ira built another store and ship chandlery, also called Goldsmith and :ale, now Tuthill, at the foot of Main Street in New Suffolk. The store burned Jse on the down in 1872 but was completely rebuilt by the following summer. :he In 1842, his son Jeremiah G. Tuthill took over the management smith and eventually was succeeded by his son, Howard, and in turn lioward's son, Lyndon. Because of Lyndon's ill health Howard asked 9 Butterworth Marjorie M. The New 'Suffolk Story. Greenport 1983. f NS-25 f, r r "�.Wit,4��•� 1111111111 II 1�IIIIII.IIIIIIIII iiiiil�l� I�lllif�i.rFi��if�� ,.:.... .. House built by Ira Tuthill where he lived the latter part of his life,then by his son Jeremiah and his grandson Jeremiah.Present owners Mr.and Mrs. Walter Glasser. his daughter, Ruth, to take over the business which she ran for ten years. When she married Floyd Houston, he joined her in the management of the family enterprises. It was sold in 1965,ending 123 years of successful and ever-changing farrily business, one of the five oldest in New York State. Ira was also influential in opening the first post office in New Suffolk and was the first Postmaster, where he handled and delivered the mail from Goldsmith and Tuthill's store. Jeremiah was the second Postmaster until 1898 when he was replaced by a Democrat during President Cleveland's administration. With the return of the Republican party, Howard G. Tuthill became Postmaster in 1900 and ,.. remained so for 40 years. The post office as it is today was enlarged by him to take care of the ever-increasing flow of mail. One last word about Ira, who was successful in all his ventures but one. He planted a grove of mulberry trees for the purpose of feeding silk worms in order to start a silk factory. After five years of hard work, the plan proved not to be practical and was given up. After a long and pro- ductive life, and still active as both a farmer and fisherman, Ira died at the age of 89. Many of the Tuthills thrive and are active ir. the village today. Their first reunion was held in 1867 at "The Grove" built by Ira but never lived in by him. The Tuthills have spread throughout the I country and number in the hundreds of thousands. A note of interest is that the name is spelled in five different ways: Tuttle, r Tuthill, Tutell, Tootle and Tootell. The Long;stand branch sticks to Tuthill and in lesser numbers, Tuttle. 10 fi Butterworth Marjorie M. The New Suffolk Story. { Greenport 1983,