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UNIQUE SITE NO.16
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (5M474-0479 47.1-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAMF.:Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: December 23, 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):4ost Office� Goldsmith-Tuthill Building
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWNfCITY: Southold - VILLAf;E:Rew Suffolk
3, STREET LOCATION: Main St . 14'
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private
5. PRESENT OWNER: rthur KeniAff —AaUthblij
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6. USI:: Original: Store / post_gffiQe Present: Same
7. AC'CE'SSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes R1 No
Interior accessible: Explain ,Yes
DESCRIPTION
K. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d_ board and batten ]
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ 1'. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other vertical siding
9. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members 0
(if known) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other foundation tart brick, part concrete
10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good FXJ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site DO b. moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
The building burned down in 1872 and was mp�
rebuilt in 1873
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known ❑ b.zoning ❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers e. deterioration ❑
f. ether:
1 5. RELATED OUT BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn❑ b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features: none
j. other:
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land ❑ b. woodland ❑
c.scattered buildings
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑
h.other:
17. INTI-RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
The building lies at the foot of Main Street in the harbor
area, with boats docked around it, on shore as well as in
the water. Even though the surroundings have lost many
buildings, the area remains very active.
18. OTHER NOTABLL. I I ATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
Gable front, 2-story., 3 bays on the first floor, 2 bays on
the second floor, central entrance to store. 2-bay wing on
the left--hand side with additional entrance to Post Office.
Full-length, 5-bay porch on high foundation with original
square, chamfered posts with lamb' s tongues. The Greek
Revival main entrance has molding, double-leaf doors with
SIGNIFICANCE cont. )
Ila. DATE Of: INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Built in 1836, rebuilt in 187
ARC'IiITECT:
BUILDER: L u 1\ R L_ir!t� i3 E T T 5
0. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
Built by Ira. Tuthill, the most prominent figure in the
history of New Suffolk, and became the Goldsmith-Tuthill
store and ship chandlery. The first New Suffolk Post
Office was started in these premises, and Ira Tuthill
was its first postmaster.
The entrance and double leaf door survive from the
original 1836 building.
21. SOURCES: Butterworth, Marjorie M. The New Suffolk Story.
Greenport 1983. pp. 9,10.
Plimpton E. ,Buildin -Structure Inventory Form 1974.
22. I-HLAIC Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, Research
Assistant.
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Notable features of Building
large glass panes above wood pane with typical Greek
Revival molding. A
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00 in 18&1-86. Pggs Drought 4 _ ` 7
X1 cents In 1862, and three
< years later, 50 cents. Calico / � - NS-31-
rose from 18 cents a yard to ' * •�
1863 to 40 cents in the
following year. Day labor
rates, apparently, did not go
u ver much in 1848 a
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day's pay was ;1, and 1t was v
the same in 1863. ■■ � �'� (< y_ /�, � G '✓
Many sailing vessels were •.c;���r it i t 1 c:. i ✓�'.'-.. ,., ' ,• �'r,,cr fc !-r
eanstructed in the shipyard / �)
at New Suffolk, operated in / > • r/ Y�'t!A" :y q ► ,� a�i
I t ys ,1d (J. f •.s ev e/
conjunction with the store /
and lumberyard. one of these, f r -� r v. �•sz. ' �, _l,r i ! f/�,,-
the schooner •North State', r . / s
built shortly before the
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Civil war by a syndicate e�..:�/ .- s n f�' - !;'�e�!•;',iry' ,;+ �'' 2'-_�i .� � �'� ',C
headed by the ubiquitous
Ira S. had a short life - /1-7 _s.• •. i ��Gf" s,r ��.• r,.� .'•'; t�/
caught in a storm off the
Rhode I sl and coast, she was Se F•a•''~' `� fr -.Jr. r t,r ^; r;>.r. !�i
driven ashore and wrecked onle
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Fire Destroyed Store01
The firm suffered a dis- �' �f r/ ' .r/ �r '��`-I �'• : r r ' 'rr .
aster on Jan. 27, 187x,, when � //
'its New Suffolk store and P !rr 2rf .• f�. ! r>c ,ff ,J2 r-J
much of the stock went up 1n
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flames. The building was re-
built that sassier. It is re- F_ '
called that Charles Betts was 4 �� �
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the boas carpenter, and that rf
among others who worked on •� f r
the building there were Al j .4 0001 1
Overton, William J. Hing, t `cc' - �"� •`!.' s�rr.< Tr; f� c
Barnabas Horton, 8arnsbas
Hillard and Hull Webb. �•An the years passed, Mr.
Goldsmith was succeeded by
his sons, Oliver H. and
Frank L Goldsmith, and ,fere-
aiah 0. Tuthill gave way to r+ [ J ,1r' .frr71
his sons, Harrison H. and /
Howard G. Tuthill.
In April of 1900, the firmZly
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opened a branch lumberyard at
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Southold, After futile negoti-
atII. with J.H. Terry, owner
of a yard and dock near
Founders' banding, it was
decided to locate on property
on Youngs avenue owned by
Mrs. William Newbold. This This agreement, signed and sealed 100 years
ego py Ire B. evidently written in Mr. Golds
site was held under lease Tuthill and his nephew, Orrin F. Goldsmith, is the chaster the old-fashioned *s', resewblii
until about 1608, with Mr. of Goldsmith & Tuthill. It is plain, simple, and direct - is used where the sibilants ac
(Please iwn to page 4) typical of the compositions of Mr. Tuthill, although it is appears 121® 'lofBes* is, of cw
The North Fork Life , 8/20/1942