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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION SQUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SE RIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK {518)474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME Town Sof Southold/SPLIA DATE: February 1, 1986
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall Main Road TELEPHONE-516/765-1892
Southold L. I. N.Y. 11.971
ORGANIZATION (if any):Southo_ld Town Community , Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S): Osborne house
2. COUNTY: Suffolk _ TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Cutchoigue
3. STREET LOCATION: - - 268 0 Main R
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ Ex private XJ
5. PRESENT OWNER:_ Wiley ADDRESS: -6850 Main Road
6. USE: Original: Residence Present: Residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public road: Yes 1i No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
H. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATLRIAE.: e. cobblestone ❑ _ f. shingles ® g. stucco ® other:
13. STRUCTURAL a. wood frarne with interlocking joints 50
SYSTL:M: b. wood frame with light members ❑
01' kntwn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent F-1 b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated 1-1
IL INTI;(;RITY: a. `original site ❑ h, moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
Porch infill
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I4. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known CN b. zoning❑ c, roads
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f, other:
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn® b. carriage house ❑ c, garage El
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features: wash—house with board-and-
!, other: batten cladding.
IG. 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 L31
h.other:
17. INTFRRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
l dilate 'f building or structure is in an historic district)
This handsome house is surrounded by large grounds land-
scaped with ornamental trees that add distinction to the
building. Recessed in the garden is an arched pergola
that supports climbing roses and has a bench at each side,
a characteristic Feature of 19th century gardens.
IH. O'FIlFR NOTABLE: FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
22 story, multi-bay, irregular, gable roof, T-shaped Italianate
house with fagade gable centered in west wing. Handsome heavy
sawn brackets with turned drops decorate all the overhang of
the main roofs. Smaller brackets of the same design are paired
under the roofs of the porch and bay window. Brick foundation.
SIGNIFICANCE
11). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: circa 1850s _
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
'ti. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
This property and the building east of here were originally
held by the Osborne family; in the 1850s they decided to
sell their house (it became the parsonage) and to build
this larger residence . *
21. SOURCES: *Interview with Mrs. George Borthwick, wife of
Rev. Borthwick, Minister of the Prcfbyterian
Church. 2/3/86.
Hyde & Co. Mala of Long Island. Section 4.
1 fll \1I Brooklyn N.Y. 1897
Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research
assistant.
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