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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCU-86 l BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UNIQUE SITE NO. b CU-86 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY, NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: To= ofSouthold / SRI-IA DATE: March 20, 1986 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE:516Z765--1892 Southold L. I. , N:Y. 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION Richard 1. BUILDING NAMES Hallock Ki(hc.,,o titu:,c House Z. COUNTY: Suff0�k TOWNICITY: Southold _VILLAGE: u chogue 3. STREET LOCATION: 4595 Skunk La 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public n h. private 2 S. PRESENT OWNER: Dr. Waitz ADDRESS Skunk Lane # 4595 ti. USE: Original: Residence Present: Residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION 8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATLRIAL: c. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles R g. stucco ❑ othei: stone foundation 1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints R SYSTEM: h. wood frame with light members ❑ (if' )m(urn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent 13d b, gooq ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑ b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Originally small Cape Cod house built on stone foundation. Later turned on its site and addi- tions made in middle 1800s. * 12. P11OTO:e,,, . �,� _ 13. MAP: N.Y.S . DOT Southold Quad -• � Q'East l.Utehogu 1 �V RD Mn IVA ZV _ m i o tiF 4 •.b °�4 � • ow — 4 � HPI fV t r-1 N W CU-86 1 4. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known 99 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 p]2 f. greenhouse ❑ 1 shed board—and g. shop Ell h. gardens ❑ batten i. landscape features: 1 shed vertical boards w. interes- j. other: clipped-board pattern$ picket Ifs. SURROUNDINGS OFTHE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): fence. a.open land ❑ b. woodland ❑x c.scattered buildings 12 d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ F. industrial 0 g. residential ❑ h,other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Skunk Lanp is also called Bay Avpnup. This Greek Revival house is an interesting contribution to the ambience of this historic lane. This roaa might bp considorpd as an historic district . 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING; AND SITE (including interior features if.known): 121-story, gable roof.?Greek Revival house, gable end to the street. Two bays on 2nd floor. Three bays, side entrance plan lst floor. Small windows under the eaves on north and south elevations. Interesting brackets along rake and under the eaves. SIGNIFICANCE N. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: _ z�rP 1836 #� ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: Richard Hallock house pre 1838 Van Rensselaer Howell 1838 Barnabas T. Billard 1876 ## Van Rensselaer Howell owned a strip of beach on Nassau Point. This fine old house contributes to the historic character of Skunk Lane. 21. SOURCES: Chace. Map of Suffolk County. 1858 *Form by Wilson Tuthill, 197 ef. Cutchogun-N.S . 1st. Counci *Currie Bell. Guide to Historic Markers , pp. �6 , # 64. 196o ='?• THLINIF Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt , research assistant. FOR OFFICE USE ONLY GU-86 BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE N0. DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ' ALBANY,NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: PATE: Ir YOUR ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: ORGANIZATION (if any): C14vii�- .r. IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NA E(S): *a" 2. COUNTY: OWNj IT VILLAGE: 3. STREET LOCATICR �> } 4. OWNERSHIP: -: a. public ❑ :_, bL private -5. PRESENT OWNER:,A tuu _, T.' ADDRESS: �l 1 6. USE: Original: Present: 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑ _ Interior accessible. Explain _.V4,s-1 Z4�'.e e!� DESCRIPTION 8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone Z c. brick ❑ d. board and batten F-7 MATERIAL: e, cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ® g. stucco ❑ other. 9. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints 21 SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members (if known) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explai n e, other eft` 10. CONDITION: a. excellent 0 b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriora ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑ b. moved ❑ if so,when? !� c. list major alterations and dates (if known): 49712. PHOTO: 13. MAP: - —--- -- -- 1 w C th} 4 S --q AS, 7,4 rA Y ,,�i CU-86 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known b.zoning❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f.+other. 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn El b. carriage house ❑ c. garage J`'P1wY Ele. shed ❑ f greenhouse ❑ g. shop © h. gardens Cl r5griy, "Aandscape features: j. other: '. 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ❑ b. woodland 4,1 C.scattered buildings d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial V f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑ h.other: '. 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS. (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district 18. -OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including intt/ri_or�features if known): .r SIGNIFICANCE 19, DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: ARCHITECT: - - a.-?.� - ---- BUILDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: �'F� — U '� J &Z/ lee 4.- - /rL 414- JC4 21. sOURC S: 22. THL-INIF: PW uihe oSixffalit Mimes ( oe«mber a,b SI Book Relates Nassau f bi nt`s Past Glories y w.rre Hag .T - 7he stuff that time=were made d,a �C {kirk. 1 _. . deny cantury �fil.Parau Paint resbeing p and t! fit" c�N1C 8ryY �' ECQ[�1C DARK anyone elm wtoti interested in time fQ -'r„ ` .. . - •. Lretl!7tlli w1 NeuinliW l� Christmas.It's in a boaA,11m Nuuu Poll Lpl�u PropaOwners ftion Is produscing byofiIW Pamrbaclt aimLle of I °. xx yy 4'. w. Park," a i imposing clothbound volume r-'`a "r'S':x - a e .•. tt ,`_ _push' 1 which not gal heralded i , ,�"� •. 'l+'�.4 `U' Pew name LL Pint iiia M len• t 'G , e o 1 l ',�• h medats [atrylaod future, lncluding restro&d termlinaL a dock for steamboats a vehe"r bridge and a nnammolh, 'anuttl- - ors` levet,hirreted and spired hotel that would „JL'�Q haus shamed a castle. ' a new Just moaika wotdd have moans - acre In the that A tdded,Into Pecon ay ave 4k that 5h0at& titin osmole Day e6 w44 southeast of CUtchogue. It has had a plethora of nines. Clarence R Comm,a „+ eAOuteti ague hiabriaSaye that wolframWells,saeoFtheCamadfngPuritans,reerred m it as UtUe Nog Neck whenhe bsgwwthed K to hisson, Either frim -huggamte,” �r - ltden lar peminvula,or hecacre the early Bettlerli ran their frogs there--taka yawGREAT P C Comm says the Indiana knew it as M®oureta,but as IRI eota't action Pays it "PECONIC PARK",the development ewvinloned for Nassau elevation on the map.Upper left 6 tkr proposed nurnad was called Mattawatdt(which was it name Plot,Llyekegur by James Wilson batt In 103.A huge hotel from Per(nit with a terminal station. 1—rr to thr left somWmes jives to all of Long Island) with spifa and turrets was to bevy been built In tht Center bridge acnes Bropdwatrn Cor and an uhr laxer right%I Some early maps stow U as Nassau Point, t6aafia thhe west side of the peninsula where It Is marked.64 foot thtamou pWn4 W N was to have been a.1c.mahIp dock.. *rat Wet the tip of it.lThe Dutch radod the whole lekad N,.,) = � The- have bees many owners. Wella denc®dams held the peoinuula until the _ - - low'$, In the 11nsit decade Edward White ;r- &Par, w'btsn Comes says was dez,.otly - - - related to Aaron titer,owned most of It sod acit ta targe home near what ls now&idle r. Lase, as well as* Aare _"!u'?A C+- hewe a o ,,Y cJrnigm aged and .Ven senastdam .,. owned a amd b Pao ffii ' By It- AW J�g11a4 cTM,James wistocirsif Ihm,but ped pounds, --- atabhsr,b9lba4sla.s toads carat and Is bawiiyaYq setae[ /end be was a prime _ t irb4eh prgrmd to -,', f yFi !4�1��� mom tats -Pwmikbd i>� owe &aword � U . aS amQ f.ag adeno atrtntner a A. >dlSsi�ottl0fae�tagad`Iha YUle'etas - �`. �-.. estYth , 417 " f4wtsil a[ Presssid h "A VII. ' ,.!' - k. Idgesideig.- Atot Ids used to tell we about ' rs.dteoed In riding .,;' re t `� •.�" 3 _?", 'r-^�`'�•"`rL3}F k mea _''F. �. .,r. -:w+�t•w=. w kahfttsliap ho*Iti and _ _ !` ,:a "�"r�derby beta..riding _ Jras4ad artapmasia.Than Pres. titrrtn_ meaarweddb1/ pryam li eo�a LM �(oPoe afJtlua a(I�a.+�cPlaweft mknwho �loanedhe, WHAT MIGIf7'IIAYE BEEN s1 Nassau Palm:a fairy tear how elegant folk expected to vautWo Chow it"Pecoek Park"h wry ratty lit Copy!inscribed by Wilson to with spirts,Wrrts,onp*ls and splendid batconle,befitting the because a reality. her Lrossambr, Iaw IL (lee) for ,OPP,. TIN t9rdolae devdapaorat plans were heartily eedoesed by the tong Island Bad Road,whkb was to rum a sA*trom Pec omit anawes Ins terror caoseway trot the a N Peninsula. But the dream did not �, .i I - ,,,,-,f p+�► materialise and Nassau Point pussd through sareral otbar hands before the do facia the vdopwp, Jerome PemoA and .T walla Jahoarat,came along 41 11yp,� i D Petr Mrs ma price had bebn"l-deaxted except for an obliging cuwAka named �-Aaatmd the tarn d the _ tasrdtay was faahhonabla lee atol�dtK portion to contact him to advance to am up and best tba bowlift alley, Mrs. KOWID talo tins was&handsome e1a4 bawd FUMM bel" drive11 actin the Pa NOTI.B nft A C&STBUT A NOME that wee turned Into the g nod asset. Me —Y wflb c ikFinad ftk11As to pick the Nsssaa I"eW C llatM to u71 or tall.The photo f left)stows kola!had a bow allay canes wblck was leer sand ore fsagnat arfamb ,or"May polka"which U&ole 1"Mansloo about late before its ceaven W(right) overflow gaesl"e.The mantas based down in Zara. 111100r6rhed an Nassau Pamt "Uncle Thea" down boon afterward.but some of the for. •'If for an plhc reason, 'Peeocdc Park' Greenport, Ordnt, Sou Herr ir and wsssM eft WM t3mb to the top of the met ftraodaw can still be 56011-4he wuuid be worth owning because d Its Nafnpt11ns in terms somewhat this aid .+iessiayEsr a brigia eking view from New ttemendow stahlebarn,and a gardmr`s illustrations,"the letter says."10 adduion flattering.It's an amazing book_" jtdat to Sag Harbor and Smdlnemptan cottage (both Pow converted to private to foldout sketches of the peninsula, the In addition to train and boat, aul 'The tsateblM wldm man" was residences):a greenhouse wall:the bricked bridge(co nptete with gutardihmse)and the tithnp foresaw another means of rear) emvu'Ud into a dtWhasae-hotel,"Pays a prod whtrA served u a skating rank; the unbelievable hotel,these are two woodcuts Namau Point from New York. isttenrr to Namara Point rasidestia sent tont catrdgs twnLrw0d. Sic transit gloria and 17 drawings 'made m the 5 , ea- week by George S Cee,presidml of the MILWAN•" presstY for this volume,to HarryForm,' "Oecaalonallygentlemen,even now,u PmPwtY owners association. •'and the who was no mean*Film, starting Ott for the summer, put I bmrting{lky A®m was fefurbi5hed,first The letter was accompanied by an order "G,P. Lathrop, the author of this familles into carriages and follow. to acrnmlaodate bawls and late as an Stem enabling rempienis to obtain nttm- elaborate prospectus,not only lists the in- Hempstead Turnpike,an immemly bi ovorflow giewthou e.A detund tennis oast tseredcopies of the edition(Limited to 600) numerable virtuesof Nassau point in highway.It wouldn't be a bad Idea for was mato available. The kitchen wis for U.N.Some copies of the large CO-page glowing detail but goes much further.'it to oamen Of ta11y-ho conches In take the s presided over by Mr. and Mo. Andrew book are also expected to be available at not necessary to decry other places to give dhectton; and in all probability, v. MArNiah, whom reputation for &&vary of UM stores Ihrntlghoui the town. In. this one a factitious (eq) Impartsnce,'he Eastern Long Island becomes better kn meals a -vw throttgbad the ares.pIre formation as to when they my be pur- maintains-and then, getting In con- we shall aft the ancient turnpike MWv, d--ayed 00 mamfan In the spnisw of I= chl usn be obtained by calling William aiderahla.d*tal.bislogq aigng the way, be by brilliant four-In-hande..' and the bowling-alley buadLag was tom Gardner at TJ_rm or Air.Case at 71eRM individually described Shelter Island, Shades of the 1-mg Wand Etpressv I trailing arbutus, we children liked to drive down Skunk Lane Ruth Tuthill Houston, had work horses for weekday use, but to Nassau. Point. After passing the old Billard house now they had to rest on Sunday so he had a special horse to draw Alden's) and "Hurricane Hall" it was a narrow winding lane. the carriage which took the family to the Presbyterian Church z Aunt Ida said she had many a gay time in Hurricane Hall, and in Cutchogue, over a mile away. (D that it was called that because the family living there was "Miss Finley"gave good service for many years; but finally co very large and they had lots of company, so the place was Mr. Tuthill decided she was old enough to be retired. He ferried always a whirlwind of activity. her on a flatboat across the channel to Robbins' Island and The Eugene's Road of the present day was Eugene Wells' turned her loose to graze and spend her remaining days in > driveway and did not continue to the main road. Leslie's Road happy idleness. The first Sunday following, there was a north- �0 did not exist. In fact, another way to Nassau Point was to west wind and on the breeze even down over the Bay was car- IQ go down Indian Neck Lane, traverse the woods and ford the ried the sound of the ringing church bells. The old horse heard (D waters of Little Creek. Of course there was no roadway across them, pricked up her ears, swam the channel, a good half mile, o the beach. We all had to get out of the wagon and walk to back to the mainland, galloped up New Suffolk Avenue, and �_b relieve the horse of our extra weight. He had a hard enough when the TuthiIls came out of church service there she was, pull to get the iron-bound wheels through the sand anyway. standing in the shed beside their other horse. On the farther side of the beach we followed the pretty Another interesting thing about Nein Suffolk is that it was woods road, stopping to cut the delicate, fragrant pink blos- a submarine base in the early 1900's. I quote from the Cut- ' soms hiding on the ground under the dry brown leaves. We drogue-New Suffolk Historical Council sign at the site. m had been taught never to pull the vines as that destroyed the NEW SUFFOLK Nplant. How sadly few are left now! When we reached the "This marks the site of the first submarine base in nvilla on the highest eminence (the prospectus claimed 94 feet this country where the U. S. S. "HOLLAND", first elevation) Mr. Horton would let us climb to the third-store submarine commissioned by the U. S. Navy was based for cupola which afforded an extensive view of the surrounding trials. In the period between 1899 and 1945 six other sub- woodland and water. To the east, over Little Peconic Bay, marines of the Holland Torpedo Boat Company were based past Jessup's Neck, we could spot the white church steeple in at this site, which was known as the Holland Torpedo Boat Sag Harbor, a favorite compass point or landmark for sailors Station. until the 1938 hurricane toppled it. Westward we saw New Naval maneuvers between submarines and the U. S. S. Suffolk, Robbin's Island and far-off Mattituck Hills beyond Torpedo Boat Destroyer "WINSLOW" of Spanish War fame Great Peconic Bay. To the north over the trees were the roof- were held in these waters". tops and church spires of Cutchogue village. Southward Nvt I remember a strange-looking iron structure rusting away looked across the sand spit of Nassau Point to the yellow faces for years on the shore. It looked like a large, fat cigar and had of the sandy bluffs and the green hills of the South Side front a manhole in the middle of the top and a small propeller wheel Canoe Place to Southampton. under one pointed end. "Church spires of Cutchogue" recalls a wonderful true By 1920 Mr. Wilson's vision was carried out, more or less, story about a horse. This has been told through three gen- by Walter Johnson and Mr. Pennock, who formed a syndicate erations and was once written up in a New York newspaper. to develop Nassau Point. Phil Horton built roads. Telephones Mr. Jeremiah G. Tuthill of New Suffolk, grand-fattier of and electricity were put in and building lots began to sell. The ca 112 Ila t 00 O`+ Tuthill, E. Davis Tuthill, and Fred D. Richmond, still flour- VanRei7Sselaer Howell was son of Jonathan Ho«•ell of M is on the opposite corner as Richmond's .Store=_-y here is s Northville and Elizaheth Hallock. The family relationship , is h OMII could bE Studied-aT�out-the history of a~" between Elizabeth Hallock and Richard Hallock, previous fine Dints of age owner, is not known. VanRensselaer Howell married Mary well-preserved old house, which has many P Ann Terry, daughter of Isaac G. Terry of East Moriches. Mr. to be researched and enjoyed. Howell was a prosperous farmer and landholder. Of their seven NORTON HOUSE children, three survived to mature age; Isaac G., Gilbert V. 63. JAMES WELLS and Maria Jane. 1830 The homestead passed to their daughter, Maria Jane, who corner of Eugene's Road, married Barnabas T. Billard. Their children were inheritors: Skunk Lane, Clayton Howell Billard, Lillian Woodford Billard, and (Roland C. Horton, pecanic) Lecke Ada, who married Dr. John Mason Wells. In recent ears this James Wells Horton, Sr•, barn 1796 in Great Hogg J y Mary (Bay View} was son of Ban Horton and Mehitable Wells has been the home of Dr. and Mrs. Wells. Dr. Wells was an Jon line from Barn- eminent college professor and president, pastor and lecturer. and of the seventh generation an the j who married Mary On his death the homestead was inherited by Pearl Wells AI- ennings Terry, 1827, den and Mason Billard Wells. Beginning with Howell owner- abas first, Southold early settler. aures, owner- Terry, daughter of David and Lydia j Necke, ship in 1838, the same family has Occupied this house to pre- built his home in 1830 on the lane to Little Hagg P (Nassau Point). Hortons were large land holders throughout sent date. this section. of Those who lived in this homestead sin a the time wart es Wells Horton, Sr., were James W. Jr.; J. Herbert, James W., III; and Roland C. Horton. This is a fine example of a Cape Cod house in its structure, with interior a�on- tional kitchen wing. The distinctive proportions, ionalikit along with deeds, family genealogy and valuable family n, along anon given by Mrs. Stewart W. Horton (who is steeped in local history} tell of an interesting history and fames this early 19th30eitui 5 The ogd barn at the rear com- rlet 64. RICHARD HALLOCK HOUSE FRE-183 \ VanRensselaer Howell 1838 Barnabas T. Billard 1876 (Mrs. John R. Alden, Skunk Lane, near Pine Tree Road, Peconic) The oldest deed found to this land and house is one and show- t ing Richard Hallock and wife Mary as g 1838. ,The house Rensselaer Howell, grantee, dated March of greater age. The in its oldest part is without any it was foundational sCod builtclearly st stone-on-stone foundation shows this. y without a small P ®led chimney, fireplaces and brick oven. It mortar, with very was turned on its site et and additions were a fine Greek revival doorway The front, of later building, has 57 Currin-Bell. Guide to Historic Markers. 1960 � o,