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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNP-4 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM NP-4 UNIQUE SITE NO.in 0 - D YJ,Z_ DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RE-CREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK (51 til 474.0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Town of Southold / SPLIA DATE:March 20, 1986 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main_ Road TELEPHONE: 516/765-1892 Southold L.I. , N,Y. 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Dpvplopmpnt OfficQ IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): Carrington house "Crestwood" 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWNICITY: Southold VILLAGE: r 3. STREET LOCATION:_ Carrington 0-, 5 510E/ Ar vAN.s-rk/ 51p� 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private Fil S. PRESENT OWNER: Smith -, Charlp*___ ADDRESS:_S.ae 6. USE: Original: a Present: RAsidence 7, ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLW( Exterior visible from public road: Yes PP No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION ti_ BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b_ stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten MATf.RIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: 1l. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints A SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members (if known) c_ masonry load bearing walls d. metal (explain) e. other arched brick construction in cellar. 10. CONDITION: a. excellent C) b. good ® c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ I I_ INTFGRITY: a. original site 21 b. moved ❑ if so.when? c, list major alterations and dates (if known): Modern chimney at west end. Shed roof dormer and 2nd floor pavillion over front entrance are not original. 12. PIIU'ro: NP-rsm XI-23 - from W 13. MAI': N.Y.S . DOT Southold Quad. South & western elevation Ne 4. s : ater 17 Y• ! 0% 9 seahoe ` x Nin ° • � i love •. T NP-4 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known Xl b. zoning❑ c. roads El d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ 1. Cather: 15 1RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: barn w. a. barn® b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑ corral d.privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse [� g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: wooded lailltop site, j. other: 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ❑ b. woodland c_ scattered buildings X d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential IN h.other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) The house dominates a wooded hilltop. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 22-story, 3-bay gable roof board-and-batten house on brick foundation. Unusual 2/2 windows with very wide center muntins. Windows in gable match those in Carrington cottage (see NP-3) SIGNIFICANCE IQ- DATE Of INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1868 ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 't1. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: Originally the residence of John Carrin&n, who owned Nassau Point. In the early 1900s it was a boarding house for elderly people and was known as the "Old Carrington House" . Rooms have wide , hand carvad moldings.' _'I. SOURCES: Report by Ralph Williams, John Stack and Joy Bear, Feb. 1, 1986 *Form prepared by Mrs. Warren J. HallF for Cutchogue- New Suffolk Historical Council. 12/1/74, ?. TH! %if_ Form prepared By Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant. f NP-4 SOUTHOLD LANDMARK COMMISSION HOME OF CHARLES AND JOAN SMITH Corner of Carrington & Vanston Roads Nassau Point, Cutchogue, N.Y. 11935 Analyzed by Ralph Williams & John Stack Reported by Joy Bear February 1, 1986 Although it was built as a summer home, "Crestwood" was indeed an elegant house, with spacious rooms, high ceilings, large windows and intricate molding. It was built c . 1868, and appears to have undergone two periods of alteration the first around 1900, when the house was modernized, and again around 193 , when Mrs . Adele Posner converted the building into a boarding house . The original home consisted of the entrance hall, flanked by the parlor to the west and the music room to the east. Behind the parlor was the dining room and behind the music room was the kitchen, with an ell. The second floor consisted of bedrooms, and the third floor was an attic . The present greenhouse off the dining room was an open porch on the original house . The master bedroom to the east of the music room was once a separate building This legendary home is the oldest house on Nassau Point, and one of the two first houses to be built on the peninsula, according to researcher Barry Everett. It was built by John Carrington, who gave his name to one of the streets bounding the property. Carrington and his real estate partner Edward Burr bought all of Nassau Point in 1857, and built their homes c . 1863. Burr' s home is no longer in existence . ENTRANCE AND STAIRWAY The front door and the moldings in this area date back to the original house, 1868. The door, with its flat panels, matches the rear door in the kitchen. The molding, seen around the front door, up the wall side of the stairway and framing the wide opening leading into the parlor, west, and the music room, east, is typical 1868 vintage, ornate and wide . The present staircase appears to be a 1938 addition. It has a square topped newel post with paneled sides, and square balusters . Its style matches the pillars on the entrance porch. SERVICE STAIRWAY A service stairway dating to the original building, 1868, may be seen only through a peep-hole cut in the east wall of the powder room to the rear of the entrance hall. Its wood-grain finish is faixx bois - painted on. The baseboard of the staircase makes a gentle curve as it rises along the wall to the corner at the turn of the stairs. SMITH HONK, page 2 NP-4 \`_% Originally the second floor larding of this service stairway was about where the doorway to the second floor bathroom is today. The stairway's original access door on the first floor was located on the south wall of the kitchen. The service stairway continued to the basement through a door also located on the south wall of the kitchen, beside the door to the up flight. However, today the door to the service stairs to the basement is located in the breakfast room alcove off the kitchen. PARLOR The focus of the parlor is its fireplace on the west wall. The fireplace is supported by an arched brick foundation in the basement. The chimney extends outside the exterior wall of the house . The hearth dates to the original house, 1363, and is of red brick laid on edge. The fireplace was refaced with tapestry brick and a new wood mantel, at the same time that the entrance stairway was built . French windows installed when the house was built adorn the front wall of the parlor and the music room. Other windows are airy, with four large panes and extra wide muntins, also dating from 1868. MUSIC ROOM Access to the present music room, formerly a second parlor, is through a wide entrance to the east of the front door. The hall side of this entrance is framed in ornate molding which matches that in the parlor. Intereatingly, the molding on the inside of the wide entrance is 1938 . However, all molding in the balance of this room is from 1868, as are the French doors . Originally this room had a fireplace that matched the one in the parlor, except that it was slightly narrower. All traces of this fireplace have disappeared except for its arched brick support in the basement. DINING ROOM The dining room, to the rear of the parlor, also is trimmed with the -- wide he =wide ornate molding seen in the front rooms . The dining room opens into a greenhouse to the west. The greenhouse was an open porch in the original home . KITCHEN The wall between the kitchen and dining room encloses a brick chimney. used in the original house to vent a stove. Stoves were becoming accepted and popular when the home was built. The basement shows the foundation and support for this chimney, and indicates that the room was the original kitchen. The present south wall of the kitchen. has been changed . The original wall held two doors leading to service stairways, up and down. A breakfast nook is located in an ell off the kitchen. When Mrs . Posner ran a boarding house in the building, after 1938, the breakfast nook held a public telephone NP-4 SMITH HOME page 3 for the boarders, and a private bathroom for her personal use. She used the adjoining music room as her bedroom, making a little apartment for herself. SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS Mrs . Posner divided the second floor into small bedrooms to accommodate the Crestwood boarding house clients. Small bedrooms were not typical for the period of the original construction of the house but reflect the boarding house needs. The treatment of the doors here is �1hotel style", not as fine as the first floor woodwork. The third floor seems to have been used as maid ' s quarters, and the stairway leading to this area is also a c . 1938 addition. Originally the third floor was simply an attic . BASEMENT The basement reflects the 1868 roots of the house . It is a de-luxe cellar with a red brick floor and 12-inch walls laid with double Flemish Bond . The old wood sills are mortised and tenoned and support vertically sawn beams . Catting betty ee n earns may ave been applied later. Remains of arched brick construction to hold up fireplaces are seen under the parlor and the music room. Joists in the ceiling and ghosts on the brick wall: indicate that the entire basement once was plastered and finished .. EXTERIOR The exterior finish is board and batten. It is in excellent condition for century-and-a-quarter year old wood, and may be the original siding. Eight inch eyebrows held up by brackets top the four-pane windows. The porch has been extensively repaired, but appears to preserve its original form.The wainscot ceiling on the front porch is a later addition, as are the square porch pillars . These pillars are similar in style to the newel post in the entrance hall, and appear to have been installed in the 1938 renovation. Exposed rafters adorn the roof on all four sides . On the east and west, the gable ends, the rafters are stubs, and appear to be replacements, as do the roof boards . In the original house the exposed rafters may well have carried vergeboards that strongly emphasized the Gothic Revival style of the house .