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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS At ,D RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK 15181 t-t 04-9 NLG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold ./ SPI,IA DATF.: March 20, 1986
YOUR ADDRESS: o3r3 TELEPHONE:51_h,Z7h5-18 22
Southold, L. I. , N.Y.11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): SQUthold Towa CQmmunity DeyalQpment Of f ia
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S):
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TnwN/CITYSouthold VILLAGE: Qutcho_guP /V'
3. STREET LOCATION:Nvr�T lnlc i G�;���_, Al 0[-D tdut t<a W . 31 }�
4. OWNERSHIP: a. puhlic ❑ b. private
5. PRFSE:NT OWNER: Rbt Me_All ADDRESS:
h. OSF: Original: RASidpnCp Present: RsSidencp
7, ACCESSIBILITY TO Pl)BIA Exterior visible from public road: Yes. X1 No ❑
Interior accessible. Explain
DESCRIPTION
K. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d_ board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: asbestos
11. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. woad frame with light members 0
(if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls❑
d. metal (explain)
C. other
10, CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good KI c, fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑ b. moved ❑ if so,when'
c, list major alterations and dates (if known):
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14. THREATS 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 Q h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features: cottage
y. other: rhododendrons
Ib. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land ❑ b. woodland 01
c. scattered buildings
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑
It.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
The house stands on a hillside, overlooking the road.
Onp of the many gracious country rpsidpncps built on
Nassau Point, for use mainly in summer.
lice OTHER NO"I ABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
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Low 1--story hip roof house with projecting 1-story gable
roof wings flanking front porch. Hip roof dormer with
paired windows.
SIGNIFICANCE
Iii. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: circa 1920
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
_'ft. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
In this house F'istein wrote the letter that led to the
development of the atom bomb. The scientist summered
on Nassau Point in 1939 where he rented this cottage.
SOURCES: Newsday 8/22/64.
The Suffolk Times. 11/26/81
The Suffolk Times. 818
.2. THUMF Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research
assistant.