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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPE-28 BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM FOR OFFICE USE ONLY PE-28 UNIQUE SITE NO. IV3to'oy1016s DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: awn- of Sauthold / SPLIA DATE: Detabpr 1986 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Rnad TELEPHONE:(516) 765-1892 Southold, L. I. , N.Y. 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Qpvplopment Office IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAMI?(5 ; Isaac Overton / Rich house 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Peconic 3. STREET LOCATION: Route 48 corner Peconic lane 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private 12 5. PRESENT OWNER:McGlynn ADDRESS Route 48 6. USE: Original: Residence Present: Residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC. Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No El Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION 8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATF-RIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ® g. stucco ❑ other: 1). STRUCTURAL. a. wood frame with interlocking joints W ' SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑ (if kn(wrr) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDI'T'ION: a. excellent KI b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTI GRITY: a. original site ❑ b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Rear wing built 1791 or earlier, main section added 1839. PF RSM DCVIII-2 12. PHOTO: From north west 13. MAP: N.Y.S . DOT Southold Quad Front (north)and west elevation Peconic i J, ys� $ •g • . ` e r� Peconic -- o fi Sch 0 .p e a - Q 25 z BM 7L PE-28 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known b. zoning❑ c. roads d. developers ❑ e. deterioration f. other: 15 RELATED OUT13LIlLDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn 0 b. carriage house ❑ c. garage d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f, greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: picketfence ). other: 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ❑ b. woodland Q c. scattered buildings IN d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ F. industrial ❑ g. residential Ll h.other: 17, INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) The house faces Route 48 ; it is on the corner of Peconic Lane which is the Main Road of the Hamlet of Peconic , knows in the mid 19th century as Hermitage. 18. OTHER NOTABLE: FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 22-story, 5-bay gable roof, Federal style house. Federal entrance surround with side-lights. Original shingles, 12/12'�windows , original shutters. anf3 9/6 Rear wing was built in 1791 or earlier. SIGNIFICANCE I11. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: circa 1791 and 183 _` ARCHITECT: : BUILDER: 20, HIS"rORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: An important landmark. Here lived Franklin H. Overton who was Town Supervisor 1863-73, a prominent citizen and a foundpr of the Southold Savings Bank. Latpr, house was rpnt¢d by Irving Wiles from the Ovprtons before hp built his house and studio on Indian Neck Road. A Summer of Histor . Official Pro ram Town of Southold 1 0-19 5. Map Section 2, # , 21. SOURCES: Conversation withlMrs. McGlynn 871986 Annp Currie-Bell. Guide to Historic Markers. Southold Historical Society. 1960-.-T-57- Historic y 0. SHistoric Sitesof Southold Town to 1815. Southold 22. -rHLNIr-.: Town Tercentenary Committee. 1983. 26 Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Morit, research assistant. PE 28 Isaac Overton/Rich house f +' Detail of front of house from the north PE - ti. 46 THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD. «� "No man could know Mr.Edwards,even casually,with- out being impressed by his manifest superiority of mind and soul,while his commanding bodilypresence attracted k, the instant notice of strangers, He was a very Boman in integrity and rectitude of motive,of pprpose and of act, Not a deck of unworthiness in any of these Ei re- spects marred the symmetry of his character, not a w,S. breath of suspicion dimmed the lustre of his private or public purity. * * * His character rose as 'a rock in a weary land'—large,solid, enduring; and men in- y stinctively aimed to him for reliance and trust in times of doubt or distress. Yet around this heart of oak twined the tendrils*( a"trite and earnest tenderness,out " Of this granite of integrity and honor welled springs of st1 strong and manly and fervent feeling. To family and 1yri relatives and friends he was as gentle and unreserved as to the public be was strong and firm and dignified." "Not long after fulfilling his senatorial duties he be- l came more than usually interested in his own personal religious responsibilities and obligations, and, acting in spiritual as in temporalmatters,quietly and undemon^ atratively, yet with habitual dignity and decision, he 4 made public profession of his faith in Christ as his Saviour. He was admitted to the full communion of the f' Congregational church of Orient, and conscientiously discharged the duties of his membership therein until the last day of his life. During the later gears his Christian r character matured rapidly,and Christian fellowship with .. him in the genial warmth and sacredness of his own home was peculiarly rich and sweet." k A few years before his death,while yet in the fullness of strength, Mr. Edwards experienced wit a slight partial Paralysis, after which he gradually withdrew from the {tom active and exacting occupations in which he had de- lighted,and was content peacefully to spend the residue x839. They had one son,Silas F.Overton,who is now of his days and the leisure which circumstances imposed living, Mrs, Esther J.Overton died May nand 1848. upon him in beautifying his home, or,.in promoting by The present wife of our subject was Miss Eliza H. every means ,within his power the material and moral Horton. Prosperity of the village in which he lived and of which While yet a young man Mr.Overton was called to fill he had long been a pillar and pride. important positives in town affairs. In "854 he was And so,after some weeks of suffering born with all the elected town clerk. In 1857 he was chosen assessor of fortitude and cheerfulness which might have been ex- the town,which office he held is years. pected from such a character,on June 3d 1879, in the During the late Rebellion,when the best men were 68th year of his age, Lexis A. Edwards passed from called to that position the country over,he was elected earth, sincerely and deeply mourned by all who had to the office of supervisor of Southold,and had charge of J . ever known him, the difficult and responsible work of"filling the town quota under the call of February 1864 for 500,000 men, F. H. Ovaa•rox. and the call of March 14th for 2oo.000 men. He was authorized by the town to borrow the necessary money I"Tanklin H.Overton as horn in that part of the town to pay bounties,and to issue the bonds of the town as of Southold which is now known as Peconic village,on security to the amount of between one-and two hundred the 29th day of December 1817. His grandfather, thousand dollars_ Mr.Overton held the office of super- Isaac Overton,was one of the early settlers in that part visor eight consecutive years, during which time the I of Suffolk county. Horace Overton,his father,was born bonded debt of the town was all paid and a surplus was ' Octo 7th 1791,and until his dear,,which took place left to the town's credit. In r88t he was again elected November 7th x8sr,lived in South,fd,on the old farm supervisor of Southold,which position he now hold" a part of which is now the home of the subject of this He was one of the original incorporators and directors of sketch, the Savings Rank of Southold,and has been its vice - Franklin was an only child,and worked with his father president from its organization. With this official rrc• on the(arm, lie went to the common school when a ord,which is a public attestation by his neighbors and boy,and at the proper age he attended the Southold townsmen of his ability and fidelity, Frank]in H. Academy,at a time when Professors Selah Hammond Overton may rest satisfied of transmitting a worthy mem, .' and Palmer were at the head of that institution. 5ry to those who may follow him. But his modesty Is He was married to Esther Jane Horton in January equal to his worth. Ina nate to the writer of this he Munsell 1882 Ij Pe 28 r 55. HOMESITE OF THE OLD HERMIT Daniel Overton, forepart 1800's Peconic was Once Hermitage (The Little Corner Store, Peconic Lane, Peconic, owned by Cyril McCaffery) Daniel Overton, before the L. I. R. R. came through in 1844, lived as a hermit in a little house near the site. He made a great fuss when the railroad upset his way of life. He had a rare talent as a rhymist; composed jingles to fit characters he knew, such as. "Mrs. Perkins goes in royal state, Aunt 4 Patty stops to close the gate." Due to him Peconic was called Hermitage in the 19th century, before it was given the name of Peconic. The reason for the change of name was because another town in New York State already held the name of Hermitage. The Post Office found it too confusing. 56. ISAAC OVERTON HOUSE Oldest Part c. 1791 Franklin H. Overton 1839 (James H. Rich, Sr., North Road, Peconic) A fine old 18th and 19th century house, which once upon a time had a covered well right in the kitchen! The cover had two slots for the ropes to go through. Children loved to gather 'round to pull the two buckets up and down and never seemed to fall down the well! The wheel around which the rope ran was fastened to a ceiling beam. A family deed establishes the ownership of the land at this period. The back part of the house was the 1791 home (a house in itself) of Isaac Overton, farmer, and his wife Abigail Vail. There their son, William Horace, was born, 1791—he who later married Martha Horton, daughter of Major Gilbert Horton of Great Hogg Necke (Bay View). Franklin H. Overton, son of William Horace and Martha, on his marriage in 1839 with Esther J. Horton, came to live in his grandfather's homestead and added the large forepart to the house. Franklin H. was Town Supervisor 1863-73 dur- ing the Civil War years and was responsible for raising the Town's quota of soldiers under the Draft Act. He was a pro- ponent of County care of the Poor at the County Almshouse at Yaphank. He was one of Southold Town's prominent citi- zens and a founder of Southold Savings Bank. 51 Guide to Historic Markers. out o distorica Society. 1960 Pe 28 The Overton homestead can claim seven generations of Overtons who have belonged to its family history. The great- granddaughter of Franklin H. lives in it today. It is thought �. that its oldest part with the well goes back even farther than 1791 in age. j i (57.) PECONIC'S OLD MILL CARTWAY This Road was once a Cartway to Goldsmith Inlet Mill which stood at the Inlet near the North Sea (L. I. Sound). Ancestors drove by oxcart and wagon from Hermitage (Peconic) and surrounding country to the Tide Mill, later Wind and Tide. John C. Appleby, the first miller; Gilbert Terry, the last. The Mill, built in 1840 by 80 subscribers, was torn down in 1906. Its great wings fell in the 1898 storm. Reputed one of New York's largest windmills of its type. The Cartway, now this road, remains, constant reminder of the Inlet Mill. (Location of Roadside Marker: at intersection of the North Road, Peconic Lane and Mill Road, Peconic.) 58. SAMUEL CORWIN HOUSE Revolutionary Period Charles L. Davids 1860 (Walter H. Sternemann, Main Road, Peconic) Many Corwins, descended from Matthias, one of the first settlers, Southold, have settled in Peconic. The first John and descendants had early holdings of the Indian Field Farm (The neck lying between branches of Hutchinson's Creak) and of lands stretching to the Long Lane (North Road) etc. Part of them were retained for 200 years. This house is one of the Corwin homes related to Samuel Corwin and Nancy Cheseborough, his wife. Samuel bore the name of three Samuels before him. He was baptised 1776. died 1853. Henry Corwin, his son, was born in the house 1802; married Orriet Richmond in 1827. They had 10 sons and lived for a time in Pine Neck, Southold, in the old house now called "Cocktail Cottage", pre- sent home of Rowland H. Timm. About 1854 Henry returned with his family to live in the Peconic homestead. In 1860 he joined his sons in Minnesota. He sold lands and house to Charles L. Davids, whose wife was Lucretia Terry of Cutchogue. Their son, Henry Eugene Davids, (married Cornelia Brush) followed in ownership;which was continued by his son, Raymond E., (married Adora Ford) until it passed from the Davids family. 52 Guide to Historic Markers. r Southold Historical ociety. 1960. T. Pe 28 Timunio about him. His grandsons, Kenneth and Gerald Case, live in She wa, Peconic now. t herself THE ARTISTS WHO CARIE TO PECONIC norning, it home, teacher, summer in the eighteen-nineties a famous artist and mu teacher, Leel i1tom Hass art ally are. _ Arthur students. The Deco led the bi Overton house at the corner gat"s the of Peconic Lane and the North Road, not far from our house. "Aw,", One of the students set up her easel by our front gate and I eat sidled out to watch. I was thrilled to think she was going to paint a scene familiar to me and I thought I'd like to be in it. -se little "Paint me," I begged_ She replied, "All right. I will." My heart I Alvah, leapt, and I knelt down beside her. She dipped her brush in Heinie," the paint on her palette, leaned over and made a few daubs .0 going on my eager upturned face. I jumped up and ran to my refuge— the big willow tree in the back yard to sob out my disappoint- stolidly, tiled it 1, � meat. her and ' Apparently the quiet beauty of farm, woodland and shore mall appealed to artists for many came to live in Peconic.—the son y s a igh of Lemuel, Irving R Wiles, noted portrait painter, Edward A. Ism Newith's Bell, distinguished for the diaphanous quality of his draperies I were and his imaginative pastorals, Orlando Ruland, and Henry W. .gent off Prellwitz and his artist wife, Edith Mitchell. s which ch mMr. Irving R. Wiles rented the Overton house for the next ed.tiosumer, and Mamma sent me over to be neighborly to their tto H little girl. Gladys was roller-skating up and down the short ice and brick walk that ted from the road to the side door. This was a -en the city pastime novel to a country child and I hung on the gate on the of the white picket fence, fascinated. I didn't say a word and she didn't say a word. After a while she sat down on the porch i Gold- steps, took off her skates and went in the house. We later be- y came life-long friends. seemed Gladys was a little shy at the first one of my birthday ny side parties she attended. We played "Little Sally Waters, Sitting e Civil In The Sun, Wishing and Sighing For A Nice Young Man." Gladys was in the center of the ring of little girls. She was Ander- "it". When we came to the words, "Point to the East, point 103 A Rose of the Nineties . -Newell . 1967 i Pe 28 to the West, point to the very one that you love best," Gladys didn't move. My mother, overseeing, stopped the singing and asked why she didn't play the game. Gladys said quietly; "But, Mrs. Case, I do not know which is east and which is west." The Wiles later built the first summer home to be put up on Indian Neck. Before that they boarded for a time at Annie Prince's opposite Jefferson's grocery store. Gladys and I had an interesting and Iong-standing controversy. In the Prince barn were two stalls side by side, the Jersey cow in one and the horse in the other. We used to stand in front of the animals' mangers and discuss which had the sweeter breath. She was for the cow and I was for the horse. The Appleby: to picnic on India: twenty ft fund. Th a kitchen named " had live( r $vei - for dinne the APP track the r' slapped lift through provided one-dish the ruts food and as they c of food scallopin get then maintain: 1G4 A Rose of the Nineties . _ ewal.l . 1952 BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM FOR OFFICE USE ONLY PE 29 UNIQUE SITE NO. DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY, NEW YORK 151 ii) 474-17479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Town of SoutholdZ SPLIA DATE:Qctober 1986 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE:(516) 765-1892 Southold, L. I. , N.Y. 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION I. BUILDING NAME(S): Horton / Jefferson 2. COUNTY. Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE.Peconic 3. STREET LOCATION: Route 48 (27) , south side, between Peconic La. 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private ® & Carroll Ave. S. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS: Route 48 6. USE: Original: Residence Present: Residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible frorn public road: Yes FLI No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION K, BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: asbestos shingles 1?. STRUCTURAL, a_ wood frame with interlocking joints SYSTI*,M: b. wood frame with light members ❑ (if kU(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10- CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good FX_1 c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑' 1 I. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑ b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Modern 1-bay, 1-story addition on west-is in Front of the original 1-story wing which can bo seen behind the new PE_RSM II1-5 from NW section. ) 12. PHOTO: North front fagade 13. MAP: N.Y.S . DOT Southold Quad & W elevation F -y' Peconic"% r a„ Peconic e •: ,J Sch 0 = Q U yc: A xA '1 15 ' d O Z o` O G p . q$PRIM o ,�M€ L PE 29 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a, none known ® b.zoning 11 c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. other: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn El b. carriage house ❑ c, garage d. privy ® e. shed ® f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: j. other: 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land N b. woodland 0 c. scattered buildings d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑ h.other: 17. INTI-RRFLATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) House lies on Route 48 (27) , also known as North Road and Middle Road. It is in the proximity of the Hamlet of Peconic, formerly known as Hermitage. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 22-story, 3-bay, side entrance plan . gable roof house. Small square entrance portico with square posts. 6/6 windows. SIGNIFICANCE 11). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Prior to 1858 ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 10. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: Horton in 1873 Jefferson in 1897 This house appaars on the 1858 map but owner is not clearly idantifie_d. Circa 1910 Korterlrphotograph shows house with old shutters and porch on west. ?I. SOURCES: Beers , Comstock, Cline. Atlas of Long Island. 1873 Hyde & Co. , Map of Lona Island. Section 4. B'klyn 1897 Chace. Map o _ul_olk _ oun _v. 1858 Henry Otto KortPn photo. Collections Nassau County 22. THLM17: Historical Museum. circa 1910 Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant. s � IV n'a f- :-J�,,H �� �;. fir• � ° �, �;, � L"P 'r.iK's�s7�. �;�. .x.�t:. , � .,:.t�'`C� :'tom''• Lrap "., )i•'t. y�. w^t�i' ��.�aF t4'�` ,may- �: - �� + � J to _ ^�.p,'. _- •�►C� 4. •�: 'ABY �, ,�! � � ., �.]• �'. I�3 •t �, �• 't�� '``tom,• � � r,F_" ) ,�a+ � �'. Y • •`s _Y• � i►r wf-x'43"t-" ' .y' ,�^�` y .�''4 :�,' ���7y,r.,,r�•� +. ,. �_. .`►:�. �� ��d► ., Vii• r ,..r b Y' ,` �* ti � •!t � syr. , 1'� 'r- ,J_ n � f� •G� ' Al }ltd is ,ter,, r _y. *\�, +�r ,'• it niAr qw— ewC� �. ��;�' x `�'�•-tea.1 .!� !#��F��h�. '�,' �r"'NF' ��,�• a�.S.'S _j•^ref �,. ^:i•-�a �.� � ��.1 3„ y' t I,��� {,._.• f,» 'Sj ''•� t [ �;� ,a, ,�4 +F": �r - ..�. y.K -".7G,�!ti�' r. {fes .+t,��r.•. 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