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NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE INVENTORY FORM
For Office Use Only--Site Identifier
~ ~Historic Structures Survey~
Project Identifier 'for Town of Southold '
Your Name Town Hall, Main Road Phone
Address Southold L.I., N.Y.11971
Date October,
(5~) 765-1892
1986
Zip
Organization (if any) Southold Town Community Development Office
1. Site Identifier(s) "Great Western Mill"
2. County Suffolk One of following:
City
Township Southold
Incorporated Village
Unincorporated Village or
Hamlet S0uthold
3. Present Owner unknown
Address
Site Description (cheek all appropriate categories):
Structure/site
Superstructure: complete partial__collapsed not evident x
Foundation: above below (ground level) not evident x
Structural subdi~-~sions a-~parent --Only surface traces ~sible
Buried traces detected
~-fst construction materials (be as specific as possible):
wood
Grounds
Under cultivation Sustaining erosion Woodland
Never cultivated Previously cultivated Floodplain
Soil Drainage: excellent good fair poor
Slope: flat__ gentle moderate__x steep
Distance to nearest water from structure (approx.)
Elevation:
__Upland
Pastur~
Site Investigation (append additional
Surface--date(s)
Site Map (Submit with form*)
Collection
Subsurface--date(s)
Testing: shovel__coring__other
no. of units
sheets, if necessary):
unit size
(Submit plan of units with form*)
Excavation: unit size no. of units
(Submit plan of units with form*)
* Submission should be 8½"xll", if feasible
Investigator none known
Manuscript or published report,s) (reference fully):
R.J. Hefner. Windmills of LonM Island.1983. Pp. 52-55,79,107.
~.Whitak~r. Whitaker's Southold.Amereon House. Mattituck.
Warren Hall. PaEans, Puritans, Patriots. 1975. P.58.
Historic Sites of Southold Town to 1815.T~rcentenary Committee. 19~3_
U.S. Coast Survey. T-55. 1838
Present repository of materials none, known (cont.)
.Pp.84-5.
Page 2
6. Site inventory:
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a. date constructed or occupation period ~9~L~l_circa.
b. previous owners, if known Southold Hill Co0mpany, Rene Ville£eu.
c. modifications, if known First mill moved to Shelter Island where
it still stands. Second mill on site moved there in 1839.
(append additional sheets, if necessary)
Site documentation (append additional sheets, if necessary):
a. Historic map references
1) Nameu~~h~¥bate l~q~ Source ~
Present location oX original,-if known
2) Name Date Source
Present location of original, if known
Representation in existing photography
1) Photo date c. 1880 Where located
2) Photo date Where located
S.P.L.I.A.
c. Primsry and secondary source documentation (reference fully)
R.J.Hefner. Windmills of Lor~, Island.
Persons with memory of site:
1) Name Address
2) Name Address
1983. Pp. S2, S3, 79
List of material remains other than those used in construction
as specific as possible in identifying object and materiai~:
None known."Small building" appears to have been demolished.
If prehistoric materials are evident, check
prehistoric site form.
9. Map References:
here and fill out
10.
Map or maps showing exact location and extent of
site must accompany this form and must be identified
by source and date. Keep this submission to 8%"x11",
if feasible.
USGS 7% Minute Series Quad. Name Southold
For Office Use Only--UTM Coordinates
Photography (optional for environmental impact survey):
Please submit a 5"x7" black and white print(s) showing the current
state of the site. Provide a label for the print(s) on a separate
sheet.
Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant.
(cont.)
Nanuscript or published r~port.
Nary H. W=lls. The Story of Jockey Creek~
Nanuscript. 1957
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"Small Building".
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U.S. Coast Survey
]Veck
Bay
N.Y.S.
DOT Southold Quad
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40 Shelter Island Windmill, m lS79.
ShelterlslandWindmill Moved from Mill Hill, Southold
Nathanic[ Doinlny V built this v..indm:[[ m iS 10 f, ,r a S, ~uthold lnl][ c,
whose parmerb included Bamaba~ C~a~c. Moses LSlc~ el.md..Joseph IG[h,
~njamm Horton, and Nathamel Overt, } l] l It st,,,:d, m Mdl Hill ar the x~ e~t end
of the village ofSoutho[d k~r aim: ,.t th:r~ years bck,re :t ~ a, moved to Shelter
Island. ~is windmill is the only >urviving one built on thc North Fork:~f
Island but little :s known ilit> histarv there.
Dominv V's activiw on the North F,:rk ~h,)w~ the extent to which hi~ md[wright-
lng >kills were recogni:ed. ~nnin5 V alst, built a sa~ mdl m South, rid m 181 l,
and receives credit ~om some for braiding the Orient Wmdmd[, al>o m I810.
Sathaniel D,.mny V wrote to M, ~e. Cleveland in 18 [0 answen na s,
questions about the planned coo~trucn, m of the md[. T[uq letter indl~atcx th,~t
the Southold ~mpanv had or~gmall~ planned t,~ braid a tm l[ ~ ah,
direct-drive st, roes, and hnd even cur thc timber t; ,r ~t, but later Jccldcd
construct a mill that could accomm,~Jate tw,~ parr. o(md[sr,,ne>.
letter gives the additional ~pecmc,m~.~s needed to plan a mill with mtermcdmtc
gearing and two pairs oimillst, mo,, ,nc ouvh~ch he >petit'm> to bc b.rr
and the other u ~ ~ rock st, .~c~. [ ~t ,into5 V als, ~ pr, wt.{cs ,tctall.,~n ~,~mc, ,t thc
beams, center ~st, brake x* heel, x~,d h,wer, and great .per w}lcc[.
East Hampton April 13th 1810
you have concluded t,~ put two run, ,l~qt, iiic~ in ~, lur ,'x t dl--I bcltevc ~t ~d[ d,, well.
2nd If you frame gtrdcra a.ros, tk~r your brtdge bcam~ to hc upon 8 feet and 4 h<ho
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R.J.H.fn~r. Windmills of Long Island. 1983
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Dc.~r $~r, Rensselaerville April 15 th 1822
I d,, some expect to build a wind null th~ seas, ,n at Albany l~,r grm,hm~ c~ iFI~ ~ I%'e
t~ ,r a d~snllcn and m case [ d~, I sN ~uld hke exceedin~ well to ha ye some in(,~rnu-
dncc [ hved ~uth ~ou, of which improvements ~ou arc un,t,,ubredl~ ,<qunintcd
~ ~th. I am e,*ld w~ndmills are n, *w consrn~cted *,~ as t~, c,,ntinuclv taco d',c wind b~
[ .lin ~t,ln¢ acquainted w~th the principle of the op¢n~tion, havre< seen >~,mcthmg
, ,t the kind a~ Flat Bush ~ hen I hved wtth v, *u, I wish t,~ be tnlbrmed flY, ,u please
x~ hether x, ,ti think th~s kind ol machmen' ts profitably used and tt ~ what addi-
tt, mal expcnce m compar~s,~n with the pl,m used when I lived w~th ~tltl, [ ~ish t,
knt,~ ~t ~,, ir'bevel gear, arc used tbr main cog wheel ~ crown wheel and ~fso wh
has cast them. K,r [ think they require caStln~ a dflibrent an<lc fr,~m thc c,,mm,
bevel ~¢ar* .ii%t kt ht *ever ha> cast th~m (,*r wind re,Il> probably have patterns, hc
m:m that l expect t,, budd Ik*r ~s ~t ilhn~ t,, have ir o~*t him about 2000 dollars ~t
rt. qmre> ~',,, b, ,h alth,', he ~ ~sht's tt, hdx e it d,',uble ecarcd and then when he ch,
he c.m add an, ,thor run t,l su,ne> 1 ,ht~uld hke ~,* have you gtv¢ me a parncular
Jcscr]pr~,,n .,nj what mill sou ~t otLld root,lumenal Inc to talc a draught or. Lt ~t >bt,tLki
bc nc*c~,.Lrk. I under, rand Mr Schu'lhngcr baa bruit one at Bm,,klvn dLflbrent frt,m
th, ~,c at Ea,t } ].uupt,?n and that the t, ,p of thae turn, wLrh thc wind but whether
~. d, ,uhlc geared, ,r nt ~t [ h. Ls c nk ~t It'arned there ~,, ,nc near New ~; ~rk on thc
k.r,cv ,bore ~a ~,l t, ~ be,~n avcrs expend s c plan that .tlm,~nt rolls thc tune, ~f day.
t,,x I.Lrrhb[ntlt p]~ U ,C erx ,pr,mable [,h,[wkn~,x~.Iamt,,ldth,Lr~r~,
btJllt vt. rs }uch grind> very/'a.t and ,I, ~c% work { '} ] 5h~ ?uld [JkC et, has c %,,ur t?pmL,
,t'~hc ~zc and k mkl, ;(,t,~nc t,~ d,, ~s~,rk s~ ~th thc <ru~arcnt,h.patch [ have n, ,t heard
well our L,,ng l,hnJ hcrc .*re h.flc .*~ ~cll .t. u> * x br,,ther Edward that v*,u ..~
Y,~ur, t~ ith rc>pcc r ~ t'.lct'in Charlt's L Mul ford
? 1 Isaac Edge's Windmill. [saac Edge's
~ m,hmll ~t as pn ~babh' the m,~st soph,sticat
one tn thc Nt.w 'York v~c mtt,, at tile tm~e.
Charles H. Wmtteld'. IS74Htstoryof&e
lu~or~ ~(the wmdmdl. Isaac Edge came
.~men*,~ ~n 1801 from England where his
thther,~perated a ~t mdmdl ~n Derbvshtre
ISIS. Edge corotar,stoned the mdlwrights
Bur role., and Oakes to braid a windnull at
Paulu> Hocck on the Nc~ Jersey ~N~re act.
lrt,n~ S~l~attan Nland. ~lield ~tat¢s rb~
.dl the nn<h]nery tt ~r the mill was tmporte.
fr, m~ England and tha~ the windmdl was
"o~nducrcd tn all parnculars like the mdl
,~t Sir. Edge'~ lather m ~rb~ shire." Th~
R.J. Hefn*r. Windmills of Long Island. 1983 79
THEWINTER HARBOR ,~ J,.4a 58
~Tzat plaque in the boulder.
During [he Revolution,
Greetzport ['J?ottt an old
engral'ing l didn't exist.
halfway up the road and later moved it most of the rest of the way. It is
now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Kendall White.
Just as the conversion of.gobins Island Neck into?ew Suffolk was x
beyond the time frame of this book, so was the creation of Greenport
out of the hamlet of Stifling. Even earlier the area had been called
"The Winter Harbor" because it was accessible when Town Harbor at
Southold was closed with ice.
At the time of the Revolution there were about six house-s in Stifling.
The most prominent building was the Constant Booth Inn at the head
of Stifling Creek, where there was a wharf and landing. A huge
boulder in front of the Greenport Presbyterian Church, close to where
the inn stood, has an embedded brass plaque telling about the inn's
most famous visitor, who will be discussed later. Even after the farm
of Capt. David Webb was sold at auction on March 23, 1820 Augustus
Griffin being the auctioneer -- and a rapid real estate development
ensued, the name remained Stifling until 1843, when the inhabitants
opted for Greenport.
East Marionr the Oysterponds Upper Neck of the original Oyster-
ponds Dividend of 1661, and Peconic, once called Heritage, also
became recognized communities in the post-Revolutionary era.
Warren Hall.
'rhere was a time when the land on the eastern end of Long Island was
as filled with spread canvas as the water. The wide sweeping, cloth
covered arms of windmills, as picturesque as those on a Dutch postcard
or those Don Quixote used to tilt at, churned the horizon in every
direction. The South Fork has a few of them left and they are carefully
cherished. The North Fork has none, although originally it ma.~ have
had more than the South Fork.
There were mills of every variety. In addition to the windmills, which
were mainly used to grind grain into flour, there were water mills which
performed the same function less majestically and also turned saws to
slice logs into lumber. There were horse mills, too. with sweating
animals laboriously doing the work of wind or water.
Although the first mention of a mill in the existing Southold town
records was in 1679, there is a structure at Water Mill, tm the Smith
Fork, that dates back to the 1640's and it is unlikely that Southampton's
first settlers were any more ingenious than those who were here In the
1679 record the town voted to give Joshua H~;I-~u: Abraham Corey and
· Daniel Terry two acres on what is s,till knoxy/~ as Mill Hill~ zit the western"
~ edge of S_'o_u!h_old village ".to set a ~3, ind Mi said hind. lying at } me
Pagans, Purx~ans, Patrxots. 1975 -
~ t? The ~%ory of & Small Buildi ~L.
~':% ~e h~d .9~J0,keY Creek lO ~t the west ,,n~ of th~ ll~go 0
"a~d ,~e'Ru~".~hl%e taere il no m~lL there tc(t,~y,~t lea: % '.,are~:~,
,ye i~ood ~here ~aeo"tho %lmo of tho Town Meetin~ on Ap'~tl , ,1679 w:~ea
'o~ed t~% 'Joshua ~or~0n~A~ra~m Corey and Daniel Terr) ~haLl hay: ~a~
· t Pl~l ~e~k,UPOm ~he Hill o~er a~ns~ Peter Dicker~on'. h~ua~ ~r
,bouts.'Peter Dlokerson.a tanner had hi~ home on the nort~ ~lde of t2o
~:~95'5 the P~int ~nd ~ardware Store of G.~.Smith ~tand~ near the .~tre~%. :~.:~,.
that property. - .~ , "
'; '~e Ru~"~t its name from the s~ll stream, of ~ater that ran
m~rt$ umder t~e wgmd Se, the meadow l~nd to the weat.Sewenty-flwe yemra
~r a, a allah'S r[ec ~nd fall'of tide,in normal weather at that
awe~he effcet ef-~ ll[tle running brook,and wa~ fas,inating to watch,-"~,"'.'~J~
~ ' The ,Grea~era~ill" was mowed to Southold from New ~er~ey l~
ha~ been told else
' .' ' ' ' emsll bu ldin attached
er~e w~ll te~ the h~$to~ of a ~l_ [~ to that ~IL'
h, ~, et~'ats,dl~, It wa, attached to the north -lde of the mill'~
tn street near' what is now Oak ~wn Ave, Soon It wa~ bop~ht by
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,I'romffsreal Pe~k's,where it serve~ aa $outhold'~ firmt meat marke$,cond~o.~..~;~..
lama there where ~t was photoEraphed In Au~u~k,195~. .[:'~['
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/ ~ . ~ ,~ ~ .' ~:~ : .~ '~'~~, · , .-
Nary H. W~lls, 1~5~~
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The Lon Life a Buil in,g. Continuc . , , .
~hrough the kind~em~ 06 ~r. Harry Jennings iz was my privilege,in thc
m~r of 1957,to examine the small diary in which.hie grandfazher,Hezikiah
.... ~ -..~
enning, wrote Sown the date and cost o£ his ~urcha~e,and the items of
pense in converting tt into a meat market. I have copied many of them
them dow~ here. ·
August 24~1871.Paid to He2'ry Hunttin'~, Esq.$105.00 ~or the Old
terian Lecture Room. Followln~ are some of items of expense. Carpenter, 7
.t;-~
$15.To. David Conklin for block$5.; nails,e1.37. Llme,12~ bu..1.88.
.. ;~. .
~20 bricks,$5.80;~oses Cleveland,~son,3~ days,,12.~5. ~umbcr,13.77. '. ~"~.; ..
Lumber from New Suffolk,e27.00. Hair for wall,Z0 cents; 8 boards for ~hu$ [~
ters,$~0. The t~tal at the end of the first column was$194.13. ~:;~
Some items from the second' column were,Seth Wells 8~ days work,~lT..00 '
One half bu. lime,G.Sl~ns,$1.00. Plank of C.A.Case,~2.50.Stove,Y. ~[ckh~
~5.00 Stovepipe,O.Brown,$1.50.To Daniel Te~ry,blacksmith,Hinges,$1.25.Bolea,
: ~ . ,
25cents,$ bar~ with 4 bolts, e1.50. Zinc,~2.'30; StallkHooks,~l.20.Six pe~y-~
woreh nails,10cents. Hooks and staples of ~in .50.Seth Wells,5~da~s,~13.~O~'"'~
The total at the end of the 2nd column stood ~t,$248~13.. ' ~'~
In the 3rd 'column we fin~,Doorlock, '~5'. ~eat Hook,D~niel Terry,$1.00[~~
Ledger and Day book,$2.30.~o lamps and standard, $2.50. Roll of Paper,~l,7[~
Dust pan,25 cents. Meat Hook,Dan Terry,10 cents; Crank from sa;ne,.15cente,.j~
~eat Saw,Johnny Terry,$3.7~. Pair of ~alances,~5.00. ~utcher knife,90centst?
Butcher's Steel,~l.25. Scale, ~8.50. Grand To~al, $284.86.
~e buildin~ was set close to the sidewalk and remained a meet ~rket
.. .~
~il It was moved to the rear of .the yard in 1890,where it still stands.A
cellar was built un,er i' at that ti~e,which was used s~ lon~ as the
hinge home was occnpied,as a very excellent root celler for frH!t and regs.i
tables.. The snug little builSin~'itself has been a qeneral storage
B~ilt in 1846 it served s~ an engine room for a mill only two years,then~
,it serve~ the Presb..church for a quarter centnry,as lecture hr. llrnd apl ,~
'forprsyer meetings~sin~n~ school,and sm~ll private schools.~or another,q~
:
-ter century,i-t wa~ a me~t ~rket,lo?l- 90,and for the last 60 year~ ha~ .
watched the worl~ go by from its ~resent location betwee2 the Sayre
and the closed ~ennlnZs House, fn t~e village of oo~thold. ' '.~,~
· '' ' ~ry H.Wells August 5, 1957. "