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Home My WebLink AboutSD-28 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY SD 28 BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE NO. 10110.iL"_719_ DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY, NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME:Town of Snvthold./SPLIA _ DATE: Aovembe.r 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 1. BUILDING; NAME(Sy B.H. Booth residence American Legion Hall 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN]CITY:Southold-VILLAGE:Southold 3. STREET LOCATION: Main Road, Route 25, west side, corner Tuckers Lane 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private 5. PRESENT OWNER: American Legion ADDRESS: same t;_ USE: Original: Residence Present: Legion Hall 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC. Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION K. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f, shingles Ei g. stucco ❑ other: 1). STRUCTURAL. a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑ SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members X1 (if' kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls❑ d, metal (explain) e. other Brick foundation 10. CONDITION: a• excellent ❑ b. good 21 c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTI=G;RITY. a. original site ❑ b. moved ❑ if so,when" c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Modern shingles. Aluminun covers the original cornices, cornice returns, and heads of round-topped windows. SD-RSM V-6 'Tntrance and brick sups not original. 12. PIIOTO: 13. MAP. N.Y.S. DOT Southold Quad From north Past Front (east) and north elevation � Southold ml R f Cem f i ,`:'$�. i'..ENE•Ko 11 p r SD .28 r. 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known It b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. other: inappropriate alterations 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. Karn❑ b, carriage house 0 C. garage ❑ d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: j. other: IG. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ❑ b. woodland ❑ c. scattered buildings d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential FX h.other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) The�tof Southold is -of low to medium densityl the Main Road is lined with large trees and well--spaced houses with lawns and greenery. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): Large 2-story irregular Italianate house with low--angle able roofs and 3-story tower at corner between wings. /4 windows. Paired round-topped windows in 3rd floor tower and on gable ends of main house. 2-story, 3-bay gable roof wing with 6/6 windows on rear. Large 1-story gable roof extension behind the house. SIGNIFICANCE I1). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Dri or to 1873 ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 0. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: B.H. Booth residence in 1873. Original wood sash remains. Oliver Mayo in 1909. There was a Booth house on this property on the 1858 map. It may have bean supplanted by the present house. Barna.bas H. Booth was an architect and builder. I. SOURCES: Beers, Comstock, Cline. Atlas of Long Island. Southold Insert p. 184. 1$73 F . Belcher-Hyde. Atlas of Suffolk County, L. I. Yob 21 North Side. Sound Shore. 1909. Plate 26 lHL! 1e: Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant. ever 's Day Nostalgia Q, NovEmBER 1985 A s we honor veterans on November 11,we appreciate 1919".Among the local living veterans who remember lAanew the freedom they helped preserve.When the that war and the Armistice which ended it are Carl Vail, Declaration of Independence was signed, early South- John Bucci,Ev Goldsmith and John Courtenay. old settlers raised a flag upon a pole at the site of the The Southold-Peconic War Memorial'in beautiful present Monument Corner.This was called the Liberty Triangle Park was dedicated in 1975 to"Peace-in Honor Pole.Years later,when the pole was taken down,its top of All Those Who Served Our Country".The names of section with weather vane was placed on the steeple of those who lost their lives in World War 11, Korea and the First Universalist Church where it may still be seen Vietnam are carved into the marble stones of this hand. today. The pole is pictured in this issue standing next some monument and include Frank Stankewicz, Peter door to the home of Barnabas Booth. Ostroski, Walter Ebbitt, Robert Ewin, Louis Kroleski, The story goes that in the early 1860's Barnabas Harvey Redden, Terry Overton, Gilbert Terry, Robert Horton Booth had lumber delivered to his Main Street lot Byrnes, George Miner and Robert Aldrich. The proud in preparation for building a new home.Then Barnabas flag flying over this spot is a reminder of that long-ago answered the call to duty to serve in the Union army.All flag which was raised on the Liberty Pole to celebrate during the Civil War years the lumber lay on the property, the gift of independence and freedom. and Barnabas lived to return from battle and to build a handsome home which still stands as the remodeled American Legion Hall. The Soldiers Monument was placed where the Liberty Pole once stood.The Ladies Monumental Union wanted to honor Civil War veterans and held suppers and entertainments to raise$1800 for a memorial.A popular dressmaker on the hardworking committee selected the design and so the familiar Union soldier standing at parade rest" was dubbed"Abbie's Man"by the villag- ers.The land. where the statue stands was once a public pound where all animals running loose around Southold were penned.This land was given to the Ladies Union for the monument's location and was named Budd's Park in honor of Lt.John Budd whose home was located nearby on the north side of Tuckers Lane. (This house served as a tavern,Universalist meeting place,home of r J.W. Huntting and for 30 years the home of Southold Savings Bank. In 1908 it was moved to its present site by the railroad tracks on Tuckers Lane.)At the dedication of the Civil War monument,May 30, 1887, thousands came,the oldest being Sam Vail,age 97,a veteran of the War of 1812. Under the statue had been placed historic papers and a box of coins. Little Edith Prince and Fred Hummel,children of veterans,unveiled the statue.After �4 the speeches,people crowded around the monument to read the names on each side,giving thanks that a divided nation was now united. In years to come other monuments would be erected to the memory of Southold veterans.On the library lawn stands the World War I memorial "Given by the village in honor of the men and women who answered the call of their country to fight for world-wide liberty 1917- 86 SD 28 h The Barnobas Horton Booth home, now Southold's Griswold-Terry-Glover Post 803, Southold American Legion(see the PBS, May 1985, The Birth of Southold's American Legion by Sam Sander)as it stood circa 1875 fust a few years after its completion. The beauty of the structure exemplified the style of homes that graced the main street of many American towns during the post Civil War period. The large pole (right)stood where the Civil War Monument now stands In Southold's Budd's Pork,and was known as the Liberty Pole. (Photo courtesy of Virginia Gohier.) VETERAN'S DAY NOSTALGIA by Becky Terry s we honor our veterans on November 11,we appreciate anew the freedom they helped preserve. When the Declaration of Independence was signed, early Southold settlers raised a TA flag upon a pole at the site of the present Monument Corner. This was called the Liberty Pole. Years later, when the pole was taken down, its top section with weather vane was placed on the steeple of �"f the First Universalist Church where it may still be seen today.The pole is pictured in this issue standing next door to the home of Barnabas Booth. The story goes that in the early 18Ws Barnabas Horton Booth had lumber delivered to his Main Street lot in preparation for building a new home. Then Barnabas answered the call to duty to serve in the . Union army. All during the Civil War years the lumber lay on the +�f + property, and Barnabas lived to return from battle and to build a hand- some home which still stands as the remodeled American Legion Hall. The Soldiers Monument was placed where the Liberty Pole once ` stood.The Ladies Monumental Union wanted to InonorCivil Warveterans and held suppers and entertainments to raise$1800 for a memorial. A popular dressmaker on the hardworking committee selected the design r and so the familiar Union soldier standing at"parade rest"was dubbed .... "Abhie's Man"by the villagers. The land where the statue stands was once a public pound where all animals running loose around 'Southold were penned.This land was given to the Ladies Union for the monument's location and was named Budd's Park in honor of Lt. John Budd whose home was located nearby on the north side of Tuckers Lane. (This house served as a tavern, Universalist meeting place, home of J.W. Hunning ` and for 30 years the home of Southold Savings Bank. In 1908 it was * moved to its present site by the railroad tracks on Tuckers Lane.) At `' Otis m,•. , the dedication of the Civil War monument, May 30, 1�, thousands came,the oldest being Sam Vail,age 97,a veteran of the War of 1812. Under the statue had been placed historic papers and a box of coins. Little Edith Prince and Fred Hummel, children of veterans, unveiled the statue. After the speeches, people crowded around the monument to read the names on each side, giving thanks that a divided nation was now united. In years to come other monuments would be erected to the memory of Southold veterans. On the library lawn stands the World War I "Abble's Man" (at parade rest)stands as a tribute to the Men of memorial "Given by the village in honor of the men and women who Southold that served in the Union Army during the Civil War. answered the call of their country to fight for world-wide liberty 1917- 19'". Among the local living veterans who remember that war and the Continued on nage 15 Peconic Bay Shopper. Nov. 6 , 1985 Preserving Your Bit of History The Peconic Bay Shopper November 6, 1985 3 R i 6 � '... a ...:. ... x ii: •4p n . , ;3 s �n;�•s Lam"'. .,_•'„�pp�w � The Barnabas Horton Booth home, now Southold's Griswold-Terry-Glover Post 803, Southold American Legion (see the PBS, May 7985, The Birth of Southold's American Legion by Sam Sander) as it stood circa 7875 just a few years after its completion, ca The beauty of the structure exemplified the style of homes that graced the main street of many American towns during the N Post Civil War period. The large pole (right) stood where the Civil War Monument now stands in Southold's Budd's Park, and 00 was known as the Liberty Pole, (Photo courtesy of Virginia Gohier.) VETERAN 'S DAY NOSTAI GIA SD 28 ATUERICAN LEGION HALT, i i� SOUTHOLD AND ITS PEOPLE= IN REVOLUTIONARY DAYS bare of back undergoing the lash at the hands of the sheriff. Persistence brought the stocks and here the youth of the day found one of his sports. A person confined was subject to a bombardment of over-ripe eggs and such vegetables as scerned more suitable for quick handling than for home consumption. When Tryon invested the rown, one of the first things the riff-riff did Was to Uproot the stocks and the pillory and make way with the ducking stool. 'rbc latter was saved and for mashy vears was in the possession of the late Hubbard Paync. Like rnany nother thing, it has been lost. The Southold of 1776, and now I st=em: of the village proper. was a prosperous caniral. I io!ding the tonin mertin�- had served to rctaiah the ascendancy of tine parent village. wihicih in earlier days had been threatened by Oysterponds and it., tobacco plantations. The Booth family had specialized in fast horses, and the town's first racece ra * tended rom the cattle pound in front of the Braddick house, once the mansion of John Budd, cousin to the Royal .hottae of Warwick and great- grandson of Henry VII. It is now the residence of Daniel Halsel Hor. ton, owner of the Barna:bas Ho-.ton Cas!:, It extended to the rua �t the foot of what had come to be known as Mill Hill. HerG F' the road was reserved for fast horses of the town and the oxen had to � -keep to E. c si es of the road., So grcar was the boorli restlge in thin,-, I s ortin, t!-.at we find as matter oF common knowledge that the house on the sores o_ is erson s __rec: was ca e. the lockev House. The pre- r sumption is that they had imported a Jockeyskill to handle their horses. Tlhe youth of the town found plenty to do, and the long summer evenings found them throwing the iron bar, wrestlinp, lifting weiglhts, a feat in which none had ever been able to excel Isaac Overton, the strong man of Southold, or Lymas Reeve, of Mattituc'•c. who held the champion- ship at the western end of the town. T hest vxo were nor contemporary, but the tales of their prodigious strength served the youth of the entire town for many generations. Quoits and a form of bowls callecl 'Dick,: on the Roc::' werc ever Popular. Cards were played in the taverns and in the homes of some of the rich. The town records carry the information that apprentices must not play dice, but nothing was said in regard to attending cocking mains. By 1774, this form of sport had been forbidden by the Continental Con• gress, but we find Gideon Salmon making a pair of 'cokrel spirts' for r young Conklino after this date. The remains of the cock' main may still be seen in the hollow at the lower end of the George H. Wells farm. This spot, wh(Ire 'Once the Harvest' Moine Festival was herd had been the cock-pit ol the booth aindy who held these acres for nhany Perhaps the outstanding sport of that day was shooting at the mark. l5 by — Whyland Jefferson 1932