Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutSD-30 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM ` DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD UNIQUE SITE N0.1 r�3-f 6-r](TED Q NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK (51 R)474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: A- Elaine Breese DATE: March 3,6y 1978 765-3644(res. ) YOUR ADDRESS: BgX 221 Southold.N Y. TELEPHONE: ,cit 6-76!5—�A�o-ff ORGANIZATION (if any): First Uniy'prgal p;t Church of „t-';g3d_ IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): Firgt, TTnj,vers« J_S:L Qhi1rcb uthold 2. COUNTY: 5uffoI k = TOWN/CITY:Sa1�:LbQ1d 3. STREET LOCATION:Nai 33 RRc,,f 1 5 i� Al T(A r`R �N. 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public C1 b. pr' ate s. PRESENT OWNERniversalist riur ADDRESS: Main Road, Southold, N.Y. 6. USE: Original: worS 1p Present: worship 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible From public road: Yes ® No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain Yes, church usu _lly open. DESCRIPTION cls.t S. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone KI c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. sidled ER g. stucco ❑ other: E). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints R1 SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑ (if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a• excellent ❑ b. good 13 c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site R1 b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Decorative wood work above cor— nice removed. (?) 1877-78 - Gallery renovated- vestibule added., also pews. Two rear windows removed. 1903- Pulpit platform enlarged. 1907—steeple re- built(exact replica) . 1910- Parish Mall and Kitchen added-east and rear. i2lhlid;«: 1921- Organ installed } /, : 1926- Front of church altere4 to install Mitchell painting. h t+JN:xS�d. C�In. 40 0 1 F le p i rr i 1� 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known qP b.zoning El c. roads El d. developers e. deterioration ❑ f. other: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ® and p�_.rso17.-:.?ge d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: j. other: Parish hall connected. Extra lot and house. 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ❑ b. woodland ❑ c. scattered buildings a d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential Ej h.other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) This sty}rk, early 19th church vis- ually dominates tl-.e sweeping curve of Main Rodd (Route 25) leading to South- hold village. A Civil War monument is set in a tiny triangular pork opp6- site . Widely spaced residences surround,including the Cleveland-Churnev.s house also built in 1835f by Nilliam CochrL-in. Constructed at the same time it s t�� 4, U- 04–W-40 AR T, } =p' s�'i •Pthe.r h' tori bui dins inc u ung mten r`f'ea ures known are nearby, including the Robert Hempstead House and The Budd House,in 1830 's The Cochran Inn. 18. Added sheet Extra Photographs included. 20. added sheet SIGNIFICANCE 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1835-37 ARCHITL:CT:Ri6har.d lathers BUILDER: 4�`i7liarn Cochr .n 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: 21. SOURCES: Cj.urch Records Lon; Island Tr"avele-P, - Larch 18, 1908 plus articles undated. An Architectural Journey Through Longi; Island by August Viemeister Page 46. r 22. THEM : Preservation Notes- October 1977(S.P. of L.I. I!L-atiquities) Long Island: n lii tory of two Gree t Counties Vol. 1 Artistic Achievement of a Rural 002Munity - Brooks F r � 18. Other notL.ble I-e_.tures of bui.ldin.-� ane!. site: 1. Griginal double 6 panel front doors (flush, beaded inside) with original box lock and key. 2. Beaded Danelling surrounds gallery. 3. Qrigin-.l windows. 20. tistorical and Lrchitectursl Importance A. Architectural; The c-h-urch presents a well- rrop:>rtioned Greek ileviv� l facade with Federal corner pilasters. The pointed windows, battlemented tower and tL�.11 belfry suggest Gothic style. Lower roof pitch and cornices suggest the Greek Revive.l style. The Palladian Gothic v:indow is f-mious among architects beci-tuse it is the only one in existence. B. History 1. First Universz.list Church on L. I. outside of 3rooklyn. 2. Only Universalist church still in existence on L. I. 3. Founded upon principles of religious liberty. 4. Founder-s, ministers and members community leaders. 5. 1835 constitution rem"irIcable for its liberal thought. 6. Center of cultural growth (education, art, music, drams.) for Southold town. 7? Constant use for original purpose except from 1863-77 when Southold Lyceum used it. 8. Direct descendent,--- still in congregation. 9. Zine example of Lathers-Cochran work. YA. ... • r tN of _. - _ �°:1'a who knew biro and -ciC.e s ss: c I93t?. Y remcrrllaer s masa z'eetin i Southold in ye Olden Times es that ear on the green lawn. The [., i • a y have heard of him in Southald. I tr; 8y H. 1HUF38ARa CLEVELAND ;�7 9peake, p:atforri.was erected against the liberty of quoting from it f.eely. e.7 _ f the rear of the church. Affcr Ilfr. He says '•hlp n a'_er-.rai grav- C l ' Cut.hrcr baug�! the Davie piece he �grandfather Dawson was air Ergl' Yn the fall of 2907 Boss I:iehard thy_------ - --- _._._ _ �• moved .halian :roil to the east side of rector in a smut[ parish forty }•:gin• L S. Sturges tore down and rebuilt the +� ^r ? the O'd house, which was Eorn•,Io vn a hay Bon died a member of I'arharne K�'.�t t.Ge:V Vl`A rC 51!I!' steeple of the Universalist church. It i e. The hall wash again I My paternnl great-grnndfather r: !;as an enact copy of the old decoyed moved to the rear r: the lot nrid is now Seotch IIighlandcr, a colonel in b sn ueed by :sir. Eustnce as an automut.iie British arm hip tr steeple vrnich had become unsafe to rz�m �{- paren a scttl-gid f gain+gc. Several rnonthe a _ stand longer. The late I3arnabaa II. I o I clrancr�l South Carolina, in which state rn•r c:. r t Booth, v.ho wall an architect end c r to 1,: iii this hall when a circular win- manhood wan pau sed. {Ir'athing is : i N 'r builder, once Raid to me that he con- k clove arwh vans taken gut to [;laze, and alxiut his buy hood or beir g in Scut} 0[�1 Tt eidered the architecture of that church MY attention wns called to w name with� ir. Cochran V�34-7.) Under 0 " perfect in every detail,- The church I�� � � n :�ritte n With I,,u1 I+encil in et plain hand, cnmmisgicin o ,rn ei nrr I icrce But O _- ,d � A "Richard Llit4urn (0 was built by Wm. D...Coc�rn the . April 22, ix33G." the [aero of o r 4iexicr,n ;r�r, I bcc:: d * r Edward and +- I'he Univeraaliat church was dcdi- a colonel of the Thirty fl rat Rgin: g_andfat.hcr of ]tarn, g Frank Cochran. it y cnt,sd August, I837, by Ftcv, Abe! C. of the Sicity of Sot tlr Carolina in is h Mr. Cochran came from New '`fork 2.�(t(En �� 11 Thomas. Rev. William rishbouzh watt sad boat t[ia same tir•:c I heca�re _~ a to Southold in I834 to build the hotme ptc �" the ,1rstPslstgr. A:rusirn]instrumcnt, Brni,,r vrnrdcn of the L'piecnra[ chc for my father, in which I no:+: reeide. � t, eaLed a nernphine, has ;)lue-d in the of the parish rrince George Wing lie hopt the hotel opposite m home t:, choir f;ullery". Albert G. Case, father : By the assistance of frienJ's I ez �:"• p PP p . d now known as "I1unUinghurst," from ;r of )Ira. henry L'oclsran, Iilnycd it. I embarked ns a junior partner in an 0:4. t 1834 till 1$41, whcri he bought the Gil- When Boss Sturges razed the church tensive mcreanule business in Geo; atceple last November brat L. Davie [,lace, where his grand-, 7,,6, the name of town. South Carolina, and in IS; 4_ daughter, Mrs. Iielen Cochran Lustace, I Richard I.uthel•s was again fo+_,nd writ- opened n commission business at ' now has her ele,:ant sunnier home, i t(.n in twverr,l places, alio the names of• Broad St.. \'ccv York, branching L "T}alizcn I1;=11" wag crecte+l by Yr. I l-i�mas A. Terris Frank 1t'cils, henry ingurnnre and hlnkis,g, and bre: t Cochran in 2$3b-G. It stood next we;;t 'I Corwin and c,tl,crs. Terry, Wells an,[ a�,nt fur c„tton sn:,n+afvcturers. 1+:+ ni tLe Universa church. The tSrrt Corwin are old :aisrily n:nicg ill SUuth- 1 fl•,or was ua*•d for his c;:rllenter shop ; old, but i lla\C been repeatedly aske(I, and insurance curnpanicc of -talc Sot l and the hall above wvu u concert roam. - '•Who w°us Richard Latheri?" and ultimately president of the Gr L NN'crtern Alariuc Insurance Co. of N The Southold Tippercanoe Club met r T'h�'ru circ two or three very aged York, with ngt;nts in London, U, . there durins; this murif,rabla ctimllai;4n _•, -' -Iperrons now livinE; in Southold who - know Mr. Luthera. }Ie wall as no,.iatecl pool, flavrc and Antwerp, as wi.11 Will) A'.r• CUClcran And cnmc with [lain to the chief maritime ports of Ar r Ica. I wus chairman of tl:e Fina from Now York to build illy father'R hoaY,, to have often heard my Committee of the Directors of t e I n:gthcs�sprak of Mr. I.nthers aw a Railroad in 1164. From all of t`•. occilp;tion; including xny connec` genteinn 1 nly,relirlud and studiousy°ocng man. Ile was a lover of art unci dry I With the baric Railroad,I retired`:,1 ,. . ; voted some time io drav+ing, architec- when I received the sumptuous din tura and landscape gardening. ;h.out sok ui silver presented to me at : Of khe Iticchellc by [Ion tij'il]iar z M. E t ter• o n UJ8snrti church, which ap- pears ieUf of the Great Western �Ir ' � .: _'• i,ears in thin article, has been made Insurance Company, after an of] _ a ,'. ; r from a huge water color dra:vinfi made ' 1 •` morn thin si ears a-> and successful service of fifteen Y Y �o I,p Richard This in brief is ,nay business recori i I.atticrs while living tri Southold. .A.t a later dntc fir. I.l:tlicrs v;;:a under th,• ("fo be continued) - }taitic-t of Alexan!lor J. I:nvir:, the lie- a't: tl-ire hetl artist in Nov.- l_ .. .. ' __. l v.- York Unir._r- :site, where lie mudo the a c `. ° Mand prcf;ted by it, of Yrofe9stiir Morse, P I i1,entor of theelectric teles raphi, hen `�"'^ '�' a::r.T.3.:.-, •,':,�',e+t+t rr ',�,'�`t •• a,�„ I t'� J'' lil�'.lri ed painter, wi105f: SVG:lig `'y �-=+^'iO ' ''��• •r"+r'"*-••o'''+t.r.,•L�:,.•,.,} u_� .�.,�, ;.,-.l i vitae „ith the first in American art. r Vniverssaiist chs>retl:- Thedrat S:orv:snaro 01s3fersailynaroe* 1n fxr.th- South Poor waa used for his carpenter sbop old, but I have btrra rap r-atedly m„c;:cct .'�r"i Insaran�r wrap ie'v! tth G- . - "Who waa Richard I-sth-_rn 7- i and chirnate.y prerid�_r.t ,,f the %seat e ' and the hall above was a concert room. +rs - �� I R't.:'ma Marine is.asz::a:•ee Cr.,. of New r Tho Southold Tippereanoe Club met Thera care two or n & very s;±a9 a - . � � Yvri, x•itl, tgeate ir. .'�J�La4ft, Lirer- there during; the memorable campaign ,If�rson9 now li+tali in �`c�;tt�•.r; x}.•.� t,r,l, I.sarrt ar., ' + I Aa:w e ,�, a� a e.l as with r. CochLathran d me with est n Ln %.Y,t ch�tf s.ant}rrse ;f,rta of Amer- ' with BS r, Cochiun and carne with him „,. •:,,' ; from New York to build my father'rs icn, i was ctai-rraa of t`_e Finance N II house sn 9h3r, I have often heard my i Committee of the Directors of the Erie good mother speak of 31r. Lathers as n i Railroad in 1S5r, From all of these j gentlemanly,re(lned and studious;young I'occupations, including my connection mrsn' l-ic was a lover of art and des with the Erie railroad,I retired in i_• i j l voted some time to draxin when I received the su rptuous 6:aner-i �, • j• g, architec- lure and landscape gardening. The cut set of silver prcrent,•sJ to nae at New = ' of the Universalist church, which ap- I Rochelle by Hop.. P.:Jlia n M. Evartson pears in this article, has been made behalf of the Great R'estern 5iar.^e rr s� Insurance Company, after an ofF.cial from a large water color drawing made and successful service of fifteen years. more than aisxty years n o by Richard This in brief is my business record." L 1 of a Y athers while living in Southold, At a later date Mr. Loathers was under the (To be continued) tuition of Alexa ncler J. Davis, the clic- `` tingulsihed artist in Now York Univer- ' isity, where he made the acquaintance, n 4 ���}Y �!• q� land profited by it, of Professor Mo:"ae, V.- .•... `1 �, %,, inventor of the ele-etric telegraph, then ' r ;a divtinguishe'd painter, whose werha e rank with the first in American art. Bich.rd Lathers probably passed three r _ • s `_— a tasefui years in Southold. His death occurred Sept. 17, 9903„ wlsen in his 1 i t j I q if L,i: ±,=,,,•Beth year, I recently ,to, by his _i •grave near 'Trinity Church, New Ro- t r i t s chelle. I also had the pleasure of meet- ` t t ti ing Richard Lathers, Jr., and his sister 1 + Agnes, who.ic reaidrnces aro in New Rochello and New York respectively. - - I wap uhown every courtesy by them rnd prcacntcd with n picture of their father, together with a biographical r.,. L: — t._:; Itketch, furnished by request of Flan- drenu Post, 509. G. A. R., on his ci;h- 1 SOUTHOLD UNIVERSALIST QIIVRCII, FrtOw1 A WATFn COLOR DRAWING j ty-flrot birthday. Thia ::say interest BY rtICIIARD LATIIERB ABOUT IKV,-t . r _ " //�rff - .! .• - .*•• ••%/• - - yam•'.. . . • wt lr..���� ..y,/' . ,•}y\.+t.,yr,�.!•.,.1,+�•.. 4 .. "i •♦ r ^. Y T- {'.. .'' .. -.• .� s �Y-�.,y.,�..L tr- .«- •rr..,.:,.,...,�.�� �!^•,., .ISL T' i, =^ '-� �� +_ i ': V' �•••� '. , ,,.• �- "- f. w , t a'• r aa.""'�.'•'L'� t/ .{p.rin.!St .v r:a, t t i• .% • f" ' .. ...e._y ..'r•, - i `.�'4+�yr's�Yif�WNn+.�/ftai�P .°nrul'ySL'•.�.+a��.•:7�r. �'.:,. .. w,.t .�:. .n.. ..J:.1+•�. w�' '•f. • ,�:. :•:9„w try• 163 - NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC TRUST STATEWIDE SURVEY OF HISTORIC SITES AND BUILDINGS I. Name (Common and Historic) Universalist Church of Southh1 d Location 2. Suffolk 3. Southo ld 4. County Town Village or City 5. Address or Location mo(w Rd i QSide i or Toc*; / LAA Religious 6. Type Federal 7. Subject or Theme Architectural 8. Date of Construction 1835 9 . Architect (If Known) 10. Builder (If known) 11. Original Owner Universaist Church of Southold 12. Original Use Church 13. Present Owner Universalist Church of Southold Name Southold, L. I . Address 14. Present Use Church IS . Physical Condition Good 16. Surveys None 17 . Future Action Federal Register 18. Surveyed by R. Wiggins, Cuddebackville, N. Y. , March, 68. Date Surveyed DSP-23 History and Significance: " Excel.! ent country Federal styled semi-whimrsical church in excellent state of preservation. There have bean very few changes. There is the usual New En ?land architectural atmosphere, but the tower is so original that it may be considered indiginous to the area. The congregation is small, but the building is well maintained. Sources of Information: PlaVe. Photograph: Date Direction of View March 68. N. E. Map Location: GS Coordinates ve�G d D 2S s d - a N - - FOR OFFICE USE ONLY SD 30 ' + BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORMRED . _ UNIQUE SITE NO. "* . _ DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK {5181474-01479 1 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: -�L• laS nine Breeaa. DATE: i�_j_reh I C) 1� 765-3644(res. ) YOUR ADDRESS: B© r TELEPHONE: 51 6—'7ti5_3494 -9-ff ) ORGANIZATION (if any): First Uniyeraal i st 01,ur of .:ni.�t of d IDENTIFICATION `? T-ni zPraZJiQtI. BUILDING NAME(S): 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY:, „t 1 i VILLAGEZouthold 3. STREET LOCATION: !Z'ia j n Roan 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public 1:1b pr ate 5. PRESENT OWN ERniversalist G ur ADDRESS: Main Road Southold, IN.Y. 6. USE: Original: worship Present: worshito 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain yes churchusuully open. DESCRIPTION cut 8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone X] c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. A f E. g. stucco ❑ other: 1J STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints El SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑ (if known) c. masonry load bearing walls❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good PF c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ I I. INTEGRITY: a. original site b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Decorative wood work above colt"= nice removed. ( ?) 1877-78 - Gallery renovated- vestibule added, also peers. Two rear windows removed. 1903- Pulpit platform enlarged. 1907-Steeple re- built(exact replica) . 1910- Parish Hall and Kitchen added-east and rear. 1921- Org,-n installed YV, : 1926- Front of church altereuX to install 'Mitchell painting. oiq a.lop h �+ J v" SD 30 RED 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known b. zoning❑ c. roads 0 d, developers e. deterioration El f, other: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn El b. carriage house ❑ c. garage EX and p.'rsonage d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: j. other: Parish I L),11 connected,, extra lot and house. 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ❑ b. woodland ❑ c. scattered buildings 11 d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g, residential Ej h.other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) This st�.rk,early 19th church vis- ually dominates the sweeping; curve of main Road (Route 25) leading to South- hold village. L Civil War monument is set in a tiny triangular park opp6- site. 'didely spaced residences surround,including the Clevel,-.nd-Ch�rnews Louse also built in 1835 by Y'Iilliam CochrEn. Constructed at the sane time it s�t t .�J her h�iM?rid bui dings Inc u mg int r ea I known: are nearby, including the Robert Hempstead House and The Budd House,in 1830 's The Cochran Inn. 18. Added sheet Extra Photographs included. 20. added sheet t SIGNIFICANCE 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1835-37 ARCHITECT:Ri hayd Latbgrfl BUILDER: William Co hn-m —') 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: 21. SOURCES: Clurch Recor' s Long Island Traveler• - March -18, 1908 plus articles und,I.t An Architectural Journey Through Long Island,. by :,ugust Viemeister Page 46. 22. THEME: Preservation Notes- October 1977(S.P. of L.I. �_ntiqui Long Island: A Hi -tory of Two r re- t Counties Vol. 1 Artistic Achievement of a lural Community - Brooks r 4 1 � f 'A S 1• � � 4 1 1 k TA sw �l .} .. Southold437-1878 • Church i r O r"fir } i M p � - � SD 30 RED a _ 1 Preservation Notes/Society for the Preservation of Long island Antiquities/October 1977 i i � h � r y•- - First Universalist Church,Southold. "This water color painting of the First Universalist Church of Southold was done by Richard Lathers in 1836.He was an artist,architect and landscape gardener,who had corse from New York with William D. Cochran the builder of the church (1836-37) The water color appears to be the exterior of the church as designed by Cochran and Lathers prior to the actual building." LOCAL HISTORIES RECEIVED Bgllport, A Historical Community, Village Vignettes at Early Huntington, Huntington &Bellport,Bellport,L.I.$1.50, Historical Society,Huntington,L.I.$4.00. Cold Spring Harbor,Historic District Zoning. Merricks,Memories of the.Historical Society Town of Huntington,Huntington,L.I. of the Merricks,22795,Merrick Avenue,Mer rick.L.I.$4.50. Dering Harbor,The Smallest Village. Shelter New Lots, Brooklyn,A History of. Alter F, island Historical Society.Shelter Island,L.I. Landesman, Kennikat Press Corp., 90 S. $6.50 soft cover. Bayles Avenue,Port Washington,L.I.$8.95, East Hampton and the American Revolution. Oyster Bay. Walls Have Tongues. Oyster Bay East Hampton Town Bicentennial Commit- Historical Society,Oyster Bay,L.I.$8.64 in- tee,Inc.,East Hampton,L.I.$2.95. cluding tax. Farmingdale's Story. Farms to Flights.Wel- Quogue As We Remember It. The Quogue don E.Howitt Junior High School,Farming- Historical Society,Quogue.L.I.$6,00. dale,I.J.$3.50' The Sayville Community, A History of Garden City Historical Society Cook Book, Charles P.Dickerson,P.O.Box 6,Sayville, Garden City Historical Society,Garden City, L,L $5,00, L.I. $5.50. Syosset, Looking Back On. Patricia A. Huntington. An Island's People, Harriet G. Tunison, 38 Robert Circle, Syosset, L.I. and Andrus T.Valentine,$0 Titus Lane,Cold $1.00. Spring Harbor,L.1.,$7,95, Thomaston, Village of,Inc.Village of Thom- The Huntington Common (The Village aston,Great Neck,L.L ;2.00. Green), Huntington Historical Society,Hunt- West Islip,First History of.Gerald and Judith ington,L.L;2.00. Wilcox,P.O.Box 191,West Islip,L.1$6 00. 11 SD 30 f RED tower entrance, flanked by Ionic pilasters sup- A public building of another type, Clinton porting a heavy segmental pediment is of a gen- Academy at East Hampton, is exactly contem- eral type used as early as the 1720's in more porary with the church at Huntington and is advanced areas.11 The lateral entrances are not equally retardataire in style. Except for the one- centered on their walls, and the small-scaled storied roofed porch spanning the facade, and circular windows are naive design elements in- the open bell cupola athwart the roof ridge, no- deed. The interior, a large one for its region, has thing distinguishes this large five-bayed, clap- rear and side galleries, and the framing is braced boarded, gambrel-roofed structure from a super- in a ship-like manner." The attractiveness of this for dwelling in exterior appearance. It is highly fine church lies in its unaffected "country" look, unusual for Suffolk County, however, in having The smaller First Presbyterian Church at brick end walls. Masonry construction, except for Smithtown was built by George Curtis forty-three ARmneys, is rare indeed in the area. The con- years later than the Huntington church. Although cave lower slopes of the gambrel roof, the flaring by 1827 the details are, as one would expect, in eaves, and the elongated ogee profile of the oc- tagonal belfry roof give a slightly baroque look to this otherwise rather sober building.14 the earlier church are still in evidence. Except for scale, the major basic difference between the two A structure which is as much a machine as a is that the tower of the latter is inserted, project- building, Old Hook Mill at East Hampton, was ing only slightly. The arched windows and corner built in 1806, the third windmill on the site. It is pilasters contribute a certain air of Federal ele- attributable to Nathaniel Doming, miller, and gance, and there is a hint of Gothic style in the /once-im iffe in essentials from earlier mills of corner spirelets of the three upper tower stages. rves both as a significant relic of a The Palladian window above the entrance wasrtant local activity and as a reminder already passe in urban areas, but the entranceyline of the whole area was once punc- itself has an up-to-date elliptical arch. The rearmany of these little towers with their additions are twentieth-century. rms." By 1837, when William D. Cochran built the erange Webb House at Orient Point, Universalist Church of Southold, the romantic which once served as an inn, was moved from notion that Gothic is the appropriate style for Greenport and dates from 1720. The large paired churches had gained currency, and Cochran did chimneys indicate a central hall plan. What ap- his best to conform. The Greek Revival was also pears to be an unusual academic design element, filtering into the countryside. The lower roof a belt course between the first and second floors pitch, cornices, and entrance of this church show of the clapboard five-bayed front, actually indi- Greek Revival influence. The pointed windows cates the position of a balcony, now missing. The and battlemented tower with its tall octagonal thin-muntined sash are obviously replacements. belfry crowned with spirelets are in the Gothic The most noteworthy feature of this building — manner of the time. The attenuated corner pilas- the reason for considering it essentially Federal ters, elliptical gable window, and window over in aspect — is the portico, which is almost cer- the entrance are sufficiently conspicuous features tainly a post-Revolutionary element.18 Six slender to justify classifying this building as essentially piers support a light entablature which spans the Iate Federal survival in style. In some unaccount- facade but does not return at the sides, and the able way, the stylistic mixture produced a really gabled roof sweeps down in a concave arc. This charming church, which ought to be famous for rare portico gives the house considerable dignity having perhaps the only Gothic Palladian win- and is a significantly early example of its type. dow in existence." Another example of eighteenth-century house The Architecture of Suffolk County.ti Catalogue. Heckscher Museum N.Y. April 25-May 30, 1971 SD 30 y xn�a �f i 11. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, SMITHTOWN I.I. OLD HOOK MILL George Curtis, Builder 1 15, ORANGE WEBB HOUSE 12. THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SOUTHOLD William D. Cochran, Builder f NX all _. r _ ? 16. ROBEIIT HEMPSTEAD HOUSE 13. CLINTON ACADEMY 4 TARED WADE HOUSE "The Architecture of Suffolk County" Heckscher Museum 1971 13 1 i item • Q +gam. of 1814. I rerncmbe mass 'retcrttn � O Who knew him and o']:c s m. �✓a `'''" Southold i£' ye Olden Y 1i,; .�s �that year on Lhe green lawn. fi have hear of him in Southold. I tat r The t '' t 9pea4ars' p:atfarrt,`.a® erected a R'Hirst the liberty of quoting :t fro it freels, N.r-''• '. � By HUDBARp CLEVELAND �;�7 - ti the rra,r of the church. Af{er Rlr. I He says: "lily maternal gr^c Cuthrns b+u.�h: tnc Ls„)e p(acc he ,grandfather Dawson was an Erg(' h In the fall 01 190? Boas P.ichard ihr. -- '- - ( moved ^.'halian :tall to the east a'de of rector in a small Parish forty y-gin S. Sturges Lore down and rebuilt the ? .he r,,d I Ov3e, which Wes torn•,;Io:un a his son died a member of Ya-harne F �� 1J�1 c> ��� f y piternaF great-grandfat`;e: 1 ; l steeple of the Universalist church. It +� err scare since. 1]te hall was a sin At vas an exact copy of the old decayed moves to the rear rf the lot nod is now Scotch IIirillander, a colonel is steeple vriiich had become unsafe to I LE I . +. 'Wed by Air, Euataca. >YutcltuuLide British army. 111v p.r-cots sett].° r stry . L _ stand longer. The late Barnabas 11, S y C. Several racathe dao I ch;nc..•d South Carolina, in,wh:ch state my e:: ice'a t Booth, who wu(s an architect and a to bl! ilt .his 1,1111 when a circular win- manhood was passed. (NL� int;'i,4 :p iC [ dote sni,lt suns t-lkr:n Out to 91lize. and almut his boyhood or bcir.;; in Svut, �(cl builder, once Raid to me that lie con- , r rn attention was rallecr to a name with 4iJjl�❑chran 1�0.}S-. ,) Und,?r t=:dered the architecture of that church y /1 perfr:ct in every detail.._ The church g 19 e' s arktmi with I-A pencil in a 1)!nin 111mij, cArt11t7tmmon ;JrU rnffnTF”Pierce 11:zt rd eras buiit by Wrn. D.. Coc�rr the - "'Richard I.x1� yr �Il Ibi6." the hero cf our Afexicr.n ei'ilr.I beet d rrandfat.h_r of Ti(liam,�"Edsnarl and Y The Uttiveraalist church was dcdi- a colonel of the Thirtg-firs, in' S Frank Cct•hran. i - y ral,rrl Auguot, 1837, b Rev. Abel C. r L V✓ y' of Lhc Stria of South Carolina in 1: Z h Mr. Cochran came front New, York , r,l Vit.{1 '4G 11 T}tninas. Rev_ ltiilliam Fiobbough waa an bout the same ;i.rre I becarn�e r.% e to Southold in 153"1 to build the houae { YY 4 vc - the ;(rvt Pet+tor, A:n,rsicn]instxtament, ai ninx srnrden of th; i'piec,^al c}L f for my ftthf=r, in which I nwv reside. b cal?ed Paernphine, vets placed in the of the parish Prince George t�ins }: Ho kept Lho hotel opposite my home, a choir(a][ery- Albert G. Cr..sc, father ; by the assistance of friends I et d noir known as "Hunttinghurst," from of ",Irs. 1]<-nry Cochran, Ijlaye4 it. I embarked as a junior partner in nn 'r t 1834 till ]891, when he boubht the Gil- 'when Boss Sturges rnx.2d the church tensive rr.creant:lc business is Geor ' ntec le Gil- bert L. Davie ],lace, where his ]{rand- � � t, p Inst November, tate name of town, South Carolina, and in IS, + .^� daughter, 114ra. Iiclen Cochran Eust.ace, Ruiwrtl t l+th!'T'+ wa:; aKain found writ- r ,e ned a commission business at ` z. t ten in ueverai ,ia, ° 1 }. novr has her elc;ant sunnier home. � i Norman 1•' ^cs, allo the names of lirnad St., Xnw York, hrancbir.g "Tfahan H;:ii" vans croete•I by Nr, ifio na4 A, Terry. Fn1ink Well.n. llcnry ingarance and htinkin,g, and b,•e: Cocl ran in lK5-9. It :Aaod next went . '. Corwin and others. Tcrr}-, Wella an<1 aE�r nr for cotton manufacturers. I : ni tLe Univcrdali.it church. The 81st Cori+'in are old f.u,cily names in South_ C4 ? laser v:as used for hilt et:rl,cntcr shop old, but I have been re:pcatedly a:�kcd , and insurance cor..nl)an'cc of -tS.c Gut I end the hall above wrs u concert room. = " Who wag Itieharel Lafficr i?" and ultimately presid,_nt of the Gr tWertern Mnrine Insurance Co, of is Tho Southold T'iPprcrc::noc Club met ']'hero are two or that: very ugcJ th^re d:rinc ttirb n,or:.r,ratF1: elirnpal,�n "• nerrons now living; in Southold who York, with i gena in London, Lit kn,2w Air. Lathers. lie wau as:curinted Pool, linvre ani Antwerp, as w0l with A.r. Cochran ane? creme u•itlt hien in th- chief nlantirne ports of An 1 frnrn lees; York to build illy father ""' 1 "•ay 0huirma:r c4 tl,.e Fina R Committee of the ]}hectors of the 1 hour: tit . I have often heard my it:cat Ler sp:ak of hi r. bathers a.4a Railroad in 1854. From all of t`z OCT Kentlenrnnly,rulliied Hall 3tu[ling4y0Unf; np,tion�, including my connect _ man. 11c was it ]over of ort and do with the Eric Ruilroad,I retired-- 1 when I received the sumptuous din - . ,: voted some time to drawing-, architcc- ' ° set Of silver presented to me at .•-- �� tort and landscape F;ardening. T it CU z of the iJnivcrsaliat church, which till- in �tcehelle by lion. William M. F,var, Pearn in this article, has been nude 'et:alf Of the Creat Western :�1. Insurance Company. after an ora� t _ '. '., . , , , ;,,:, �� ;•.;, �„ , _.��" from n large water color drawinf-nruc?e . more than sixty years ado l.,y*iii i.. and succe-iaful service of fifteen y ' r Lathers wh art i This in brief is ,my business retort UAW iar�Soffit :.•': '� .. ' °x - � � 'iMaid� Ata ater dattTo be continued) date. Mr. NAhers s.-,t3 tinder t111r s tuitic:a o:Alexander J. Davie. the ting;uialied artist in is'es: York ;° Unis•er- sity-, Where lie ti,ndta the nelluaintt:nce. [gt Z. J,ft F'*# ; " ',; 'r ,t y l and pCLtiCo(! lis it, of Yrofeasor Morse, ! d l �..• �f.. ' -`... ti,,�..,r ,~ "" + 1-1'eator of;1the eln�tric to - r= : t- , r :fid ` . :. ° - `• � � le;;raph, then -O �:1..I- �r.«t' .+, w i 2 cl,s in, ::.t;•sl poi^ter, whose work drank v:itn Lite first in American art. - Long Islander- Watchman, 120$ _ 1 • of iho Unavcrsaraet caurcu. wan .,,., :""`' r,J Instirarr_••:ern nitro n! tt.e South t' Poor was used for bio carpenter shop o)�, but I have been repeatedly enecej;. 1?y t. - ••Who was Richard LaLberaa'- i an`I c'•tama►tr)7 t'r'ri?�:t.l ,f the Great %.4 and the hal) above was a concert room. Wt.!term Marine iaasu Co. of ;tiew The Southold Tippercanoe Club met There ure two or three very eyed r Y,,rk, wit), agente ir, Ljf fon, Liver- there during the memorable campaign L l.'c:rsons now livinn in &VJ0•,14 r1,•,I . trr,l, 1#ivra and Aatxr . As o e:l 8s Itnrvr Mr. Luahcraa. )te ware nror,caalv7' W tl,e thitf a-:aritirnt Ixrts of Avner- ~ • with Mr. C;ochrun and crone wi!h him Vs +cat. i was ctai-era a of the Finance D from N.rw York to buil(! my fathcr•n - r house an 183-1. I have often heard my i �mmittce of the D(rectots of t Frit + • Railroad in 1854. From all of these -.r good mother speak of Mr. Lathers as al + t + 1 r geatlemanty,refined and studious young I occupations, including my connection i with the Eric Railroad,1 retired in ISP—q,, t! , r man. lie was a lover of art and de- i ,. r. hen I received the zurrptuous dinner- • , ' t,!•i" ! voted some time to drawing, architect. v f _ �• tune and landscape gardening, The cut set of silver prencnt,J to me at New of the: 17niversaiist church, which rip- Hoch-61c by lien.. NN;!lia n M. Evartson t� �'' ,ti„ ' . penrs in this article, has been made behalf of the Great Western marne p,s`'• r `. -I from ri large writer color drawing made Insurance Company, after an o`feial ' a ( `, more !!nota nixty ycnrs n^o by Richard and successful service of fifteen rears_ ai t 1 Lathers while living in Southold. Ata ' This in brief is my buainess record. ' ]iter dale Mr. Lathers was under the (To be continued) Luition of hlexrander J. Davis_, the din- F,:' t)nguished artist in New York Univer- g x [ sity, «here he made the acquaintance, -:j r' land profited by it, of Professor 5iorae, 1 p r ►•�;� _ r•, _ ~ ..�; �inventor of the electric LcicTraph, then " ;a divtinrtaizhvd painter, whose worl:a ' g ";. +, •J,,r_j_ .- ..w•-5`^ N'-'•"' ' -(e 'runt: with tyle frrnL in American nrt_ ti `• 'Itichard Lathers pra')ably passed three _ useful years in Southold. 11"' r , a Ue(c ., w h• E I a, l'a . ( ( " it "► � t' ear. rcceRly utood by his l+ grave near Trinity Church, New Ro. b,j - ).^ ;•••� i a !- 1j a r chelle. I n)sa F ,,, !• had the pleasure of meet. r: ing Richard !.others, Jr., and his sister : qq I .�•.a � n l R Arnes, v:hosc rcaid„nccs aru in New Rochello and New York respectively. 1 wit” uhoa•r every courteny by them auad presented with a picture of their - '' • . ' father, together with a biographical • a .� w.a.w ri_ _:f:o _ _ _ / - _ L,� ,;-i sl etch, furnished by request of Flan- dreau Yost, 1-in. G. A. R., on his ci;fh- o KOUTITOLD l7NIVER8ALIRT GHt7RCIT, Ynom A WATFn COLOR DRAWING II ty-flrot birthday. This may intert.st BY RIOIIARI) LATHERS ABOUT l0.1ai. r 7.tom. .'a-. •, - ,. ,_ .,. - ' • '+�-✓!•r j s'wf' ..r,,.MrI 3..Lr+ i a... ��, .::` • r + w•,. o, J' f• o-. ' •t: - :. WiF •n r1 • r. . ` + , �!` ` + A rYF�'!"p„�.wu�` •n., J•. Y �,.� i 1- l - • �,y �a W••-i•nf�1 T'., '� s - _ ._ 47 tz }.: r i ,w •' �• ,,, , jsss. L / -on4(•+r-,r....twi�.y+•'.i.�. a�•Mf 4-..:.+a a+ -\ sem( �• - - 'd' � .'�., . - .. �-rr:tul��.iW'vn,..l sY�$.-•.u.s 7tne��o+_v7a'�,".�..�'.~ 4._�?....r. � ..,..- 1:.D C. .r _. �`•� :..1.•�'�- ,�., _• f�.K=