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Home My WebLink AboutSD-35 BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORMFOR OFFICE USE ONLY SD 35 UNIQUE SITE NO. 10310-a"-727 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK (518I474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: T01M Of �Solitho1d.&PT,TA- DATE: Noyombez 1986 YOUR ADDRESS:Town Hal 1, Ma in goad TELEPHONE(5.16_) 765-18.92_ Southold L. I. , N.Y.11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): e ,Z3S MCAS IDENTIFICATION L BUILDING NAMI:(S): Sam Bennett house Josiah _Vail house 2. COUNTY: Suffo TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Southold 3. STRE?EiT LOCATION: Main Road Route 2 north side 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private f)_( 5. PRESENT OWNER: B. Harrington ADDRESS: same 6. USE: Original: Residence Present: Residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public read: Yes ❑ No Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION H. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles E g. stucco ❑ other: 1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members El (if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent R b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site It b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): An 1817 house rebuilt circa 1900. SD-RSM V-13 12. PIEOTO: From south wast 13. MAI': N.Y.S. DOT Southold Quad Front (Fouth) and east P]evatian RQ o S`44 r . m ,4<`�'S'C1Elr.hC?Itly*e o 0 ?• + SM32'. �1 . r � t A N f] Mow Hill. •' " ' I, Cem, "tele .f, E NE K. ' n _ 20 s e l MMRF D 35 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known 1 b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. Other: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: it. barn® 2 b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑ d. privy ❑ e, shed lel f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ It. gardens ❑ wooden gate w. wooden gate i, landscape features: posts. j. other: shed for wn6d storage I6. 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 It.other: 17. INTI.RRELATIONSIIIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) TfteHu0at: of Southold is a community of low to medium density= 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): 112-story, 3-bay, center• entrance;Craftsman-style house with gable roof sweeping out over the front porch. Two shed roof dormers from peak of roof. 1-story wing on east; 3 vertical lianas in upper sash over one. Shingles laid in double courses. SIGNIFICANCE 1{). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1817 with ca. 1900 remodeling ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: A plaque reads = Josiah Vail house 1817 On an older foundation Possibly John Swazey 1658 It is surprising to find that this fine Craftsman-style house is an early house remodeled. 21. SOLIRCES� R.C. Newell. Rose Remembers. 1976 _Guide to Historic Markers. Southold Historical Society. 1960. # 32 22. 1-Hi %IF: : Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant. SD 35 ch of lands 32. JOSIAH VAIL HOUSE 1817 On an older Foundation :�:)Pe� oto Possibly o n wasey—�M8 ri oni (John Montgomery, tenant, Main Street, SoutholdMahlon Dickerson, owner) in185` 4 Josiah Vail, descendant of the irs emi_ah of Southold, -incy a sey was born 1758 in Middletown, New York; he die in outhold 35 of Samuel 1832. When he and his son, Samuel S. Vail, reached Southold oys. At that after the War of 1812, their homes were neighboring on the s. The Town .r- same property. Josiah's was built 1817. He kept a store nearby, any movings the only one for a time in that particular part of town. in the village It is very possible that a very old foundation had been ere movings. used for the foundation of this house. Possibly, the early is site where settler John 5wasey had his home located right here. Swasey's mactly to it's four acres of homelot, recorded 1658, lay between Lieut. John .ere it stands Budd, west, and Barnabas Horton, east. In 1667 this lot and se breeder as its house were bought by Thomas Moore for his son Benjamin, ;es were bred shipmaster. (This was before Benjamin made his home farther east in the village). It is of interest to note that one of the Is, and is as descendants of John Swasey was the Hon. William H. Seward. 'he lines have he small win- 33, LIEUT. JOHN BUDD HOUSE, 2ndi 166(Ys and thie fine John Hallock, the Quaker, 1679 f fan light are 17th, 18th, 19th Century Inns and character Braddick, Moore, Cochran. Universalist Meeting Place Pre 1837 Hunttinghurst, J. W. Huntting 1859 1855 Lyceum Library 1872 Southold Savings Bank 1861291 (Richard C. Whitlock, Tucker's Lane, Southold, next to L. I. R. R.) -iold) John Budd, Sr., descendant of Richard Nevil, Far] of iscopal Church Salisbury and Warwick, was an early settler of Southold Phenson, stood known to be the man of greatest wealth in the Colony. Records ch and present place him and John Budd, Jr., at first, in Hashamomack 1649; :erred. William and June 9th, 1663, the Budd home lot was recorded as at Tucker's Lane corner, Southold village. The exact year of !mire Ezra date of this house which was the second house said to be :nt parsonagee))-d built by John Budd or by his son, seems difficult to pin down use.�hurs . Edwarde. Mr. Terry planned .,x as in tht-166Q's By deed bearing date of March 9, 1659, J. Budd Sr, had soy- Welling house and land in Hashamomack sto john Corey. its present site Jr.Budd John h o In 1679,Milton R. lived. J sold half of the Southold land and 81 Guide to Historic Markers. Southold Historical Society. 1960 SD 35 II 1 was present on this occasion. Mamma's Sunday dinners was pre were famous, she was such a good cook. A Mr. Moore who was kindnes a bachelor came to Southold and set up housekeeping in the old have tc shingled house, once Sam Bennett's home which still stands hired h next to the Catholic church. He and Papa got acquainted and he She did was invited to Sunday dinner. Not only was the roast beef a was qui crispy brown outside and juicy rare inside,—the mashed pota- never a toes were fluffy with heavy cream from our Jersey cow; the Wl green vegetables were fresh from the garden; the home-made observe Parker House rolls right out of the oven. What's more, the use tho dessert was cottage pudding, a specialty of Mamma's and her out bel mother before her. (May I say her daughter after her). Everyone got two slices, and the sauce! Sometimes it was a cooked lemon sauce with whipped cream on top, and sometimes hard sauce with fresh strawberries, raspberries or blueberries beaten into it. don't know how good a cook this bachelor was, but when he finished Mamma's repast he wiped his moustache care- w fully with the embroidered linen napkin, sat back, and pro- help wi ol nounced reverently, "Madam, that was a MASTERPIECE." was j five ye; Catholi * # from hi surprise soup. I This reminds me of a true incident that Grandma told,— Divil hibeef stc it's so different.The trades-people from Southold and Cutchogue Or came in their wagons to Peconic back doors—the baker, the who ha grocer, the fishman and the butcher. There were no supermar- exclaim kets in those days. One family on the butcher's route had the reputation of being MORE than thrifty, "parsimonious" and "penurious" are better words for them. One day the butcher told Grandma that Mrs. C. had bought a fine roast of beef be- cause they expected company. On his next stop she tried to get him to take it back because the company didn't arrive. BUT SHE HAD COOKED IT!! R. C. Newell. Rose Remembers. 1976 — 20 — AL