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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (51 9) 474-0479 NEG, NO,
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA — DATE:November 1986
YOUR ADDRESS:Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE(5I6) 765-1892
Southold, L. I. , N.Y.11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S): Prpgb:ateri an manse
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWNjCITY: Sonthn1d VILLAGE: S..rsthnl
3. STREET LOCATION: i if% ROCLJ
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private
5. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS:
O� USE: Original: Residence Present: Residence
7, ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes 21 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:Vinyl Siding
11. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints EX
SYSTEM: b. woad frame with light members ❑
(if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing Ovalis Ll
d. metal (explain)
e. other brick foundation
10. CONDITION: a. excellent rk b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site IN b. moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
Modern non-functionirg shutters,
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12. PHOTO: From north west 13. MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Southold Quad
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known 9!1 b.zoning❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. tither:
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn❑ b. carriage house ❑ c. garage
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features:
j, other:
lb. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land ❑ b. woodland ❑
c.scattered buildings DO
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential 0
h.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
�A1i + Southold is a
aEhistoric community of medium-low density. The
�n Road is lined with large trees and well-spaced old
houses with lawns and greenery. Adjacent to the manse
is the Presbtterian Church and the `oM burial, ground
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE including intcri.orreatures irknown):
21-storyt 4-bayp off centre entrance, dentiled gable roof
house with 1-story flat roof extension on west.
SIGNIFICANCE r
I4). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 183b T
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER.
0. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
A plaque readso" Old First Church Parsonage. 1836"
This building contributes to the ambience of the
streetscape.
2I. SOURCES: Guide To Historic Markers. Southold Historical
Society. 1960. # 22
I'H!NIE: Foran prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research
assistant.
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Preserving Your Bit of Hfstoty The Peconic Hay Shopper November 6,1,985 SD
Continued from page S
dress, He declined to serve as its pres- "A Fall-Litre Bookstore."
ident and was elected its first vice-
president year after year.To the period-
icalsof ihesesocieties he was¢frequent /,h
U,17, d.,
11``ff and valued contributor." BwkThe pastor's responsibility of
being active in matters of public in- In MATTITUCK
reresi was taken seriously by Dr,
Whitaker. "He never neglected the •Enha=c tumid: GIVE a bolo t^fttrstttttrs.'
town meeting and regularly opened it
with prayer for forty years. When the
Civil War arose he was the good friend ON SALE NOW: Holiday Gift Books 30%-50°
of the young men enlisting for service.
The address that prepared honor •ENORMOUS SELECTION•
of one of his parishioner-, Lieutenant
Edward F. fluntting,who fell in battle,
was published under the (itle, Beady *Hardcover and Paperbacks*
For Duty, and thousands of copies of *Separate Children's Department* r
of the army."were distributed among the soldier *Holiday Gift Certificates•
One cif Dr. Whitaker s numerous *Free Gift Wrapping*
activities and projects was to enlarge
the Parsonage, now known as the.Pres- _ � A & P Shopping Center _
byterian Manse. 1n 1836 a modest rec- MATTITUCK __
lory had been built for the oceupancy —•
of Reverend Ralph Smith. Dr. ��������
Whitaker added an east side to the
structure in 1859, had the east end of
this addition extended in 1867 and in
1878 extended the rear part and raised
`} another story.Around 1940"it seemed �E
s adv isable,in order to make a more coon- G
pact building and to restore it to some- NAL R
what its original lines, to decrease the
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size of the Parsonage. Accordingly the
whole rear part was removed and the 'RostSrg1
present southern porch erected,certain Thi Mort
rooms inside were rearranged,and the
E"GE
entire house was renovated in prepara-
tion for the Three Hundredth Anniver- CELEBRATING ITS 37th YEAR ONPECONIC BAY
sary."The result is The Manse as we Catch of the Day SPECIAL
know it today. COMPLETE
"During the first years of his LOBSTER DINNEI
ministry,he preached often in the other Lunch Special Mon.-Fri.12-4pm $4.951 -S1095����
churches of the Town, frequently Early' Bird
travelling the distance on foot. An in- @
teresting note in a diary he kept reads: Dinner Spacial a-7tam .y7.% Daily noon to ctAsing
'Feb. 24, 1856: After preaching twice
in Fron rough
is irail(Laurel) I walked COCKTAILS a DAILY SPECIALS MAIN ROAD
home on rough ice(railroad track)and r SQLITF
intended to take car for Shelter Island. NEW HOURS:Sun.-T_ hurs.12n-9prn Fri.&Sat. 12n-10pm � 'Olin
The car did not come in time sol walked Major Credit Cards Accepted
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to the Neck School House(Bay View) Reservations
through crusted snow nearly knee deep
in the woods, and preached, then
walked home. Nearly twenty miles----
the hardest day's walking of my life.' ment.Dr.Whitaker,who was a member nary 28th as reported in the Brooklyn many years ago.
"For many years, in alternating of the Committee of Arrangements for Daily Eagle: "Mrs. Whitak,
weeks, he regularly conducted a mid- the Celebration, had suggested this '"rhe event was quietly observed very active in churcl
week preaching service in the Buy View Monument which was readily appmved it ilic `Anchorage'. as (heir pleasant prevent time is the
Peconic LaX Shopper — page 7
NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC TRUST
STATEWIDE SURVEY OF HISTORIC SITES AND BUILDINGS
1. Name (Common and Historic)- J. H. Howard House
Suffolk
Location 2. 3 . Southold 4.
County Town Village or City
5. Address or Location M444 Pd , S90tti tide j Wim- o� 6)d 1,5 pd.
Religious
6. Type Federal, New England type 7. Subject or Theme Architectural
8. Date of Construction 1836 9. Architect (If Known)
10. Builder (If known)
11. Original Owner
12. Original Use Residence
13. Present Owner Presbyterian Ch. of Southold, 1. i.
Name
same
Address
14. Present Use Presbyterian Manse
15. Physical Condition Excellent
16. Surveys None
17. Future Action None
18. Surveyed by R. Wiggins, Cuddebackyille, N. Y. , March 68.
Date Surveyed
DSP-23
History and Significance:
In front of the house is a stone mirage marNer of the 19th century
which reads "17 mi. to Suffolk Court .House. "
Sources of Information: Plaque.
Photograph: Date Direction of View
March 68. S. Map Location:
GS Coordinates
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