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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM SD 48
UNIQUE SITE NO, /03/().o-cr,)733
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS.AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK (516) 474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SFLIA DATE: November 1986
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE:. 1�_6.-} _?651892
ORGANIZATION (if any): sauth lUgm Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION TMLIAN HA _ Aavr5—e, yeti{ - USTrfe (cry .�
1. BUILDING NAME(S):' sta a Brid a Valian Hall
z. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Southold
3. STREIA' LOCATION: Off Main Road, south side on wooded private lane
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public Cl b. private 2
5. PRESENT OWNER: Georgt? Bridge ADDRESS: same
h. USE: Original: Hall Present: residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public read: Yes ❑ No
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
M. BUil.DIN(; a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATF,RIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ® g. stucco ❑ other:
1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints DQ
SYSTEM: b. woad frame with light members
(if known) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d, meth (explain)
e. other
ICI. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good ® c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
I. INTFGRITY: a. original site b. moved ❑ if so,when? 18!1.1 from west Of
c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Universalist Church
This was the Eustace garage enlarged and renovated
by Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
SD-RSM IX-20
12. PHOTO:prom west 1.3. MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Southold Quad
Front (west) Enlarged
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none knownK b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. ether:
Is. RELATW OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn E3 b. carriage house ❑ 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 Pq
c. scattered buildings
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑
h.other:.
17. INTI-RRELATIONSFIIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
On a quiet wooded lane in a secluded area of the Main
Road in the center of the Hamlet of Southold.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
This is a 21-story gable roof building that started life
in 1835 as a shop with a Music Hall over it.
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(See
form No. SD 30 for xerox of 1908 clipping)
SIGNIFICANCE
I1). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1835-36 —
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
,tl HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECT11RAL IMPORTANCE:
According to a 1908 newspaper account, Wm D. Cochran bought
this property in 1841 when it was the Gilbert Davis place.
Cochran' s granddaughter, Mrs. Helen Cochran Eustace, had her
"elPgant summer home" here. It is now demolished. Mr.Cochran
had erected "Thalian Hall" in 1835-6 next west of the Univer-
salist Church. The first floor was his carpenter shop and
the hall above was a concert room. The hall was first moved
to the east side of the old Davis house in 1841. Later it
was moved to the rear of the lot, and in 1908 it was used
by Mr. Fustace as an automobile garage . In 1908 a circular
window sash was taken out to glaze, and on it was written
21. SOURCES: Long Island Traveler. 1908 (Whitaker Coll. ?Scont. )
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Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research
assistant.
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( cont ) :
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL, IMPORTANCE;
in lead pencil; "Richard Lathers , April 12 , 1836 ."
Mrs . Bridge reports that on the underside of a window
surround that was removed during alterations they
found carved : "Dec . 1 , 1835 T.D.T ." , probably a work-
man.
This structure is significant because of its asso-
ciation with Richard Lathers and Cochran who were
the architects and builders of the Universalist
Church.
There are a number of other buildings in the area
that were designed and built by Cochran.
21 . Sources ( cont ) :
The Artistic Achievement of A Rural Community.
_iRchel Gleason 7rooks . 19T(7-.
The Artistic Achievement of a Rural Community
of Lowell Mason. In the winter of 1833-34, Edwin Coe
of Connecticut, taught a large singing school in Southold
y and neighboring villages. At the close of the term a con-
cert was given commencing in the afternoon and continuing _.
through the evening with an Intermission "until early can-
dlelight" for supper. Several violins, a flute, base viol and
double bass were played_ The numbers included: Duke
mOhPraise God in His Holiness, Denmark, Peace _ �- *'s "V
Street,
tD f.,. Troubled Soul. Later a bass viol played by William Volney
Horton and a violin by Elisha Morton accompanied the
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singers. The story goes that the bass viol was left in the 1` Q
nh from week-end to week-end excepting at such times
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as a dance was to be held elsewhere in town. Then the
od owner suddenly discovered that. he would need to rake the
bass viol home to fix the strings. Later still a little melodeon
to was placed in the choir gallery and was played by Fuller
0 c+ Horton.
K1837 O The Universalist Church was dedicated in August, rfr.F4�m
and a choir was started under Dainel H. Goldsmith and
• S Albert G. Case. A musical instrument called a seraphim THALIAN HALL
was bought and was placed in the choir gallery. Mr. Case This Hall was the upper story of William D. Cochran's i
w played it and he organizes! also a string band in which he carpenter shop, that stood near the present site of the Uni.
O o played the clarinet. Rehearsals were held in Thalian Hall, versalis;� ,Church. It was built probably not far frotn the
• which was the upper part of Cochran's carpenter shop t zat year 1837, as Mr. Cochran came to Southold in 1836, and
O stood near the site of the Universalist Church. "The re- the Universalist Church was built by him in 1837. Thalian
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0 hearsals were a service of great delight to the players and Hall was used for rehearsals and entertainments, It :night
those who heard them." Mr. Case was the father of Mrs. be called the first Play-House of Southold. Later the shop
Henry Cochran. was moved down street to the site next to Belmont Hall
Until the erection of the new Methodist Church in I$51,
It stands now on the rear of the same lot.
• the singing there was purely congregational. David L. Hor-
ton was Precentor. -
That the Presbyterians were staunchly conservative is
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