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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
UNIQUE SITE NO. 10116- r b 12-±2 SD 53
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC' PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK I51 Kl 474.0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold / SFLIA DATE:: November 1986
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE:(516) 765-1892
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
1, BUILDING NAME(S): Mrs. Terry building
2. COUNTY: Suffolk _ TOWN/CI'I'Y: Southold VILLAGE: Southold
3. STREET LOCATION: Main -Road_ Route 25. south Olde
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private k
S. PRESENT OWNER:David Jackson ADDRESS:
0. USE: Original: store residence' Present:
7, ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: I:xteriot visible from public road: Yes & No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
9. BIIILDIN(; a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ® d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: half—timber
l). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑
(if known) c. masonry load bearing walls W
d. metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent 19 b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
i i. INTEGRITY: a. original site IR b, moved ❑ if so,when`!
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known '® b. zoning❑ c. roads
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. other:
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: Old house that was at street
j, other: front was moved to the rear in 1920 's
lig. SURROUNDINGS O1 "IHE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land ❑ b. woodland
c.scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial W
f. industrial ❑ g. residential Lk
h.other:
17. INTI-RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
{Indicate if ba}ilding or structure is in an historic district)
Commercial-residential building in medium density area in
the center of Southold. The Main Road, once the King' s
Highway, is lined with trees and many interesting old
structures, surrounded by lawns and greenery.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
Handsome 2-story slate roof commercial building of distressed
brick and half-timber above rough brownstone lst floor. gtreet
front Consists of 1 shop and 1 entrance to stairs to 2nd
floor. Fast fagade of this handsome building has square pyra-
midal tower on south east corner and windo%ss with small-light
SIGNIFICANCE metal casements.
ltt. DA"fE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1920' S
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER: 1920's George Smith
'(a IIISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
Mrs Terry who had the store below and lived above. had
the builcring constructed after a trip to Fngland where
she had seen similar buildings. *
This English or Normandy style building was unique in
Southold in the 1920 's when it was built. It is well-
maintained and contributes to the ambience of the area.
21. SOURCES*Gary Williams, interview 9/29/1986
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Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research
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that was moved back
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House was moved back from the street by Mrs. Terry when she built
the store in front.
2-story, 2-bay, T-shaped Italianate house, gable roof to the
street (north) . Sawn decorative design with square drop in
gable peak. Double bracketed window heads on second floor.
Built late 19th century.
This structure is shown on the 1929 Sanborn map. Reportedly,
it was once a Tuthill house, but in 1909 it was owned by W.H.Terry.
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