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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
i ALBANY, NEW YORK (518) 474-0470 NEG. N0.
1 YOUR NAME: Town. of Southoldj'SPLIA DATE: November 1986
YOUR ADDRESS:Town Hell, Main Road TELEPHONE: (516 ) 765-1892
Southold , L.T . , N.Y. 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S): Methodist Church
2. COUNTY: Rliffol k TOWN/CITY:_Southold VILLAGE: Southold
3. STRETT LOCATION: Morin Road, Route_ 2:59 eoilth itie
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h. private ❑
5. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS:
h. USI:: Original: church Present: church
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes M No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
M. BUILDIM; a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MA'I FRIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles KI g. stucco ❑ other: vinyl siding
1). S'T'RUCTURAL. a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: h_ wood frame with light members X]
(il' kntwn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
IU. CONDITION: a- excellent EX b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑ b. moved ❑ if so,when?
c, list major alterations and dates (if known):
Vinyl siding fortunately only on sides and rear.
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12. mio'ro:From north west 13. MAP: N.Y.S . DOT Southold Quad
Front (north) and west elevation Enlarged
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14*THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known b.zoning❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. other:
I50RELATLD OU`113UILDINGS AND PROPLRTY:
a. barn b. carriage house ❑ C. garage ❑
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features: fence and trellis
j. other: church to parsonage
16*SUR ROUND]NGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land ❑ b. woodland IX
c. scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial KI
f. industrial ❑ g. residential FL]
h.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
In medium-low density area in center of historic Southold .
The Main Road , once the King' s Highway, is lined with trees
and many interesting old structures , surrounded by lawns
and greenery. This church is an important feature of the
streetscape.
18. OTHER NOTAYLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
Handsome Romanesque-style church of white wood shingles.
Octagonal steeple at north-west corner, 'rises above square
vestibule .
SIGNIFICANCE
IO. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Present
cost $7 ,627 .
ARCIIITEC'T:
BUILDER: J.E. Corey for present structure .
'U. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
The handsome church adds greatly to the texture of this
business district .
The first church on this site was built _in 1850.
:1. SOURCES: H.M. Bayles. Sketches of Suffolk County. 1874.P.376
Booklet by John W. Yontgomery. 1933-34 . Handley
Collection, Smithtown Library.
?2. THLNIE:
Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant.
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$7g TOWN OF 90t1 OLU. TOWN OF sO=oM 377
curing the permanent and proper management of the prop- of all actual:available assets at that date was$233,098,93, con-
arty. The Academy was first opened for instruction, Dec. 16, silting of premium notes and cash. The aggregate amount
1867. It is supplied with books of reference, library includ- I of losses paid by the Company up to Jan. 1, 1873, was
ing works on teaching and education, music books, organ, $8,855.17. This company confines its business exclusively to
F globes, maps, &c. The Principal has two assistants, and Suffolk County, taking no risks outside of that territory.
A more than forty pupils. Already a considerable number of "tern Star" Lodge of Good Templars was instituted in
young men and young, women have prepared for college or this village in 1870. Southold Lyceum, an institution de-
for business, and about twenty have become teachers, and signed to cultivate literary talent, and furnish literary enter.
j the prospects of future success and usefulness of the institu- tainment, was organized here Oct. 3, 1871, and now numbers
tion are growing brighter with each advancing year. sixty-aix members. It has a library of one hundred and
Religious services by the Methodist Episcopal denomins, `` forty-five volumes. Willow Hill Cemetery is pleasantly Ices.
tion were commenced here in 1793. In 1819 the first church I ted in the western part of the viaage. It was organized Aug.
of that denomination was built here. A second church was 25, 1855, comprising about three acres, and contains a nnm-
built in 18 0, and this was rebuilt and enlarged in 1866. It ber of finely kept lots, and handsome family monuments.
is now a handsome structure, and stands on the south side of A district school is located a short distance west of this.
the main street, a short distance east of the Presbyterian Another, the principal public school of the village, is located
eburnb in the eastern part, and occupies a commodious lot. The
A Universaliat church, erected in 1835-6 stands on an angle .Lang Island 7'r rrvler, a weekly newspaper now published in
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his village, was started at Cutehogue Se
of the street a short distance west of the Presbyterian church. tpt• 20, 1071, and
The Southold Savings Bank was incorporated in 1858, and
moved here Aug, 20, 1872. Southold Division S. of T. is a
flourishing institution, numbering about two hundre,1 mem-
the first deposit received July 5th of that year. This institu-
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tion owes its origin in a large degree to the enterprise and j
public spirit of 3 r. J. H. f oldsmith, and it is said to be one Horton's Point Light-house stands on a bold cliff on the '
of the most successful illustrations of the savings bank in a sot}nd shore, opposite thi s village, about two miles north of
purely rural community that we have in the State. The the central portion. This has a tower, thirty feet high, from
amount of deposits in 1872 was$199,068.35; and the amount ita base, giving the light an elevation of one hundred and ten
withdrawn the same year $153,616,06. The Suffolk County { feet above the level of the sound. It was built in 1857, and
Mutual Insurance Co., an institution of this village, was incor- gives a fixed light, visible twenty miles distant.
porated April 30, 1838, The amount insured, on the lat of 1 Grest Hog Neck lies south of the village, projecting into
January, 1873, was $2,791,721.50 and the aggregate amount Peconio Bay about two anile& The cove which is formed on a
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