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Home My WebLink AboutSD-65 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE NO. /0310, SD 65 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK (51 R)474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAMElamm of 5out old Z SPLIA DATE: November 1986 YOUR ADDRESS: Town _jell, Main Road TELEPHONE:(516) 765-1892 Southold, L. I. , N.Y. 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION I. BUILDING NAME(S): Daniel F. Terry house 2. COUNTY: Sffunik TO CITY: Southold VILLAGE: 3, STREET LOCATION: Main Road, Route 25• south side # 52800 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private X 5. PRESENT OWNER: Edson ADDRESS: same 6. USE: Original: Residence Present: residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION H. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board artid batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ F. shingles EX g. stucco ❑ other: 4). STRUCTURAL. a. wood Frame with interlocking joints ❑ SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members PQ (if known) c, masonry load bearing wails d. metal (explain) e. other brick foundation 10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b, good a c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ l 1. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑ b. moved ❑ if so,when? house was turned c_ list nrgjor alterations and dates (if known): 1915-16 by S inclair Smith. rntrancP projection not original. SDP�S�,)VI--2{? 1 MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Sauthold quad From north Past Frontand east PlPvation or Southold', �2 • i • • �• Ti • 13M • j4 •, • , • ,E km ,, i N SD 65 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known ® b, zoning ❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. other: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn El 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 Y c. scattered buildings ❑ d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial lid f. industrial ❑ g. residential 12 h.other: parking lot 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Medium-low density area in center of historic Southold ; The Main Road is lined with trees and many inte- resting old structures surrounded by lawns and greenery. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 21-story, 5-bay gable roof house with projecting 1-story entrance bay. SIGNIFICANCE 11), DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1856 ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 'R HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: A. Case_ in 1873 Albertson Case in 1909 11. SOURCES: Guide to Historic Markers. Southold Historical Society. 1960 . # 15 F. Belcher-Hyde. Atlas of Suffolk County. L. I. Vol. 21 North Side. Sound Shore. 1909 1?. FHINIF Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant. • z• ;T• +►" _ _ =ieiliL7lMMixJa�lMMu4.t.L�w...u."�itnl.t.li`W.- SD 65 �E over the Inst 104 years by purchase or rental, and has served more varied purposes than possibly any other house about. For some years Lawyer Albertson Case, son of Southold his- Rowland H. torian J. Wickham Case and Sarah Albertson, local historian ,ant.) as well as lawyer, had his office above William H. Vail, living in Wells and below. A white picket-fence surrounded the place. )y WilliamD. When Daniel E_ Terry built the house in 1856 he placed Trod sin it end wise and nearer his east boundary. In 1915-16, Sinclair d, there have Smith, living on the east bounding property (which is now ssary changes that of the North Fork Bank & Trust Co. and home of Dr, -rhes, stairway Claus H. Robohm), annexed this house and lot to his own, moved and turned the house to the position held today under fferent periods. Dr. Paul Diefenbacher's ownership. w York. There w1r?l }ts great 16. JUSTICE ROBERT HEMPSTEAD HOUSE c. 1757 ie sheds at the Enlarged, 19th C. by Sq. Ezra C. Terry l cargo, wheat, and Col. John Wickham. ! 1Z as f THE SILVERSMITHS' CORNER >wners in many (Joseph B. Hartranft, northeast corner Main Street and ptain Benjamin Youngs Avenue, Southold) .ands across the oshua ands,aptaa married Robert Hempstead of New London, son of the J vards; and had Hempstead who wrote the historically famous "Joshua Hemp i Caroline, David stead Diary 1711-1758", was Justice aad Town Clerk in South- i and their chil- old for many years before his death, 1779. He married Mary, L the homestead• daughter of Judge Benjamin YongeA—,-Tr., grand-daughter of ent's first Town Rev. John Yonges. Justice Robert, through his daughter Abi- homesite in the gail, was grand-father to John Ledyard, celebrated world present Southold traveler. thold Hotel site. This house is attributed to Hempstead ownership c. 1757. Part of its own fo ional structureand the old stone E foundation on ie property are o 1Tt century origin, probably of early settler Thomas Coope , a ter Jwhom Cooper's Lane Southold) was named. Squire Ezra C. Terry, Justice of the Peace) in 1835 enlarged the house considerably; William D. Cochran el E. Terry (mar- the builder. Col. John Wickham, 1855, increased--it. Several )me in 1856, was wings now are removed and are homes and a store on Youngs !cords as an early Avenue. ,ynes, cooper, anti Other property owners who have been named are John Col. John Yonges, Gardiner, John C. Appleby, Joseph C. Albertson. Toward the colonial life, son end of the last century Dr. Joseph M. Hartranft bought this beautiful old 18th-19th century home and was the revered end in 1856 from doctor of the countryside for many years. rough more hands 21 Guide to Historic Markers. Southold Historical Society. 1960 r SD 65 14. CAPT. BENJAMIN WELLS HOUSE over the 1835 more va (Timor's, Main Street, Southold; owner, Mrs. Rowland H. For som Timm; torian J. I Rich & Edson Law Office, tenant.) as well a Captain Benjamin Wells, son of John Calvin Wells and below. A grandson of Abner had this house built in 1835 by William D. Whc 1 Cochran. It is one of Builder Cochran's fine ro u s in it end w arc itecture and co uct�on, s can e s en, there have Smith, li _&en re—ce—n-l—c-Fa—n—g—e—s--in---tTic facade and also necessary changes that of t made in the interior. The beauty of woodwork, arches, stairway Claus H and general architecture remains, moved az Captain Wells owned six packet ships at different periods. Dr_ Paul He carried cargo and passengers to and from New York. There "were staterooms on his ships. The "Swallow'"`w!i'its great 16. JUS' ti mainsail and jib made a round trip a week. The sheds at the east of his house in the barnyard stored the cargo, wheat, ! flaxseed, etc., between trips. Captain Wells and his forebears were landowners in many parts of the town. This home property of Captain Benjamin (Josepl in 1$35 stretched to Boisseau Avenue and his lands across the Main Street went down to the Creek. The Captain married twice, Margaret Halstead and Catherine Edwards; and had Robe: six children, John Calvin, 3rd, Henry, Mary, Caroline, David Hempstea and Oscar. Oscar and his wife Caroline Coffin and their chil- stead Diai dren, Benjamin, Orlando and Grace carried on the homestead. old for in The first William Wells was the settlement's first Town daughter Rev, john Recorder, Captain Benjamin's ancestor, whose homesite in the gail, was 1640's on the Town Street (or Trail) was the present Southold traveler. Savings Bank corner, previously the old Southold Hotel site. This 1 15. DANIEL E. TERRY HOUSE Fart of i- 1856 18 6 of early s r (Dr. Paul L. Diefenbacher, Main Street, Southold) was name4 This property on which the builder, Daniel E. Terry (mar- 1835 enlar ried Maria P. Goldsmith, 1855) built his home in 1856, was the builde: recorded in 1654, '56, '58, '60, in the Town Records as an early wings now homelot of John Corey, weaver, of James Haynes, cooper, and Avenue' his son John, and of the homelot extension of Col. John Yonges, Other distinguished for his great service to early colonial life, son Gardiner, J of the Pastor, end of the Since the time Terry acquired the land in 1856 from beautiful c Richard L. Peters, the house has passed through more hands doctor of 20 Guide to Historic Markers. Southold Historical Society. 1960 E .R.