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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSD-66 -' FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE NO. 103-f 0' 4s� Soh 4 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY, NEW YORK 018)474-4479 NEG. N0. YOUR NAME: SFLIA/ John E. Remsen 2nd DATE: 6/117$ YOUR ADDRESS��tagk��,CAuytrr Road TELEPHONE: —9444 ORGANIZATION (if any):. Universalio- Church of Southold IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S):Capt. Benjamin Wells House- Minon's�Store 2. COUNTY: St?ff©lk TOWNICITY: Southold Vtt•r Art~• Southold 3. STREET LOCATION:! yM1 A IV ?_ ti^s 10 t; G. of R-1(,!'6AA 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ - b. private E� 5. PRESENT OWNERMr. Ron Ryan ADDRESS: same & USE: Original: -residence Present:1 St floor shop,_ 2nd floor residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes D1 No Interior accessible: Explain 18t floor accessible during DESCRIPTION shop hours. 8. BUILDING a. clapboard El b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: 1). STRUCTURAL a, wood frame with interlocking joints Cl' SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members It (if known) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent 1f] b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): top floor of west wing added in 1964 by Mr. Ryan 1st. floor windows altered in 1960's 12. PHOTO: 13. MAP: Neg. Filed,Southold Hist. Soc. DOT Southold Village ES Roll 1- Frame 15 from SE, front 27 �l Fit \51 Southold WEr . C, Harper C11, . l • L n // -A 3 oh 4 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none knownf] b.zoning❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers 1:1 e. deterioration El f. other: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a, barn E b. carriage house ❑ c. garage d. privy [1 e. shed D f. greenhouse 0 g. shop El h. garde TaYge Tulip tree i. landscape features: j. other: W SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land El b. woodland ❑ c.scattered buildings 7 d.densely built-up F1 e. commercial f, industrial 11 g. residential Ll h.other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Sensitive adaptive reuse of ground floor for commercial purposes on Main Street, Rt. 25 in mainly residential area. I& OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): Original woodwork and fire places on 1st floor in dress shop, Original stair well and stair rail & posts (center hall to attic) SIGNIFICANCE 11). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1835 ARCHITECT: probably Cochran BUILDER: 0. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: Cochran, architect—builder, according to local tradition General apperance and architectural details of front door side lights,fixed collums, and interior detailing indicate same architect—builder, W.D. Cochran, for Capt. Wells. 21. SOURCES: Interview with present owner, Mr. Ron Ryan, April 14 Southold N.Y. Beer's Comstock Atlas of Long Island, Pub. 1873 2.2, THLNIE: Work by William D. Cochran, Architect—Builder in Southold, 1835-37 during construction of the Universalist Church of Southold. A h SD 66 1''i41!o Photo : SD-;SSM VI-22 t Benjamin Wplls house was altered by George W. Smith, builder, circa 1960, who dpsigned the front to be used as a ladies ' dress shop. (Intprvipw Daniel T. Smith, Oct. 1986) Owner 1986 : 7dzard Van Holthp SD 66 -- - Photo by Daniel T. Smith, 1986 ;1, A "This was the old Colonial home of, I believe, a Mr. Benjamin Wells. My father designed the front, which was used as a Ladies Dress store , around 1960. It is on Main Street opposite the North Fork Bank, " wrote Daniel T. Smith in October 1986. SD 66 r. a CAPT. BENJAMIN WELLS HOUSE over the 1835 more va, (Timor's, Main Street, Southold; owner, Mrs. Rowland H. For som Timm; Rich & Edson Law Office, tenant.) torian J. 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. Whe Cochran. It is one of Builder Cochran's fine rodu s in it end w ar itecture and c uction, s can e s en, there have Smith, li een recen c angel in t e 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`` s great 16. JUS' 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 1835 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 Dias dren, Benjamin, Orlando and Grace carried on the homestead. old for m daumhter The first William Wells was the settlement's first Town Rev John Recorder, Captain Benjamin's ancestor, whose homesite in the ail was 1640's on the Town Street or Trail was the resent Southold t { } p traveler. Savings Bank corner, previously the old Southold Hotel site. This F 15. DANIEL E. TERRY HOUSE Part of i foundatior. 1856 of early s (Dr. Paul L. Diefenbacher, Main Street, Southold) was name 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, of the Pastor, end of the c Since the time Terry acquired the land in 1856 from beautifuldoctor of Richard L. Peters, the house has passed through more hands 20 Guide to Historic Markers. } Southold Historical Society. 1960 l NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC TRUST STATEWIDE SURVEY OF HISTORIC SITES AND BUILDINGS 1. Name (Common and Historic) (Mignon House or Prince House) Location 2. Suffclk 3. Southold 4. County Town Village or City 5. Address or Location MCAM Miyt'O itl 1;idt; Oty- o� ftW2 GW A4e p ' Commercial 6. Type Federal 7. Subject or Theme Architectural 8. Date of Construction 1835 9. Architect (If Known) 10. Builder (If known) 11. Original Owner 12. Original Use Residence 13. Present Owner Name Address 14. Present Use Drees Shop 15. Physical Condition Good 16. Surveys W. P. A. 17. Future Action None 18. Surveyed by R. Wiggins, Ct:ddebackville, N. Y., March 68, 1 Date Surveyed DSP-23 History and Significance: A handsom2 tyricel large L.-I. style house of the Aderal period, tastefully redesigned and used as a dress shot._ Interior woodk[QrIj is ll well r-im intai ned Wells, Sources of Information: t p A N. Y. American wide Series New York. Oxford U_ cress. 1455. D. 701, Photograph: Date Direction of View March 68. N. Map ]Location: GS Coor mates A► � Cl e• c v f 1 T