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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
N1 %% YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK (518)474 0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold / SPLIA DATE: January 1987
YOUR ADDRESS:Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE: (516) 765-1892
Southold, . , N.Y. 971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town. Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
I. BUILDING NAMF(S): Howell Farm
2. COUNTY: S ff lk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE:; Southold
.1. STREET LOCATION: South Harbor Road, west side
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public D b, private 1 -
5. PRESENT OWNER, George Wells ADDRESS:
6 USE: Original: sR Ridenne Presen(. Residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public road: Yes 5D No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
H. BUILD1NC, a. clapboard ❑ b, stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e, cobblestone ❑ f. shingles X g_ stucco ❑ other:Vert.ba;lyd4
1). S'TRUC'TURAL, a. wood frame with interlucking joints ❑
SYSTEM: h, woad 1'rame with light members 13d
(il' kntwn) c. masonry load bearing walls❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent 13d b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated D
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑ 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:
IS. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn® b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑
d. privy ❑ e. shed ER 4 f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ landscaped front yard.
i. landscape features: barn 1800+extensi n
j. other: ca. 18 1 4-ba l 3-bay shed
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a_open land CX b. woodland ❑
c. scattered buildings 21
d,densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑
h.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
South Harbor Rd. is a two-lane road that leads From Main
Road to the bay area; it is sparsely built up with open
fields and woods.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
22-story, 3-bay, side entrance plan cross-gable house.
Decorated shingles in the gables. 2/2 windows.
SIGNIFICANCE
I1t. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1895
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
'U. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
This well preserved late 19th century house and its well
kept early farm buildings preserve a farm complex that
was once typical on the North Fork.
21. SOURCES: * Interview George w s. Glen Head. . Ia 1-/86
H. V. Taves. Barns a_ ons s and. 191
Hyde & Co . Atlas of Long Island. 1895
THENIg: Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research
assistant.
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3--bay barn on stone
foundation circa. 1800
with large extension
circa 1895
Early 1800 's barn is
at left-1895 barn at
WON the right
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H.V. Taves. Barns of LoUZ Island. 1981
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RALPH O.CASO RICHARD A. DITCH
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COUNTY OF NASSAU
DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION & PARKS
NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM
MUTTONTOWN ROAD. SYOSSET, NEW YORK 11791
September 22 , 1971
Mr. George Wells
565 Cedar Swamp toad
Glen Head, New York 11545
Dear Mr. Wells :
The Howell farm is unique in that it was not developed
into a modern 20th inedtury and notmas let fallltoall ruinaassthevcaseen.for Yet
it has been main
most farm buildings which ceased to be active.
This farm has a house and barn dating late 18th century
or early 19th century. The house, though replaced by a new house
in 1890 remains little altered. Three other building units are of
the late 19th century . The 'L' wing on the barn was built in 1937
replacing an earlier structure (probably same age as the barn) on
the same site as shown in early photographs . The carriage shed-
garage was rebuilt at this time also, replacing carriage sheds on
the same site. Though new buildings, these two did not change the
basic form of the farm lot or its functions .
The 'L' arrangement of the barns , forming a cow yard
with a south exposure, is a typical farm for early 19th century
farms . The courtyard enclosure is typical of many other later 19th
century farms. The building of the new house away from the barns
also reflects a typical characteristic of the later 19th century.
This farm has been in the same family since about 1820,
giving it a continuity. This in part, and the active family in-
terest, has enabled a large collection of early photographs,
histories , and notes to be accumulated, relating to the farm and
family.
I have been making a survey of early Long Island farms ,
studying nearly 200 Suffolk County farms . Most have been modern-
ized. Those not, generally have fallen down. A large number of
farms have not remained in the same. family, particularly since
1900 . The Howell farm has not suffered these extensive changes .
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BARN: Type: i< A F - LAS o— Gating: c , l
Historical data: Size: Z4' & 31'
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Further stu y consid ra a.ons, rated 1 to 4, 4 meriting
the greatest consideration.
number of original buildings: aw— 1-19 , ! 4.'
completeness of farm unit rated: 4-
typical ( X ) or unique ( } features rated: 3
condition of buildings ratedr 7�
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23S-41H-4 12well Southold
South Harbor 55iV, Southold
3-bay English, extended one bay; m 1800,
extended 1880-1900. Framing type ;.
! 241 x 311 (24' x 381 after extensim); height
to plate 1412". Hewn oak frame; 10 Dair
rafters pinned w/collar ties at beets. West
wall vertical sawn boards 13" wide. Large
wagon door on north but small 1-door on. south.
Mctension circ. sawn pine. 6 pre-1930 bldgs.
23&.41H-5 Gradowski (Albertson) Southold
Rain Road, Southold
3-bay English, ca. 1800.
Framing types 3 & 4, west vs. east bents.
241 x 33' , height to plate 1417".
Hewn oak frame. Braces mortised, }finned.
Rafters vertically sawn, pine, butted at
ridge. Holes for pegs to hold gutter. One set
wagon doors charged to small half-ioor.
3 pre-1900 buildings.
23S-42H-1 Dickerson (Dator.) Southold
Bayview Road, Bayview
3-bay English, 1800-1850-
Framing type 4.
_- 28' x 3816"; height to plate 14161.
Hewn oak frame. Rafters tapered, xinred.
Upper braces half dovetailed. Lore braces
Morticed and pirr.ed. Barn moved, :a. 1900.
5a & 9z double-beaded board walls. Part of
large modern farm.
23S-.37J-1 Dickerson Southold
Main Road, Mattituck
English, 1880-1900.
Framing type 3.
Sawn pine frame. Ridge pole. 10" tongue &
groove vertical boards nailed witk cut nails.
6 late 19th century buildings.
233-37J-2 Ruland (Wines) Southold
Main Road, Mattituck.
3-bay English w/additional bay for carriage.5
and shop, ca. 1884. Framing type 3.
26' x 3616" overall, 26' x 36' wiftut extra
bay. Circular and vertical sawn #ne frame.
Braces mortised & pinned. Grain bin, brick
foundation. 9" vertical tongue &groove
boards, cut nails. Heavy ridge *e. 5
H.V. Taves. Barns of Long Island. 1981
One Longtinw Ller
{ Preserves Another
>{ 1 z By Joseph Uemma He approached current and former
Southold The demolition of the town officials who contacted the nonprof-
ff
it Peconic Land Trust a u devoted to
landmark house on "Silversmith's Cor- group
g § ner" last October produced an outcry the preservation of open apace and env-i-
from almost every segment of the town. ronmentall
sensitive land.
But George Wells saw it as an opportune- An intricate planwas devised.It had a
ty to fulfill several dream — preserve little something for everybody. Wells
his family farm, assist the Hallockville would donate 22 acres of the 30-acre
farm museum in Riverhead and estab- family farm on South Harbor Lane to
u lish a Village Green in town. Hallockville, which would then sell the
Actions by the town board and the vel- development rights to the town under
lage green committee this week pushed the town's farmland preservation pro-
those dreams closer to fruition. The gram for an estimated$121,000.It could
dreams have cost Wells, a designer and then resell those acres as farmland.The
maker of hand-hooked rugs, morethan money will help the farm museum devel-
�� $320,000. op its"living farm"program.
•; Wells traces his family back to the He would then give $200,000 — the o
first settlers of both Southold and South- pro'ected sale price of the remaining 4
ampton almost 950 years ago. His in- eig It acres — to the land trust, which
volvement in a townwide drama heading would buy the property from Mandel,de-
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for a happy ending began last October velop it as a Village Green and then turn >
when developer Herbert Mandel it over to the town. Southold town con-
knocked down the Hartranft House, tributed $6,000 to cover the land trust'$
' built in the 1750s, and trucked it away. expenses to finalize the transaction. D
Mandel said that he wanted to preserve The village green committee was set r
the house but it was too expensive to re- up to develop the design and construe- o
pair or move. tion of the green.At its meeting Wednes- G
µ y" The site, at the corner of Main Road day night, the committee continued m
and Young's Avenue, became known as rounding up offers of donations of mate-
Silversmith's Corners because men went rial and labor from service
: .�., groups,buai-
there to apprentice as silversmiths when nesses and individuals. It will now tally
it was owned by Robert Hempstead. In the value of the offers before coordinat-
•'� the late 19th Century, it was bought by ing a public fund-raising drive geared to
Dr. Joseph Hartranft who lived there opening the green this summer.
and used it as a hospital until the first On Tuesday, the town board voted to
hospital was built in the town in 1907. hily thi.develaUmmi dghts to the Wells
Many in the town were outraged by farm for an estimated $121,000, subject
# the demolition,but Wella,81,seized the to appraisals,and to&Uow townwork rs
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� opportunity. In a telephone interview to assist with much of the labor.
from his Glen Head shop this week, he To Wella, the actions are "good news
said: "I offered the historical society . . . All my grandfathers are from the N
money several years ago to move the first settlers'famLes of both Southamp- tD
f>'•3` 3 house.I offered to give it to the town but ton and Southold.My father grew up less
couldn't get anyone to move on it. I in- than a block from the [Silversm th'al d
herited the farm from my aunt, Lillian Corner. My grandfather ran a hotel
Ne%Wa Thus k Koen,ges Howell, who wanted to preserve it. It across the street, where the S-uthold
George Wells works on a hooked rug at his shop was what she always wanted." 'Savings Bank is now." �