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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSD-107 r FOR OFFICE USE ONLY • BUILIANG-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM SIJ 107 UNIQUE SITE NO. 103rD , C=633 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD -- NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK t5l H) 474-0•#79 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Town of Southold / SFLIA DATE: January 1987 YOUR ADDRESS:Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE(516) 765'1892 Southold, L. I. , N.Y.11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): Dart/WPlls House/Fre ift Wells house 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Southold 3. STREET LOCATION:# 24154 _Bayview Rd. Fast side, opp.Grange Rd. A. OWNERSHIP: a. ublic n l Ik private M 5. PRESENT OWNER: WasPr ADDRESS: same 6. IDSL Original: Residence Present: residence 7. ACCE?SSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public road: Yes 12 No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION ?i. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles EX g. stucco ❑ other: 'k STRUCTURAL, a. wood frame with interlocking joints 5 SYSTEM: b. wood frame with fight members ❑ (ifknown) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10, CONDITION: a. excellent jXI b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY. a. original site ❑ h. moved ❑ if so,when`' c. list major alterations and dates (if known): SD- RSM XVI-0 12. PHOTO: From South west 13. MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Southold Quad West (front) and south elevation w:iiow Hili.,,•. 200 " 1� �, X25 � !�• s. A k i • ^"gig- _ _ .. r.,' .s/!' y�,�` �G •t +�0. 01 •T ` i � y�. R.� w _�11gghl t vVatz South 47bor `6, x _ 4 Park Hog Neck Ba SD 107 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known [i) b. zoning El c. roads 1:1 ED d. developers El e. deterioration f. other: 15. RELATLD OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn® b. carriage house El c. garage El spe Tavps, d. privy 0 e. shed El f. greenhouse 0 g. shop 11 h. gardens C - i. landscape features: cottage, outbuildings w. j. other: vprlical board and batten 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land K1 b. woodland c.scattered buildings Y d.densely built-up El e. commercial f. industrial D g. residential El h.other: tree nursery 17, INTFIRRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROU'NDINGS. (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Low density, quiet country road, with houses surrounded by expanses of open fields and farmland. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 1i-story, 5-bay cpntpred chimney gable roof house. 6/6 windows. This house is a classic example of what was once the typical North Fork "double house. " Addition in rear. SIGNIFICANCE 11). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: b. 1753. ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 10. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: One of the best preserved, least altered old houses in Southold. It contributes to the ambience of the area. 21. SOURCES: H.V. Taves. Barns of Long Island. 1981 Joy Bear. Historic Houses of the North Fork and Shelter Island. Greenport. 1981 # 20. P. 42 Guido to Historic Markers. Southold Historical 22. THLMFSocipty. l9i70- Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritto research assistant. r^ SD 107 r , Home of George C. Wchs, named by Judge Jesse L. Case as one of Walt Whitman's victims. (W. J.t Whitman fled from this house to the one below. ` V Ur. Ira Conn i n's Homestead Walt Whitman at Southold, monograph by atherine olinoff 1966 SD 107 .y�4 Ilk i r t * M'� SODOM SCHOOL DISTRICT in 1840 sa i •� ao� LRE J�0{K ' .x SI d0M S[�oo� r •sa''��e.n.e1 p�1ti'P� � O ~ Q J1 A� a�r^Ns d.[ � . a° / c 7 �vL 9 da !• rc- O jUae..du �rbwr SCDor1 �"[ 3 fi�bbe.d ra SCH`JOL ZISTRICT k 4 �: c. �as�i. tiallocl Q� �'�.-: � f TY.a i.ra.,.aw a �C-RcA 19*0) eM1� S� r. xtiy• 9 � 1 +{ f ,'\amr.t .incl 1racint: P-lidcd h; 11-a;1and J01crlr.u. .11.+p au.1 f11:101p`4 by Max l.richmil. 7'r-icipi;. cr ir-h- ' Snljolk Pl.ruuiuti CeM11111J."f'rr. 1944, Dotwf s-- ",. " ;� �, map from 'r' " WALT WHITMAN AT SOUTHOLD by Katherine Molinoff �I . C .W .Post College f•` " ;�"•r Y �: �4 of series of monographs a T.,. ?T*•F M Y +fy�.4"':+"►� E' �$ i4�iY 4h^'i?'r {t'�i,�5 C S.?�i�Ya✓'��� .t'7• i'a'.. {'gid t •� 'S'� ��'r�'-�'K�'�q•+fi>".�s�'e r A . '� Y•. Z ,5�+� } ra Y i fiAY VIEW (GORAT HOGG NECKS) and MURMUR (SOUTH ARBOUR) NOTE: The Old Houses and Buildings bearing Historic Markers and the Properties designsted by Roadside Site Mar><ers are act open for public bistorical inspection unless otherwise stated. 44. FREGIFT WELLS HOUSE 1753 • C Giles Wells Library 1828 (Alfred E. Dart, Bay View Road, Bay View, Southold) Fregift Wells,born 1714, youngest of 14 children of Joshua Wells and Hannah Tuthill of Cutchogue, was considered "a free gift from God" and thus his name! He was a farmer and deacon in the church; married Anna Booth of Bootk,s Point, New Suffolk. By 1753 they were in this homestead.�The -him 62y oven, built into the rear wall of one of the three fireplaces + of the central chimney, betokens in Southold construction a pre-1755 date of this sturdy "Double Cod" house House �sfi cture, wills, deeds, family data it this homestead into the 18th century picture. Interesting restoration is now under way omits of the house reveaTin more earmarks obits—age': There were seven children, i es, Thomas, Joshua, Jon- athan, Bethia, Ann and Mary, bornTo 'Fregift and Anna Wells. rah Giles II, son of Jonathan, eventually inherited and it was he 1w *-Ho"in 1828 had one of the home libraries shared with the v community in his house. He was a founder of the 1834 First Academy and of the Universalist Church 1835-7. He married in 1813, Jane S. Phillips and had children: Julia Ann; William G.; Benjamin; J. Franklin; J. Sidney; George C.; Louisa. Later in the 14th century Captain "Bill" (William H.) Gardiner came into ownership preceding George Fletcher Downs' occupancy. Captain "Bill" owned a sailing vessel and was a man of the sea for many years. 45. BARNABAS HORTON'S KITCHEN From the Once Existent Horton House 1640's on the Town Street (Herman ©hImann, Bay View Road,corner Smith Drive,South, Say View, Southold) 41 I Guide to Historic Markers. Southold Historical Socie y. 1960' V O SD 107 Z. c RIO ------------ O �•yt� 1. , 1 �-�Q� • .i��#roe ;;a�,�Aa���,7 � �#� '�a'. ■ C t+a"u� �, . , . . �����1 r" .,:"+_ U.S• Coast Survey. T. -68. 1 8 z 114 ; L) 107 23S-40H-4 Southold Indian Neck Road, Peconic 3-bay English, 1900-1920. Framing type 3 but with two interior posts. Light sawn pine frame, nailed. Narrow double-beaded vertical board siding. Outbuildings appear of similar construction. Several outbuildings. 23S-40H-5 Davids Southold Main Road, Cutchogue 3-bay English, 1919. Framing type 4. Heavy sawn pine framing. Ridge pole. Braces half-dovetailed. 514* vertical tongue & groove double-beaded boards. Only ca. 1919 building. 235-41H-1 Dart (Wells) Southold Bayview Road, Southold English, 1800-1850; small extension. Framing type 4. 281 x 361 , height to plate 1518". Hewn oak/chestnut vertical posts. Braces, plate, horizontal crossbeam of vertical sawn �. oak. Part of door intact, upper braces _ dovetailed & pinned, lower mortised & pinned. 3 pre-1900 buildings. 23S-41H-2 Keeney(T) Southold Yain Road, Southold English 3-bay but small, 1850-1900. Framing type 4. Sawn mine frame. Rafters half lapped. Upper braces halt-dovetailed, lower braces mortised and pinned. Other farm structures are 20th century. 23S-41H-3 Y11 ford (Porton) Southold Bayview Road, Southold 3-bay English, 1875-1900. Framing type 5. 2616" x 33r. height to plate 15"2*. Circular sawn pine frame. Braces half dove- z� tailed. spiked with cut nails. 9„” vertical tongue & groove board siding nailed with cut nails. 4 1900 buildings. H.V. Taves. Barns of Long Island. 1981