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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSD-111 4 . 1 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM DUNIQUE SITE NO16ho, o-�C 37 SD 111 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK (5181474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: DATE: A,pri ] 1--19 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE: 16) ?65-1892 Southold, I.I. I. . N.Y.11971 ORGANIZATION (if any):Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION Barnabas Horton KitC e I. BUILDING NAMF(S): 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE. SciLthold 3. STREET LOCATION: Main Ra-%►u'iT ew Rd. north Ride # X5485 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b_ private 50 5. PRESENT OWNER: Ohlman ADDRESS: same _ h. USE.: Original Present: residPncp 7. Affl-.SSIBILI'TY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible front public road: Yes 12 No Cl Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION ti. 11111l.DING a_ clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten I_) MATERIAL e. cobblestone ❑ F. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: vinyl siding 1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints SYSTEM. b. wood frame with light members ❑ (O' kn(wri) c. masonry load bearing walls d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: it. excellent ❑ b. good R1 c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑ b. moved if so,when? c. list major'alterations and dates (if known): Moved twice before purchased by George W. Smith and moved in 1948 to its present site. * SD RSM XV-21 1?. PIIOTO:From south VW4 13. MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Southold Quad Front (south) and art elevation W 5sT Mflow Hill. Cem ."r /f _ NE K J •20 LD. F'J�rII• - ` . ti a �r=-- �; tin• NS - 1 SD 111 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known C7 b. zoning❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. other: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn❑ b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑ d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse g. shop ❑ It. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: in real' proper ;. other: marshland and creek. 10. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ❑ b. woodland c. scattered buildings d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential h.other: marshlands/creek 17. INTI-RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Main Bayview Road is an historic road. Located on Great Hog Neck, it traverses fine farmlands. In 1838 it was lined with farmhouses all the way to 'cedar Beach Point. �vT,�oQday it is an area of scattered houses, open fields, and I S. UWR NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE, (including interior features if known): Small 1-story, 3-bay center entrance, gable roof cottage ; lean-to addition across rear wjOKextending one bay to the east. SIGNIFICANCE Allegedly 1640 's. 11). DATA: OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: �G / . a ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE. A plaque readsi "BARNABAS HORTON KITCHEN From the once existant Horton house 1640s, on the Town St. " 21. SOURCES: Guide to Historic Markers, Southold Historical Society. 1960 . # 45 *Long Island Traveler-Watchman. 3/22/73o "Twenty- f ive years ago . " TH1<,1IE: Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant. SIT i l l I -..4--. --r,t,v'r+ a^tCy �trra 9 t-147i "^l'-`Tn.17, �, ,_ r - P�L NG I S ISA. ISA. LONG �G�] C1�T Q - By J. ERNEST BRIERLI Dec.. 3 . 9 The little cottage pictured f . "gma�� here, is all that remains of .` the ancestral home of the Horton family, which was . �O\w• +" a built by Barnabas Horton` ���\��\ Ali.` ?':• in.the 1640's, on the north- •��� west corner of the Town Street (the present Main Street) and Horton's Lane in Southold. Here, Barnabas, the. ` + 44- Baker, lined and founded t , •- his family, which would be- come the source of the vast 4 Horton family in America. He was twice married, his, ` 0, a first wife. b e i n g Anne 1 Smith.His second was Mary Langton, who came with him from Mouseley, Eng- land. His children were: l 'y.w� ,` ' i'�, Joseph, Benjamin, C a 1 e li, �!�,;r l*iy• ,'� a `' ., F Joshua, Jonathan (who in• `3 i -TYi ?�M'»y herited the homestead), _ Hannah, Sarah, Mary, BARNABAS NORTON'S` KITCHEN. Mercy, and Abigail- .Until 1873 the old house r had been continuously occu• Sturges, to be used by him ent site on Bay View Road pied by members of the as a carpenter shop, and on the corner of Smith Horton family, the last subsequently to become the Drive, in South--Bay View, L' male owner being Jonathan Girl Scout Headquarters. Southold. }; j Goldsmith Horton, known If was next removed to Although there are other. ' as "Uncle Goopie:' In 1878,` the Presbyterian C h a p e 1 Horton houses-still extant,t 1 it was torn down, but the grounds (present Town in the comrnunity,'.the old Kitchen Wing was retained Clerk's Office), where it re- Kitchen Wing takes preced•. intact, and moved across mained until George W. ence over' all others. Its- the tsthe Main Road to Oaklawn Smith purchased it and present •owner..is Herman ° Ayenue by Richard S. again moved it to its pros. Ohlmann_ ' Collection Queens Doro Public Library f I f` "HERE LIES MY BODY....... 48 49 SD 111 countless descendants (who included Benjamin Harrison, 33rd U.S. President), was his house. Built before 1660 and added onto by son Jonathan in 1680, it was lived in by six generations of Hortons-213 years—until Jonathan Goldsmith Horton died without issue in 1873 and willed it to an adopted daughter. Three years later, as part of the Centennial celebration, a hundred Hortons from all over the country gathered at Philadelphia. They seemed eager and able to buy the "oldest dwelling-house known to exist within our nation's boundaries" and a treasurer was named to receive the necessary $1,500 in contributions, but apparently everybody went home and forgot. Most of the house was demolished a 4 r \ few months after the "Horton Gathering." _ t "There was a last sad celebration and leavetaking before it was torn _ down. We are told that women wept and carried pieces away for souvenirs," says the Horton genealogy. Augustus Griffin in his Journal spoke reverently of the Horton ` home, noting that at the time of writing (1855) the east portion had been standing 195 years. He went on,"It may not be uninteresting to �s many of my fellow-townsmen to know that in the year 1706, in this house, were married Henry Tuthill to Bethia Horton, and Daniel Tuthill to Mehitable Horton. Henry and Daniel were brothers, and grandsons of the first John Tuthill, and Bethia and Mehitable grand- To b daughters of the first Barnabas Horton." And The house didn't all go, however. The kitchen wing, seemmgIX the Heai part Barnabas built, either resiste&destruction or was spared for And some other reason.It was moved (to make way for a new building now For+ ` standing there with a historical marker) to another lot in midtown Ther where it served as Girl Scout headquarters and other useful purposes. And Eventually, about 40 years ago, it was moved to Hog's Neck, where Heb. x it is now the living room of the Herman Ohlman home on Bay View Bari Road.So the©hlmans at the risk of being challenged, can say they're quotat living in part of the oldest house in America. That Horton genealogy referred to above is called "The Horton in Alth+ America," was published in 1929, contains 650 pages and enough of anothe Barnabas' descendants (only about half, the compiler said) to good c populate a large city. Goodness knows how many there must be at having present. Boisse It seems unlikely now, as was so long claimed, that Barnabas Carlis] brought with him the 5 x 3-foot slab of slate that rests horizontally on a Furt stone base 18 inches above his grave (and son Jonathan's too, the ro; although that isn't mentioned) which is in the old burying ground an four ti easy stone's-throw from and within clear view of what was his former assum home. The same fine-grained slate, called bluestone, is used for The d- grave-markers in Leicestershire and he may have imported it later. In tt Together with the proper identification, this epitaph is inscribed on stand: the stone: 1658, Here lies my body tombed in dust Hemp `Till Christ shall come to raise it with the just; Wickh My soul ascended to the throne of God, graces Where with sweet Jesus now I make abode; Squire Then hasten after me, my dearest wife, Warren Hall, Pagans, Puritans, Patriots . 1975 i OLD TIMES SD 111 OIL IIOTEL _ { rom 1.830 OLD i1iIl.r_ A ,y East A'Tarion a;} FIRST SF.TTLEMFNT HOME. of Barnabas Horton UL na ? + ` + rt 1 az a � r.. • J %.2 ` 7 f ACK,SMITH SHOP POT-1117.1.1.IED STOVE A Summer of History. Official Program Town of Southold 1640-1.965 MILESTONE Orte of 24 7] rrrrt+,rl 17;0 r} SD 111 THE ROLE OF BARNABAS 46 47 xcept CHAPTER SEVEN emed In spite of the new inhabitants and the vast acreage of the town in ithold 1675, there were only 82 taxpayers (out of 105 ful -grown men) when .h the the first assessment role was made up that year. Barnabas Horton wn to cuddy and four of his sons had the most land and wealth — 1188 poen ds ned worth. The Youngses —there were to of them, sons and nephews of se sePastor John — were almost as well-to-do. ed ringly Barnabas was 40 years old when he arrived in Southold, a bag, strong, ruddy-faced, genial man who was a baker by trade but could turn his hand to anything — and did. Here's a brief biography from Mat- Munsell's History of Suffolk, ona:y "Barnabas Horton was without doubt one of the original company all so who came with Mr.Youngs. He was born in Mousley, Leicestershire, England,in 1600.After coming to this country (circa 1635) he is said to horse have lived at Hampton, Mass., until 1640, when he joined the church k and organized by Mr. Youngs. He had sons Joseph, Benjamin, {Caleb, .sband Joshua and Jonathan; daughters Hannah, Sarah and Mary. order "In 1654,'56 and'59 he was deputy from Southold to the court of New anding Haven. He was admitted freeman of the Connecticut Colony in 1662 and was deputy in 1663 and 1664. His name occurs as one of the tion to patentees of the town in 1676,and he was intimately connected with all its public affairs until his death (in 1680.) His tomb in the churchyard •eplied in Southold is covered with a slab of blue slate. said to have been imported from his native place." wheat With Barnabas when he came were a wife and two young sons.Soon widowed, he (according to former Town Historian Wayland Jef- ield of ferson) married Mary Langton, origin unknown, the mother of his com- other offspring. posterity, t for ough I The most tangible legacy Barnabas left to except to fear 3 I will Built before 1650, the rd, she I Barnabas Horton House nd the { = " E sheltered six generations of Hortons. es and .V was a , . Warren Half.. Pagans , Puritans Patriots. 1975 J + Yys 1 { x =y (D 0 a � 0 Q' 1 V � e 4 'fir•q��{ ;. +'� 15 Photo by George B. Brainard. 1878 - Collections Brooklyn Museum 142 OLD S0[i';1'HOLD Tf)d! YN TI•:RCENTENARY SD 111 original [IOLLse, however, Was built by Samuel YOUlIgs in 1658 i and has I}asscd through the hands consecutrVclv of I lempstead, ' GardirrLT, Coleman, ,Appleby, Albertson, Derry, Wickham and ` Ilartranft fartiilics. It has long been clairtWel that the old Barnabas Horton kitchen, middle 16orrs, et•entuall ' became Richard S. Sturges' carpenter s rop and now -is the Girl Scout headeluartcrs on Oak I,awn Avenue. It had moved only across the main road and around a corner to its present location. A replica of the house itself which is no longer in existence stood ore the lawn of the town clerk's {Alice during the celebration. -I'he site of the original house, R. G. ferry's property, was mar-ked by a Lelebration sign, "Barnabas Horton, Baker." In Bay View the Deacon James Horton house, 17 1 t (the lower wing), stands just beyond the old district school (Hiss $,; Mary L. Dayton's house----Mrs. E. W. Scherr's residence) ; 6h the old Jennings house, 176t, stands at the sharp bend of the Bay View road (Henry Sayward) ; the first Joseph Hallock house, built by him in the 1 Joos, on the Bay View road, is now the remodeled Reydon Club House. There are a number of interesting sources of information l about old houses, to which reference has already been made. II. Howard Huntting and Jonathan G. Huntting kept valuable scrapbooks throughout part of the last century, and these books are now mines of information about old Southold Town. In than are found the "Hobbles about the Village" by J. Hor- ton Case:, who tells the story of some of the old houses from J. Wickham Case's sources for such history. ' Would that the owners of all the old houses of Southold 'R Town might preserve them and hand them on to posterity, not allow them to be destroyed wantonly nor decay to the ground I They are precious for the very sustaining of a character which, If lost, would mean defamation to much that the town holds dear to itself. This chapter comes to a close, having made its salute to that spirit dwelling within or about some of the oldest houses of Southold Town, with a prayer for their well-being and safety through all the days and years ahead. Ann Currie-Bell, ` Old Southold Town's Tercentenary. 1940 1' .s s. � � ��"^• v x °1 r +,mss a! R ^ '' t�-'rx t t n - iii { �i :1 �•a '� .h ' SD 111 i 1AY VIEW IGF AT HOGG NECKE? and SOUTH HARBOR (SOUTH ARBOUR) NOTE: The old Houses and Buildings bearing Histarle Markers and the Properties designated by Roadside Site Markers are not N open for public hlstoriml Inspection unless otherwise stated. 44. FREGIFT WELLS HOUSE 1753 { 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 Booth'- Poixit, r�:•r r +� viz New Suffolk.. By 1753 they were in this homestead.-The chim r ,&:y'oven, built into the rear wall of one of the three fireplaces of the central chimney, betokens in Southold construction a L e-1755 date of this sturdy `Doul-le n.e Cod" house House ructure, w its, deeds, family data pit chis h&nesto ad into the 18th century picture. Inte-estiry restoratio* is now under way on parts of +hP house rFveajaTip ,noxe earmarks 6F ts There were seven children, Giles, 1 Nomas, Joshua, Jon- athan, Bethia, Ann and Mary, born to Fregift and Anna Wells. fav Giles II, son of Jonathan, eventually inherited and it was he 1w� who in 1828 had one of the home libraries shared with the 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 19th 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. 13ARNABAS HORTON'S KITCHEN Front the Once Existent Horton House 1640's on the Town Street (Herman OhImann, Bay View Road,corner Smith Drive,South, Bay View, Southold) 41 Guide to Historical Markers. Southold Historical Society. 1960 W1 W1 . `-,v«• SD 111 The old ancestral Barnabas Horton House of the 1640's stood on the northwest corner of the Town Street (Main Street) and Horton's Lane, Southold. That first Horton house was torn down in 1878, except for the kitchen wing, which was moved thereafter by Richard S. Sturges to OakIawn Ave- nue, becoming his carpenter shop. Subsequently it became the Girl Scout headquarters; thence moved to the Presbyterian Chapel (present Town Clerk's office) -rounds where it re- mained for a time until George W. Smith purchased and re- moved it to the Woodpecker Neck section of Bay View, its present site. Barnabas Horton, the Baker, was in early South- old history one of the important leaders in the colony, entrusted with responsibility and held in high respect; one of the Town Patentees, 1676, There are numbers of Horton houses'-s- iIT ...,,sexiste r in the community, but this kitchen wing, now a ;r cottage, is all that remains of the parent homestead. The parent family was large in number. The first wife of -' Barnabas was Anne Smith. His second was Mary Langton, who came with him from Mouseley, England. His children were: Joseph, Benjamin, Caleb, Joshua, Jonathan (who in- herited the homestead), Hannah, Sarah, Mary, Mercy, Abigail, These were the offspring whence sprang the vast Horton fam- ily in America. Until 1873 the "Old Horton House" and this kitchen wing held Hortons within it. "Uncle Goopie", Jonathan Goldsmith Horton, was the last male Horton owner before the house passed into other hands. 46. CASE HOUSE OF PRE-REV. ORIGIN William Case c. 1790 Henry M. Beebe 1849 (Nicholas Cernigliaro, Bay View Road, Bay View, Southold) Moses Case, who acquired this house (one of the three f Moses Case houses) from family holdings, was not too happy, f states the Town Historian, giving data on the matter, over his gift which was so far from the main highway. Be that as it may, today it seems from it's outside appearance against the westerly hillside of Brush's Hill, a charming 18th century ,+ little dwelling place. William Case, by the 1790 census, lived t ? there. s In the middle 19th century Henry M. Beebe, when he C married Mary Wells, daughter of Luther T. Wells, came there to live in 1849. Six children were brought up here: Susan, (" William H., Sarah Alida, Mary Emma, Henrietta H. and a` Nannie M. la 42 l Guido to Historic Markers. Southold Historical Society. 1960 'o '3 x .