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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSD-119 BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM FOR OFFICE USE ONLY SD 119 UNIQUE SITE NO. /03.o. �6 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 NEG. NO, YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/'SPLIA DATE..: April 1987 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall Main Road TELEPHONE: 16 654-1892 Southold , L.I ° , N.Y. 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any):So thn'I_d Tnwn Cn ml2nity D _y nnmpnt Office IDENTIFICATION I. BUILDING NAME(S): Mary Dayton house "Robins Hollow" 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: SOU hold VILLAGE: Southold 3. STREET LOCATION: Main BRymi_ew Rngd_ nnrthai d P _ 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private 5. PRESENT OWNER: SIPates ADDRESS: same Oi USE: Original: Present: -resi dence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes lid No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION 9. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ F. shingles 11 g. stucco ❑ other: 1). STRUCTURAL, a. wood frame with interlocking joints EM SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members X1 (if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other brick foundation 10. CONDITION: a- excellent IX b. goad ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original sire KI b. moved ❑ if so,when'' c. list major alterations and dates (if known): IS2.DPR o XV-11 1?. MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Southold Quad . From south west Front (south) and west elevation NORTH en f� G __ F N,. A 3 H O ^I TPek ° H V cis, _ +N H VI INEMW 3 /f r SD 119 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known EX b. zoning 0 c. reads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. tither: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn b. carti2house Elc. garage 1:1d. privy Ele. shed It f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ It. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: white horizontal 1-board fence . j. other: Ib. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ID b. woodland XI c. scattered buildings El d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential h.other: 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 farmland . In 163b it was lined with farmhouses all the way to Cedar Beach Point. Today it is an area of scattered houses , open fields , and woods . 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): Targe irregular, multi-bayed , 2f-story Queen Anne house with octagonal turret , and projecting 3rd floor pavillion over front entrance . if-story wing on east with added 2nd floor bay window and 2-story cross-gable bay at east. The ( cont. ) SIGNIFICANCE c, 1827 & c . 1897* irt. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 10. 1IIS IORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: Mary Dayton house in 1909. Horton in 1897. This house is an interesting example of an early house updated in the Queen Anne era. It contributes to the ambience of historic Bayview. _'i. SOURCES: Interview - Gigi & Don Spates , owners 11/30/86. E. Belcher-Hyde . Atlas of Suffolk Count L.I . Vol . 2 : North id e. Sound hore . 9 *'Research by John M. Richardson 4/1/1985 . Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant. .. SD 119 4cont . ) 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATU?�ES OF Bi7ILDING AND SITE: original 22-story, 3-bay gable roof main unit remains under the 'ween Anne embellishments. Handsome Queen Anne windows throughout . C7 �. __4 SCHEDUL 1_ SD 11.9 Following represents partialresearch tols to from available sources: principally Old issues Watch, Brookl n Ea le , records of Suffolk County Historical Society, Riverhead, N.Y. , and real estate and will records at Suffolk County offices in Riverhead Silas Orton (1794-1885) , son of Col. Land originally owned by �-� �; Benjamin Horton and a descendant of Barnabas Horton of England who was one of founding settlers of Southold. Silas:Horton appears to have lived at house about 3/4mile east called . Robin' s Hollow built 1527 at time of-WI-Es (1844) e built 189anc a 7-g8. He was a member of the NY State Assembly lgh"ieriff of Suffolk County. Silas Horton' s -eldest daughte r cy Landon (1828 1920 was b n n t ld and lived in house. It may b at the h was ' t at about th��time o her marriage David Ha kins H rton in 1850. Her daughter Adelaide Landon (1858,.:--1953). lived at the house until she mar ed Thomas Gedney Thorne n 1879 and iaa s aeafter used the ho a as a summer me. Mr . Thorne , Lieutena n the Civil War , arted a Goodyear ber business in Bro lyn. he Horton-TYydrne anch of the aini had the house un til a daughter , M rtha Adams Thorne ,� ed som ime in the 1950s or 1960s. Another of Silas Horton ' s daughters, Mary thehLabel Horton-Dayton(1836-1927) married George Warren Dayton titer �r branch of the family li a at Robin' s Hollow un i a aug �i Mary Dayton died in 1956. caned Ia The ate .justice. Vitale (NY tateeSara eoCalrvet inarn hotYse a,, a summa= omz, til its Dr. Ja es Krepp who elided the ith his ily 197 51• ,justice Vitale said the house was dui t 1845. r Cocoa d to ne ' hbo� and nVaste r rtha dams Th re 1860 crated ir arlor ung. n erior o cu ola ad paint 18 " an woodwo k. Mr . Robert Greene , a neighbor , says the house was built by Seth Wells who also reportedly built Green' s hose (about 300 Wells west) . Seth T. Wells was born 18 overseer and, with the then customary title ' Boss Wells ` , a local builder active into late 1880s. House i� n©, nn 1. 3 acres approx. 30_0 yds, east of Abijah Carey House {1726) . At the death of Adelaide Landon Thorne in 3 acres. 1953 the land transferred to Martha Adams Thorrne wcreltransfer as Nancy Landon Horton is recorded as receiving in a deed dated November 1, 1562 from David A. Horton and in addition she acquired another parcel conve ed by ton in his will probated 1885. Adelaide Landon Thorne conveyed a (see farm SD 115) Prepared by John M. Richardson 4/1/1985