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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSD-143A FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM l rNIQUE SITE NO. 119310. 'f DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES SD 143a ALBANY, NEW YORK (518)474-1)479 NEG. N0. YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: April 1987 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall$ Main Road TELEPHONE: (516) 76,E-1892 Southold L. I. 0 N.Y.11971 ORGANIZATION (if any):, Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING; NAMF,(S): John Prince house 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Southold 3. STREET LOCATION: #- 4.5o Mechanics Street -- 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ® b. private ❑ 5. PRESENT OWNER:_ J. Tinnelly. ADDRESS: Syosset 6. USF.: Original: residence Present. residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes X No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION 9. BUILDING; a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: asbestos 1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints rA SYSTEM: b, wood frame with light members ❑ (if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good ® c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑ b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Moved from Youngs Avenue opposite Col. John Youngs SD RSM XVII-Shouse. Circa 1591, Dormer added. 12. PitarO: From south east 13. MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Southold Quad Front (east) and south elevation •N 1 � ) t t� y•K G z{ •�,J ,RpAD f U , a ° Harpers 00. Pt -3 �L 6 t SD 143a 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known �X b. zoning❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers © e. deterioration ❑ f. other: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn❑ b. carriage house ❑ c. garage FKI d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: j. other: 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ❑ b. woodland Y c. scattered buildings ❑ d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial 11 f. industrial ❑ g. residential DQ h.other: 17. INTI-.RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Historic Mechanics Street is a medium density residential side street in center of the Hamlet of Southold. It was laid out and opened in 1855. 18. O'IIIER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 11-story, 3-bay, side entrance, 6f9 and 9/6 windows, Small 4/4 windows in gable. SIGNIFICANCE I9� DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: circa- 1 '77 I pnl arged r.3 rca 18 36 ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: This early Prince house is a typical 18th century Southold house of 12-story and 3 bays, Although altered by the addition of the dormer, this house still provides a sense of place, 'I. SOURCES: Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983 ?' lNLMF Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant. 18 SD 143a Plate III and Map, cant. in 1832 to Matthew S. Huntting. A store and dwelling were then erected on the cor- ner at Main Street. (App. B, Doe.1810,1832) [Hn_ to , v.A, p,128] [Sthld Twn. Rec. v,I, p.3: v.II , p.20] [Suf. Co. Deeds: L. C . p.221; L.25, P•5151 The southern half of the property and one acre of meadow went to Joseph's son John, #13. John's house, possibly built ca. 1774 when his own son John was born, stood north of the Prince Homestead and nearly opposite the Col. John Youngs house that had been his Grandfather Prince's. He built slightly north of the house now on the S.W. corner of Youngs Avenue and Mechanic Street. (Plates IV,XV) [Hntng, vv2, P-76; v.A, p.1071 The N.W. corner of the silversmith's property was sold, and in 1853 Sara Ann, widow of Thomas Terry, built a house where the M.E. Parsonage now stands. Gradual- ly houses and a blacksmith shop appeared on a "two pole way" laid out by Joseph H. Goldsmith and called Prince Lane. The f,rst house to appear was built in 1858 by William and Waity Prince after they sold the farm on Youngs Ave. Next George S. Prince, back from the Civil War and married to Caroline, built a house on Prince Lane next to William and Waity's. [Ref. at #30, #731 In 1836 after his father's death, Benjamin R. Prince, #37, enlarged the Prince Homestead, made repairs, and built the large barn shown in the Plate III photo. In 1891 Benjamin R 's son, Benjamin L. Prince, #69, sold all the property to hid father- in-law, Seth L. Tuthill cf Orient. Seth immediately moved the John and Lucretia house that Benjamin L. was living in fron Prince Lane over to the second lot south of the wheelright shop or. a "way" extend-ng south from Prince Lane. (Plate XV) Benjamin L. then built another larger house slightly south of where it had stood. The contour of the lawn today suggests is exact location in 1890. (Plate IX) The Prince Homestead stood on a lovely spot overlooking Town Creek just where Seth wanted his ne% home, so he moved it to the first lot south of the wheel- right shop on Prince Lane and built the Marge house shown in Plate III . Here he, and then his son Louis, lead a dairy farm and milk route. (See #122 and Plate XV) [Hn_ tng, v.B, p.76] [Suf. Co. Deeds: L. K Asst, p.10; L.520, p.3231 [Suf. Co. Willsi L. 13, p.3111 The next Prince house to be built on the Homestead property was built by Benja- min L's son, Wesley L. Prince. #115. He built it next to his father's on the south side of what was by then called Mechanic Street. The most recent house to be built there by a Prince descendant was built in 1952 by Walter Williams, #258, at the corner of Mechanic Street and Mechanic Street East. (A bit confusing, but when the road was lengthened south and across the meadow to Youngs Ave, the name of cne part was changed to Mechanic Street East. That east- west piece at least should again be named Prince Lane, for prince descendants were there for 21 centuries.) As the Prince descendants moved from the Homestead property area, they spread northward, the silversmith's grandchildren all along Youngs Avenue and on up Light- house Road. Some went to Baiting Hollow and on to N.Y.C. and some east to Green- port. Several of John and Mehetable's went to Hauppauge and Brooklyn. Ezra and Phebe's gravitated to farms along the Sound Bluff east of Horton's Point, so many that for awhile it was facetiously called Prince's Bluff, Today Captain John's descendants are spread from coast to coast, from Maine to Florida and Texast but many of those recorded hErein are living in Suffolk County with a large concentra- tion in Southold Town. Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983 T SD 143a 20 PLATE IV I I #13 I Photo 1899 Courtesy Alma Cummins I c-T /.1/4 1-, sfi Courtesy Thomas 0 , Monsell Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983 21 THIRD GENERATION SD 143a house nearly across the street from the Col . John Youngs house . That house is shown in Plates IV ,XV . One could surely say our ancestors treasured and cared for their few fine possessions and carefully bequeathed them to their loved ones. Lucretia gave grand-daughters Philena and Lucretia her best Looking Glass, best Table , best Bed with Bedspread., a pair of Draws , all the Silver spoons, two Calico Gowns and the smaller trunk; to Lucretia alone , her gold beads ; to g. dau. Patty ( sometimes a nickname for Martha) one bed; to g.dau. Harriet her ear rings and small looking glass. Among other things, son Martin received Crockeryware , "Desk , Cow, large Bible , gun, warming pan, large Salt mortar, and large pater Bason. " For the Invento- ry of her estate , see App.B , Doc . 1823 . #22 . John Prince ( 1774-1836) m. 1799 Mehetable Horton. #23 . Polly Prince ( 1776-1811) b. Sthld 29 Aug. 1776 a dwarf , d . Sthld 4 Dec . 1811. [Sal . Rec .] [B.R . Prince Bible] #24 . Ezra Prince ( 1779 - 1826) m. 1804 Phebe Horton, #25 . Betsey Prince ( 1786-1820) m. 1813 Abraham Mulford. #26. Martin S. Prince ( 1792-1850 m/1 1794 Cecelia Field. m/2 1825 Phebe C . Mulford . #14 . Joseph Prince ( 1751- ) b . Sthld ca. 1751, d. --- . m. 29/30 Jan. 1776 Elizabeth Barker (b. Woodstock 16 Sept . 1755 , Plate IV ##13. John and Lucretia Prince House, Southold. (he b. 1749. d. 1822) As stated in Plate III , this house first stood on the corner of Mechanic Street East and Young's Avenue. It was moved in 1891 to this site on Prince Lane (Mechan- ic St.) and used by Seth Tuthill as a "tenement house." Benjamin L. Prince was its first tenant on this site while his new home, "Elm Cottage," was being built on the corner. (Plate IX) Ann Hallock Currie-Bell had hoped to research this house for the GuidQ To Historic Mark2r_ia but was prevented by failing health. In the summer of 1899 William and Jessie (Payne) Hagerman of Brooklyn rented the house to be near Jessie's father, B.T. Payne, who used his home on Mechanic St. as a summer boarding house. The children shown with their parents William and Jessie, are left to rights Dudley. Doris in the carriage, Earl, and Chester. #15. Benjamin Prince, Silversmith. (b. 1756, d. 1789) This pin was made by Benja- min and is somewhat larger than shown. There are no other known pieces made by him.. The inventory of Benajmin's estate is of interest , for both silversmith and house- hold items are listed. (App.B. Doc. 1789) Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983 s sP" t4u� SD 143a S Photo • • •4 o i � Photo • • •• s #137 Pl-�Oto #1-37 Photo 1970 , Rear Helen W. Prince. The Desc2ndants of Cap&ai-n j2hn Princes 1983 .r_