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Home My WebLink AboutSD-148 f ' FOR OFFICE USE ONLY F ` BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE NO./6310• o g37 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES si) 148 ALBANY, NEW YORK (51 8)4740479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: March 1987 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE:-(5-16)- 765-1892 Southold, L. I. , N.Y. 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION "Elm Cottage" B.L. Prince house I. BUILDING NAME(S): 2. COIINTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Southold 3. STREET LOCATION: # 355 Youngs Ave, SW corner Mechanics St. D'ast 4. OWNERSIiIP: a. public ❑ b. private 9 5. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS: 6, USI. 0iiginal: residence Present: regi dense 7. AC('E SSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes 12 No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION H. BUILDING a. clapboard ® b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MA"I I-RIAL. e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles 9 g. stucco ❑ other: r). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑ SYSTI..M: b. wood frame with light members L] (if known) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a- excellent ❑ b. goad El c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 1 I. IN'rj-,w lrY: a. original site ❑ b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Iron railing on porch not original. SD-RSM XVII-10 12. PHOTO: From Past 13. MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Southold Quad Front (east) and south elevation 27 ; -x .•. _ /} ' A t' �1 4 ' + ' •m �I F Bei oty, EN YX. 1 fr± 7•+ ;s ra Harpers r• 4b pI 3 ¢ Cr. i FG I SD 148 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known 171 b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. other: 15. kELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn El b. carriage house ❑ c. garage M d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: j. other: IG. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ❑ b. woodland ❑ c. scattered buildings K d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential PCI h.other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Youngs Avenue crosses Main Road at the main intersection of the Hamlet of Southold. Here it is a 2-lane low density residential road. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 21-story, 3-bay side entrance plan, L-shaped, gable roof house. Small projecting Queen Anne windows in gable sur- rounded by decorative shingles. A band of the same deco- rative shingles runs under the 2nd floor windows. Porch with turned posts and frieze of spindles. SIGNIFICANCE 19 DAT L• OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1891 ARCHITECT: BUILDER: Benjamin Lawrence Prince, carpenter. 'R HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: While this house retains its Queen Anne-style integrity, it also is important through its connection with the Prince family. 21. SOURCES: Helen Wright Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983, pp. 54, 56 and 57. j2. 1Hf \Ih Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant. 4 3 � PLATF IX SD 148 ,f III a i "Rlm Cottage" � -- Photo 1970 1 #71 W Early Photo Courtesy Ray I . Young f Ali y #121 z-: Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Early Photo Captain John Prince. 1983 SD 148 M SIXTH GENERATION #62. Ann Frances Prince ( 1825-1888) b. 23 Jan. 1825, d. Sthld 18 Dec. 1888. m. Charles H. Carptenter of Sthld. Resided Port Chester NY later. [B.R. Prince Bible, in which he named none of his g.children] [Hntnq, v. 21 pp.37, 391 #112. Edwin Carpenter b. ca. 1846, d. by 1908. [U.S. Census, Sthld: 18501 #113. Emily A. Carpenter n. --- Dickey (or Dickman) Jane M. Prince names niece Emily A. Dickey in her will. (In 1908 resided Lansing KS. ) [Suf. Co. Wills, #18767] [Suf. Co. Deeds L. 668, pp. 39,40] [Suf. Co. Lis Pendens #22601 #67. Mary Adelia Prince ( 1839-1868 ) b. 8 June 1839, d. 9 Nov. ' 1868. m. 1 Dec. 1864 Jacob Quackenbush. Resided Belle- ville NJ and Warwick NY. JB.R. Prince Bible] [Suf. Co. Wills, #187671 [Suf. Co. Deeds, L. 668, p.40] #114. Anna Lizzie Quackenbush m. --- Bates. In 1908 resid- ed Webster Ave. , Jersey City Heights. [Suf. Co. Deeds, L. 667, p.418; L. 668, p.401 #69. Benjamin Lawrence Prince ( 1855-1916) Carpenter. b. Sthld 22 Apr. 1855, d. Sthmptn 22 Apr. 1916, his 61st birthday. m. Orient 2 Feb. 1881 Daisy Linwood Tuthill (b. Orient 31 Oct. ' 1859, d. Sthld 4 Oct. 1923. Both bur. Sthld) dau. of Seth L. and Rosalie (---) Tuthill. [Twn Clerk, Marria es p. l] [H.W. Prince Diary] [Hntnq v.A of Obits , p.84; y.2 p. 761 [Suf . Co . Wills, #218931 Benjamin' s home was on the S.W. corner of Youngs Ave. and Mechanic St. The old house of #13 was moved off and he built the present large house and named it Elm Cottage. (Plates IV,IX,XV) At the time of his marriage Benjamin was clerking in 54 HPIPn W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983 SD 148 57 SIXTH GENERATION #117. Edward Salem Prince ( 1868-1948) m. Martha Washington (Baulsir) Koerber. #72. Emory _B. _Fo_st_er b. ca. 1846, d. Babylon 13 Feb. 1931 , m. Elizabeth ----. (b. ca. 1857) Resided Babylon. [Suf. Co. Wills, #31979, #18767] #118. Harry P. Foster ( 1878- ) Married after 1900 possibly Marion D. . . who is named in Jane M. Prince' s will. Worked in father's nursery. In October 1907 "Harry Foster and family moved into Mrs. Bridget Carey' s house" at the S.E. corner of Main Load and Town Harbor Lane. [Hntnq V. 5, p.911 #119. Rita Foster b. ca. 1880. d. probably before 1895. #120. Marion E. Foster b, ca.1880. Single on the 1900 Census. She may have been the May Fred G. Prince remembered as coming to visit Prince relatives quite often. #73. George Stayley Prince ( 1842-1922 ) Lighthouse keeper. b. Sthld 24 May 1842, d. Sthld 13 Apr, 1922. m. Sthld 28 Dec. 1866 Plate IX #69. Benjamin L and Daisy T. Prince House, Southold. (he b. 1855, d. 1916) Tenears after their marriage Benjamin sold the Prince Y g j property to his father-in- law who moved the John and Lucretia House they were living in, over to an extension of Prince Lane. Benjamin then put his carpentry skills to work and built this larg- er house, calling it Elm Cottage. #71. William A. Prince Wharf with Coal & Lumber Business, Southold. (b. 1838,d.1894) In late 1886 Jonathan B. Terry sold his coal and lumber business at Town Harbor in- cluding the wharf, lu=mber yard, storehouses and stock, as well as two acres of land to William A. Buell of Orient. William A. Prince was put in charge to conduct the business starting January 1st and later became owner. He was also agent for the Montauk Steamboat Company. At first the wharf was reached by going down Town Har- bor Lane, but in 1891 Hobart Rd, was opened from Boisseau Avenue to the wharf. The wharf at Founders Landing was twice as wide and much longer than a later dock. It had narrow gauge tracks for a manually pushed car to transport freight back and forth. As shown there were two large warehouses. Harold E. Tuthill re- membered it at a later date, the two large buildings gone, replaced by a smaller building about 15 by 20 feet. There were bins of some sort into which coal was un- loaded. Mr. Tuthill recalled that the outer end was wider, wide enough for horse and wagon to turn around after loading or unloading goods. The hand-pushed rail- car can be remembered by many today. Two other storage buildings about 40 by 20 feet , possibly for lumber, stood to one side or the other of the present boat- launch ramp. One of them is now at the end of Mr. Tuthill's driveway and has been Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983