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Home My WebLink AboutSD-152 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE NO. 1113/0•&ay&-fl SD 152 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY, NEW YORK (51711474.0479 NEG. N0. YOUR NAME:Tnwn Of Solit told./SPLTA DATE: March 1987 YOUR ADDRESS: Toym Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE:(516) 765-1892 Southold, L. T. , N.Y.11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): Downs house 2. COIJNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Southold 3. STREET LOCATION: at end of -4bawn-- Creek Lane 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private FX 5. PRESENT OWNER.: Latson ADDRESS: same 6. USE: Original: Residence_ Present: residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION H. BUILDING a. clapboard 5d b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: 1) STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints W SYSTEM: b_ wood frame with light members ❑ (if known) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d_ metal (explain) e. other brick foundation 10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good 5d c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a, original site ❑ b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Dormer added. Double window added. SD RSM XVII-14 12_ PHOTO: From south west 13. MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Southold Quad Front (south) and west elevation ` e 27 x m r P� G • •ES FOWL rJ25 ffl .��• X24. . 1 ' �� .4'�m III ,\ J ---��'�� • ••,.'eta * .�.` •�! •.�9 p' :�a � ~a •i iy not o Harpers Ra Pt 3 4 Cr' q 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known ® b.zoning ❑ e. roads ❑ SD 152 d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ F. other: 15. RLLATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn Cil b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑ d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ 1 barn w. shingles and i. landscape features: board—and—battenZ 1 Queen A ne j. other: barn with clipped shingles. 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ©C b. woodland KI c. scattered buildings IR d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential h.other: on hill overlooking Towns Creek 17. INTFRRELATIONSIIIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) House stands on a rise overlooking the head of Town Creek. Towns Creek Lane is a private lane leading to three homes, all on large picturesque grounds. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 22-story, 3-bay, gable roof house. 2-story gable roof wing on rear. Semi-wrap around porch. 6/6 windows. SIGNIFICANCE 1(). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: circa 1860 ARCHITECT: BUl WE R: 0. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: Mrs. Downs in 1909 Mary Millard bought in 1898 from Benjamin Horton. Mrs. Millard added wing on rear. 21. SOURCES: F. Bplcher-Hyde. Atlas of Suffolk-County, L. I. Vol. 2 : North Side. Sound Shore. 1909 Beers, Comstock, Cline. Atlas of Long Island. 1873 Interview Mr. Latson. Dec. 1986 12. THEME: Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant.