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Home My WebLink AboutSD-172 FOR OFFICE. USE ONLY •` BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM SD 172 • DIVISION FOR HISTORIC'PRESERVATION UNIQUE SITE N0./63ia. ��'�' QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: Mareh 1987 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Road TFLEPHONE:(516) 765-1892 Southold L. I. , N.Y. 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any):• Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION I. BUILDING NAME(S)i Terry./Prince bolige 2- COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Southold 3, STRI:ET LOCATION: Priv_gte rgaoff Town Harbor Lane, east side 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public n b. private EX S. PRESENT OWNER: Fisher ADDRESS: f,. USE: Original: residence Present: residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ❑ No K Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION x. BUILDING: a, clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e, cobblestone ❑ f. shingles IN g. stucco ❑ other: 1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints 0 SYSTEM-, b. wood frame with light members (if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. ether 10. CONDITION: a. excellent M b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated El 11. INTEGRITY. a. original site ❑ h. moved E if so,when''1829 from Main Road e. list major alterations and dates (if known): to or oa . oved again in 1924 to the Wing added 1892. present site. 12. PHOTO: 13. MAP: N.Y.S . DOT Southold Quad w .y, 25 �t s .m •`N , F n Bel xedon'.1. r tales,,1 . • • - ,•�• 5 Founders Landing Park Harpers Pt 3 s Southo SD 172 14, THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known P�3 b. zoning❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers e. deterioration El f. tither: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn❑ b. carriage house ❑ c. garage d. privy D e, shed ❑ F. greenhouse Q g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: garage with living j. other: quarters upstairs 10. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land IN b. woodland c. scattered buildings d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑ h.other: bayfront 17. INTI•RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) The properties lying on the south side of the private road all overlook the beachfront and the expanse of Peconic Bay; the area is quiet and well-kept. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 22-story, 3-bay, side entrance plan, gable roof house facing west. 3-bay, 22-story wing on east. SIGNIFICANCE 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: early 19th century ARCHITECT. BUILDI_R: 0. IiISTORIC'AL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: a plaque reads : "Early 19th century Homestead Moses G . & Hannah Boisseau Terry Albert E. Prince 1829 House twice moved" How fortunate it is that this fine old house is so well-documented. '1 SOURCES: Helen W. Prince . The Descendants of Capt. John_ Prince. 1983. Plate 6 - Guide to Historic Markers . Southold Historical Society. 19 O. # 9 ?2. fHLNII Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant SD 172 of the house, which shows it on the homesite in the latter 1800's, in front of the William H. H. Glover house of that 19th century period, reveals it as a —ambrel-ronf-I house with a large central double door. Some ut c,c wirtuows had L.'Aaolind shaUeu Varies. ir-Philander Horton who lived through "i ,nuu. OL id►c .Jth century believed (in his writings) that it was associated with the Boisseaus and built by one of them. Other writers think of the house as shared at first by both Benjamin L'Hommedieu and Jean Boisseau and carried on by Boisseaus in the 19th century. Benjamin L'Hommedieu was grandfather of Southold's distinguished Ezra L'Hommedieu; Jean Boisseau, Ezra's great uncle. 9. EARLY 19th CENTURY HOMESTEAD Moses G. and Hannah Boisseau Terry. Albert E. Prince 1829 House Twice Moved (H. John Fisher, off Town Harbor Lane on Bay front, 9outholdJ __, In 1829 forty yoke of oxen moved this house from where it originally stood on the Main Street (the present Ralph Glover property next east of Mullen's Garage). It had been the home of Moses G. Terry and his wife, Hannah W. Bois- seau, daughter of Nathaniel Boisseau whose homestead was on the nearby southwest corner of Parsonage Lane (now Locust). Originally this land formed the first home lots of the early settlers, Henry Case and Richard Skydmore. Nathaniel and Benjamin Boisseau, brothers, constructed the story and a half house for the Terrys. Moses G. Terry and Hannah Boisseau were married 1823; Moses dying 1826. Albert E. Prince, son of Ezra Prince and Phoebe Horton, purchased and moved the house 1829 to the corner of the North Road and Boisseau Avenue, preparing for his marriage with Mary Tuthill, 1830. Susan, their first child, was born there 1831, (she who later married Stephen Oliver Salmon) as were Albert E. Jr. and Henry C. In 1892 the home was re- 't by the builder, J. E. Corey, vrho found the initials of �0se in 1846 enlarging the house. On the North Road, it was known in TSi4 as the home of Henry Carpenter Prince (son of Albert E.) and Louisa H. Bunce, Henry's wife. They sold to Thomas J. Phillips, 1910, and some years thereafter this interesting old house, now grown to greater size, travelled 18 Guide to Historic Markers. Southold Historical Society. 1960 J• P�y, 1�`y. . tf's SD 172 the latter again down Boisseau Avenue and on to the Bay front to land se of that pfd Town Harbor Lane, land which in the 17th - 18th centuries Ouse with was a part of Halliock's Necke and belonged to an area of early tad jejA&L mills. About 1675, the home site lands of Jasper Griffin (from A through Wales) stretched through here—Jasper, ancestor of Augustus ings) that Griffin, historian, of Orient, whose father, James, was born lq� ,e of them. in the old homestead which once stood by Town Harbor Lane ,t by both and some years ago was destroyed by fire. Tied on by 10. THE SECOND PARSONAGE HOU$$ 1674, Southold's Moved From Former Sites. tu, Ezra's Joshua Hobart, Second Pastor. (Malcolm W. Davis, Hobart Road, Southold) This house is believed to have been originally the home 3 �{ of the Second Pastor of the settlement, Joshua Hobart, an outstanding man of early Southold, versed in all branches of learning, including medicine, It stood in 1674 somewhat near the center of lands now Founders Estates. The location was y front mentioned in the land grant from the town to Hobart as a part a Lane of Halliock s Necke. Parsons ' Lane g (also called Hobart's k'Lt r- -- T:ocus+ Lane) at that time led to the door. rom where Near the 10tn .._ntury this house with farm was ;ent Ralph used for the +-wn'- pn,- It was moved about 1800 by Deacon had been William Horton ana n....tamin, carpenters, to a site nearer the t W. Bois- creek. Deacon William had been authorized by the town to tad was on make better conditions for the care of the Poor. Parsonage } w Locust). Lane had become "Poorhouse Lane". f the early Eventually, at the turn of this Iast century, William haniel and Lowery, a remembered owner, took over the homestead farm. and a half Latterly it was given its last movingto the h Boisseau Several -�-'-+it:- - an present site. d -*,tractions to the structure have been - n`` dui LO "d119CS v- -rs .ad ocat ons. The very old !be Horton, --joeea_still hold the staunch frame together. The interior -ner of the gives one cause to imagine the 17th--century life of Pastor is marriage Hobart with his wife Mary Rainsford and children Aletheia, was born Irene, Peter, and possibly others. Salmon) as me was re- 11. PART OF THIS STRUCTURE .oad, itlwas of Built 181$ by the Methodist Society Prince (son of 1795 — Its First Meetinghouse . They sold (Joseph Ciardullo, owner, northwest corner Main Street and reafter this Boisseau .A -inQ Couthold; Mrs. Roberta Zebroski, e, travelled _rga.. -_ Luncheonette," tenant.) 17 Guide to Historic Markers. Southold Historical Society. 1960 i ' FIFTH GENERATION SD 172 39 Shelter Island who wanted the Legislature to grant him the ' land in front of his property extending 200 feet into the water. Farmers seined for millions of Bunkers yearly in ' local waters to use for fertilizer on their fields . Not to have been allowed to catch them along the shores would have been a hardship and departure from common practice . A long article about Bunker Fishing says that when word was sent ' about the catch on the beach, "Uncle Elbert Prince was among the first to arrive with his big black mare . He takes two thousand off the beach. Few can do that . " Albert Prince and Halsey Tuthill brought at least two long schooner wagons from Orange Co , NY to Southold , probably to haul fish, among ' other things . #80 . Susan Tuthill Prince ( 1831-1927) m. 1856 Stephen 0 . Salmon. #81. Albert Ezra Prince (1836-1855) b. Sthld 11 Mar. 1836 , d. Sthld 22 Mar. 1855 age 19 . Bur. Sth1d . Henry W. Prince wrote in his diary 15 Mar. 1855= "Albert E. Prince , my cousin, is very low with consumption. He Plate VI #43. Martin Luther Prince & Archibald Havens store, Shelter Island. (Martin b. 1812, d, 1883) This photo was titled "The Old Store and Mr. Archibald Havens." Note the false front and windows; imagine the large pot-bellied stove below the chimney flue. Starting in 1851 Martin Prince and Archibald Havens were partners in a general mer- chandise store across from the school. In 1869 they bought the "Old Store" near the Town Hall. It was destroyed by fire in 1891. (see #41 for more) #48. Albert E. and Mary T. Prince House. Southold. (he b. 1806, d. 1874) Albert, at age twenty-three, bought this (then) 1j story house that stood just east of Mullen's Garage, and with forty yoke of oxen, moved it to his farm on the North iRoad, added a half story, and the following year brought his bride Mary from Matti- tuck. In 1892 his son Henry Carpenter added to it; in 1910 he sold house and farm to Thomas J. Phillips who made more improvements. Then in 1924 Mr. Phillips moved iit back across the North Fork to this beautiful site overlooking the Bay near Town Harbor Lane. Present owner, Mrs. John Fisher. �_Hntn , v.B, p.2] [Sthld, Historic Markers, pp.16,171 #50. Lucretia Prince Glover House, Southold. (she b. 1811, d. 1901) This house stands on Youngs Ave. north of Agway and has been shingled and the shutters removed. A grape arbor stretched back from the corner of the house. Lucretia lived here alone for many years after her husband's death. It was then rented until about 1910 when Mary Purcell bought it. Her daughter Emily sold it to the present owners, Gil and May Miner. Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince . 1983 SD 172 .p �'914 Early Photo Town Historian Scrapbook, Shelter Island w r Photo 19,0,2 Albert E. Prince ' e 1! L.V n t Early Photo Courtesy May Miner Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Pr nce . 1983