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NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES SD 2l
ALBANY, NEW YORK (5I ii) 474-0479 NEC. NO.
YOUR NAME: To of Snuthold,/SPLIA DATE: A-nril 1QR7
YOUR ADDRESS: Tnwn Hall, Mair Rand TELEPHONE:f 516) 765-1892
Southold, L,I. , N.Y.11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town. .Gnmuni . Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S): Tuthill house , Harold E.
2. COUNTY: SuffolkTOWN�CITY:Southold VILLAGE: Southold
3. STREET LOCATION: Boisseau Avenue , west side
4. OWNERSHIP: a. ublic n b. private P
5, PRESENT OWNER: Tuthill ADDRESS: same
6. USE: Original: residence Present: residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public road: Yes ® Nu ❑
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
H. BUILDING a. clapboard 9�1 b. stone ❑ c, brick ❑ d. board and batters ❑
MATERIAL.: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles 91 g. stucco,EJ other:
11. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b" wood frame with light members
(if knoxti) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent C� b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site 1N b. moved ❑ if so,when9
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
Shutters not original.
SD RSM xxiv-16
12. PHOTO: From south east 13. MAP: N.Y.S . DOT Southold Quad
Front (east) and south elevation
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known IN b.zoning❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. other:
IS. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn❑ b, carriage house ❑ c. garage ® board—a,�ld—
d. privy El e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse El batten was old
g. shop ❑' h. gardens ❑ (house)
i. landscape features:
a. other:
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land M b. woodland ❑
c. scattered buildings 0
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial
f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑
h.other: Storage shed from Old Wharf,
Garage was old Gagen house ;
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Boisseau Avenue was once the historic Kings Highway.
This is a low-density rural-residential area with
well-kept homes , some widely spaced.
IM. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
22-story, 3-bay, side entrance plan, gable roof house, gable
end to thestreet. Forth across the front with turned posts
and clipped shingles in gable and band of decorative shingles
between lst and 2nd floor windows.
SIGNIFICANCE
11). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUC'TION:_ 1 91 0-1 91 4
ARCHITECT: --
BUILDER:
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTAN( E.:
Harold E. Tuthill, age 97, was born in the old Tuthill
house across the street. When he was married he built
this house on the site of the old Gagen house which he
moved back and used as the garage. Stenciling and old
banister are still in the Gagen houses/garag9.
21. SOURCES: Helen W. Prince, The Descendants of Captain John
Prince. 1983 T -
Interview Donald Tuthill, son of Harold E. Tuthill.
3/1/1987
77. THLNIF
Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research
assistant .
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SIXTH GENERATION SD 214
#117. Edward Salem Prince ( 1868-1948) m. Martha Washington
(Baulsir) Koerber.
#72 . Emory B. Foster 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 Road and
Town Harbor Lane. [Hntng V. 5, p.911
#119. Rita Foster b. ca, 1830. d. probably before 1895.
#120. Marion E. Foster h c&1880. Single on the 1900 Census.
She may have been the May Fred G. Prince remembered
as coming to visit Prince relativesquite 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)
Ten years after their marriage Benjamin sold the Prince property to his father-in-
law who moved the ,John and Lucretia House t:iey 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, lumber yard, storehauses 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 Fane, 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 tins 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 tnloading goods. The hand-pushed rail-
car can be remembered by many today. Two ether storage buildings about 40 by 20
feet, possibly for lumber, stood to one site or the other of the present boat-
launch ramp. One of them is now at the end of Mr. T uthill`s driveway and has been
' Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983
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Caroline E. Merrill "Aunt CG_" (b. 11 May 1847, d. Sthld 12
June 1936. Both buried Willow Hill Cemetery) dau. of
Charles and Sarah (Reeve)Merrll of Southold. [Suf. Co.
Wills #257153 [Carrie (Scott) Conklin] [Hntnq v.4, p,41 ;
v.6, p.7; v.9, pP- 94, 115] [Sthld Town Clerk, Marriages]
George enlisted in the Sixth Cavalry at the outbreak of
the Civil War and participated in many important battles
including Gettysburg. He was wounded at the Battle of the
Wilderness and, while hospitalized at the Army Hospital in
West Philadelphia, was visited by First Lady Mary Todd
Lincoln who came to his cot and spoke cheeringly. When re-
covered he re-enlisted and at war' s end was awarded a medal
of honor. '
George was married in 1866 and shortly thereafter built
a house on the second lot behind the M. E. Parsonage next to
his cousins William and Waity. Prince. His house is gone,
replaced in 1948 by Bill Smith' s new home.
George was employed as a carpenter after the war until
used as a cauliflower house; the other is on William H. Beebe's farm.
In April 1887, Southold's first telephone was installed, a private enterprise,
connecting the wharf with Henry Prince's Brick Store in the village. [Ref. at #711
Horton's Point Lighthouse, Southold.
#73. George S. Prince, Lighthouse Keeper- (b. 1842, d. 1922) '
#121. Stella M. Prince, Acting Lighthouse Keeper. (b. 1867, d. 1928)
George and his daughter Stella both kept the light at Horton's Point: 1877-
1896 and 1903-1904 respectively. (See #13 and #121)
There was no road to the lighthouse Lntil after B.T. Payne applied to open a
highway from the North Road opposite Railroad Avenue to the Sound at the lighthouse.
In 1976 the Southold Park Commissioners restored the aging lighthouse at con-
siderable expense. A Marine Museum is new maintained on the first floor by the
Southold Historical Socie.y. The Director of the Society, George Wagoner, is in
residence above.
The Marine Museum is today's attraction at Horton's Point. Earlier genera-
tions of long-skirted lad=es and straw-hatted men, laden with the delights of pic-
nic baskets and cameras, net the challenge of the 101 steps to the beach. Repair-
ing the steps, probably first built in 1908, has been costly and only a few sec-
tions remain as relics. The lighthouse once had its own steps, used for carrying
up the oil and supplies brought in by the Coast Guard. One can hardly envy them
the long climb, laden with supplies, for it is 103 feet from the beach to the
highest point. [Ref, at x'73, #1211
Helen W. Prince, The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983