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Home My WebLink AboutSD-235 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE NO. 1LI31y .tT-1 _7v 2, `DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD SD 235 NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY, NEW YORK (518l474-0479 NEG NO YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: April 1987 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE:(516) 765-1892 Southold . I. , N.Y.11971 ORGANIZATION (if any):Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION I. BUILDING NAME,(S): A.J. Tillinghast house 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWNICITY: Southold VILLAGE; Southold 3. STREET LOCATION: Old North Road, north side , ooposite Youngs Ave. 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private P9 5. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS: --- -- _ 6. USE: Original: residence Present: residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes 91 No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION H. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles..0 g. stucco ❑ other: 1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints 0 SYSTEM: b- wood frame with light members ❑ (if kno,vn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good ® c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 1 I. INTEGRITY: a. original site ZI b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Windows altered. Porch removed. SD RSM XXVII-9 12- PHOTO: FrOM south east 13. MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Southold Quad Front (east) and south elevation `32 NORTH R _ A A ° _ r J r R01 O rr a •44 ,➢. r KI oA, o SD 235 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known C] b.zoning ❑ c. roads 0 d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. ether: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn b, carriage house 0 c. garage Q 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 E b. woodland 21 c. scattered buildings IX d.densely built-up 0 e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential Q It.other: 17. IN"TFRRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) This historic road remains untouched and clearly reflects the old ambience. The scattered houses are surrounded by open and cultivated fields and patches of forest. 1 S. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 2-21-story, 3-bay, side entrance gable roof house. 1-story,/on east. wing SIGNIFICANCE Ir►. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: built circa 1835 ARCHITECT: BUT LDI R: _"R HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCF. This old house still contributes to the ambience of the Old North Road. It is of special historic interest because Albert Tillinghast and Charles Payne sold 8 acres to the U.S . Government in 1856 for the Lighthouse and Albert was appointed Lighthouse keeper from 1861 to 1866. The house appears on the 1838 map. U.S . Coast Survey. T-55 . 1838 21. SOURCES: Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince . 1983, pp. 51, 52 and 53- 22. THL ME: Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt, research assistant S£. 2)/ a - PLATE VIII . #56 ^^ . � ^ ^ Early Photo Courtesv Helena J. Meredith \ T« . #56 \ \ It Early Photo � . . . Courtesy Ray I . Young . o . . #60 Photo 1)70 Helen W. Price . The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983 Ik SD 235 53 FIFTH GENERATION #107. Horace Prince Tillinghast (1838-1898) m. 1860 Jane A. Reeve . #108. George J. Tillinghast (1840-1910) m. 1860 Harriet Crolius. #109. John R. Tillinghast (1843-1844) b. 30 May 1843 , d. 21 Sept . 1844. #110 . John R. Tillinghast ( 1846-1927) m. 1876 Jeannette Peckham. #111. Thomas E. Tillinghast b. 18 Aug. 1849 , d. 28 Aug. 1849 , Plate VIII #56. Horace F. Prince Store, later Jefferson's, Peconic. (Horace b. 1816, d. 1889) This general merchandise store was built by Horace, probably in 1855. Henry W. Prince clerked for him in 1860. At the time of these photos during Jefferson's ownership, the Post Office was on the right hand side. Large shutters lying under the windows were secured over the windows each night. Note the tracks and plat- form to the right, with the end of a boxcar barely showing. The wagon with bags of potatoes at left is on the scales being weighed. Robert Jefferson is standing in front, the man at right possibly Jesse Lewis Case, Rose Newell's father. Frank D. Smith, Peconic's famous milliner who once had a shop in the rear, is standing by his bike in the small photo. The upstairs social hall with a stage at front was reached by a back outside closed stairway. It was the social heart of the communi- ty. Today the lower front is hidden by a modern commercial extension, the upper windows gone. The Post Office and store have changed sides. #60. Albert J. and Mary (Prince) Tillinghast House, Southold. (she b. 1814, d. 1880) This house on Old North Road with its commanding view directly down Young r� Ave. was probably built by Albert and Mary about the time of their marriage. Though quite overgrown and neglected in 1970, its former bustling farm activities were apparent by the many and varied buildings behind the house. A grindstone acted as doorstep at the side door and sidelights at the front door whet one's curiosity enough to peek within. The simple lines and charm of the house with its rambling additions were somehow enhanced by a fear for its future. Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983 FIFTH GENERATION SD 235 51 1842, d. Ft . Pulaski GA 11 Dec . 1862 , a Corporal in the Civil War. Unmarried. #102. Theodore Webster Prince (1845-1890) m. 1878 Sophie rRockleman. Children by second marriage: #103 . Alice Joanna Prince ( 1853-1892) m. 1878 Scepter Luce . #104. Edmund Elmendorf Prince ,(1862-1948) m. 1884 Phebe Ann Goodale . #60 . Mary A. Prince ( 1814-1880) b. Sthld 14 or 19 Dec . 1814 , d . Sthld 18 Aug. 1880 . m. Sthld 21 Apr. 1833 Albert Joseph Tillinghast (b. 19 Mar. 1808 , d. 20 Sept . 1869) son of Joseph Tillinghast , who was attending Clinton Academy, East Hampton, in March 1791 "where his penmanship, done with a quill pen, looked like copper plate . " [Albert J. Tilling- hast Bible] [U. S. Census , Sthld: 1850 ,1860 , 1870 , 18801 [Suf . Co . Deeds, L. 89 , p. 5831 [The Traveler , 17 Aug. 1933 , "Hist, of Title of Horton' s Point . "] [Hntng, 1._�, p. 10 ; ]L. 8 , p. 14; vv. , p.1031 Albert and then his sons bought quite a bit of property "north-side" which seems to be along or "north--side" of North Country Road in the Lighthouse area and west . In 1830 Albert J. bought 20 acres of land at the Sound which in- cluded Horton' s Point . Some of it changed hands several times; but on July 10th 1856 , Albert J. Tillinghast and Charles H. Payne sold 8 acres to the United States Govern- ment for the Lighthouse . Albert was appointed Lighthouse Keeper from Apr. 13 , 1861 to Oct . 19 1866 . His son John R . said that on the day his father became Keeper at Horton' s Point Lighthouse , " it snowed all day. " Albert and Mary' s farm was in Southold on the west cor- ner of Lighthouse Road and North Country Road. The once lovely house faces directly south down Youngs Ave . (Plate VIII) #105 . Joseph Albert Tillinghast ( 1834-1904) m. 1855 Fannie MSimons . ##106. William H. Tillinghast ( 1836-1870) m. 1860 Deborah Bailey. Helen W. Prince . The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983 f