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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSD-243 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY • ' BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM 000619 REDt�• s � (DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION UNIQUE SITE N0.1 m;QUAD SD 243 NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK ISI K)474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Town oldLSPLIA DATE:Aoril 19$7 YOUR ADDRESS:Town Hall,. Main Road_ TELEPHONE(516) 765-1892 Southold L. I. p N.Y.11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION I. BUILDING NAME(S): Horton Point Lighthouse / Marine Museum 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Southold 3. STREET LOCATION.. at northern end of Lighthouse Rd.Zwest side 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public �Xl b. private ❑ 5. PRESENT OWNER: Southold Parks Dist_ rADDRESS: 0. USF': origilial. Lighthouse Present: Lighthouse 7, ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC- Exterior visible from public road: Yes ❑ No Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION K. WALDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone M c. brick IX d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL.: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: '). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking.joints ❑ SYSTEM: b. wood franc with light members ❑ (il' kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls d. metal (explain) e. other granite foundation 10. CONDITION: a. excellent FXJ b. good U c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated 11. INTF RITY: a. original site Ft b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): SD RSM XXIX-7 12. PHOTO: From south east 13. MAP: N.Y.S . DOT Southold Quad South and east elevation H V fo-n-, Ligh h s "tr r • 4t:�n r 1Nx 1 b '��' O LSA, •} OLD f ��� �o• �32 r �y �. a r '1 f •r. �OP o :•o� RED. SD 243 . T 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known b.zoning❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. other: �. 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn b, carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑ d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: j. ether: barn formerly as stable for horses 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land IN b. woodland 91 c.scattered buildings 19 d..densely built-up Cl e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑ h.other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) On the bluff on a point overlooking Long Island Sound. The surroundings are buing built up with low-density residential structures. IS. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): A 30-ft. brick and stone tower supports the lantern 110ft. above high water. Attached to it is the lighthouse keeper's residence, a 2-story gable roof brick masonry structure with eight rooms and two fireplaces.,' entrance on the east. main SIGNIFICANCE 11). DAT1: OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION:la�8 ARCHITECT BUI LDE R: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: Today the light has been removed to a nearby skeleton tower and the old building is owned by the Southold Park District. The Southold Historical Society main- tains a Marine Museum on the first floor and the Director of the Society resides on the 2nd floor. In 1976 the Park District restored the structure which had been neglected. It is one of the North Fork' s most important landmarks. 21. SOURCES: Helen W. Prince . The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983 R.M. Bayles. Sketches of Suffolk County. 1874 Interview George Wagoner. 2/20/1987 22. THE NII' Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt , research assistant. J SD 243 RED historic long island More famous ladies of Suffolk From the files of Paul Bailey as publish- ed in the Islip Bulletin and Suffolk County - News. Since writing about a number of Long Island women in history,we have receiv- ed quite a few reminders of others not mentioned. With few expeeptions they referred to women really worthy of note such as Julia Gardiner of East Hampton who married President John Tyler,Anna Symmes of Riverhead Town, the wife of President William Henry Harrison, and Kitty Floyd of Mastic to whom President- to-be James Madison proposed in vain. In any such list should be mentioned ,f Sag Harbor's Nancy Pell Frothingham, whose husband founded Long Island's first newspaper in that village in 1791 and who herself ran it for seven years follow- ing his mysterious disappearance. Then too there was Mary Louise Booth,born in 1831 at Yaphank, daughter of the local miller, who won national repute as editor and writer. And Stellla Prince of Southold who in the 1890's was appointed keeper of Horton's Point Lighthouse-- one of the few women in American history to hold such a post. Sarah Townsend of Raynham Hall in Oyster Bay was courted during the Revolution by Major John Andre, the British spy to whom Benedict Arnold was planning to betray the American arsenal at West Point, when Andre was ap- prehended, due to Sarah's loyalty to the American cause,and hanged. Cornelia M. Stewart deserves a high place in island history. Following the death of her husbnad, Alexander T. Stewart, almost at the outset of his plan to create Garden City during the 1870's-80's, his widow carried on to finish the work and build ehpm tha RED SD 243 PLATT,' IX L yl6As�4W. } P}ioto 1970 R ---� >� #'71 3 � 'X, -Y. •`sem.+7. ..,. � �� Early Photo Courtesy Ray I . Young r a 121 Earl, Photo Helen W. Prince. The Descendants of Captain John Prince. 1983 5B, RED SIXTH GENERATION SD 243 Caroline E. Merrill "Aunt Cad" (b. 1.1 May 1847, d. Sthid 12 June 1936, Both buried Willow Hill Cemetery) dau. of Charles and Sarah (Reeve)Merrill of Southold. [Suf. Co. Wills #257151 [Carrie (Scott) Conklin] [Hntnq u.4, p.41 ; v.6, p.7 ; v.9, pp.94, 1151 [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 #71] 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 #73 and #121) There was no road to the lighthouse until 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 now maintained on the first floor by the Southold Historical Society. 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 ladies and straw-hatted men, laden with the delights of pic- nic baskets and cameras, met 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 59 SIXTH GENERATION RED 1870, when President Grant rewarded his valor in the Civil �D 243 War by appointing him Assistant Lighthouse Keeper at Horton' s 7 Point, Southold. In 1877 he was appointed Keeper, in place of Capt. Daniel Goldsmith. The building had separate en- trances for each family group. At that time there was a porch on the north where they must have enjoyed many lovely sunsets. Caroline would walk from the lighthouse to the Meth- odist Church on Sundays. She was called "Aunt Cad. " When George retired as Lighthouse Keeper in September 1896, he lived again in his house on Mechanic Street until his death. (Plate IX) [Wood, "Stella Prince, Lighthouse Keeper, " Long Island Forum. July 1948, pp. 125, 1351 [Hntnq v.A, p.130; y.4, p.41 ; v. 5, p.681 (Census: 1860, 1870, 1880] #121 . Stella Maria Prince ( 1867-1928) Lighthouse Keeper. b. Sthld 17 Oct. 1867, d. Orient 23 Feb. 1928. bur. Wil- low Hill Cem. Sthld. m. Sthld 11 Oct. 1904 George Herbert Terry of Orient, Seaman. (b. Orient ca. 1854, d. 1935) son of John H. and Phoebe (Young) Terry. [Twn. Clerk Marriages p.421 [U.S. Census, Sthld: 19001 [Wood, L. I. Forum, July 1948 pp. 125, 1351 [Editorial, Brooklyn Eagi , ca. May 11 , 1903; ca. Nov. 12, 1904] [Traveler, 1175 Yr" Sept. 13, 19791 Stella and her sister grew up at the Lighthouse and learned the many responsibilities entailed. After her father retired she stayed on at the lighthouse as help- er to newly appointed Robert Ebbitts. On May 9th, 1903 Ebbitts was seriously hurt when he fell thirty feet from ' a decrepit extension ladder while trying to reach the light without using the stairs he had painted earlier. Stella competently stepped in, gave him immediate at- tention, then rushed to the top with no respect for the paint, and lit the light. Keeper Ebbitts was so seriously injured that ampu- tation of his left leg was feared, and he was relieved of all duty, pending his possible recovery. Stella was appointed Acting Assistant Lighthouse Keeper, "to assume 60 ' RED SIXTH GENERATION SD 243 full charge of the light :, Assistant Keepers are sec- ond in command. The added word "Acting" put her in command, directly responsible to the government , by- passing any authority of the incapacitated Keeper . Lewis P. Wilkinson wrote in The Eagle , "Keeper Ebbitts says he had not a word to say around there , but , in- stead received orders from her. " Late in 1904 , after living at the lighthouse for 34 years , she made headlines in the Brooklyn Eagle by resigning as Lighthouse Keeper and signing as house- keeper. ; 122 . Lucie Merrill Prince ( 1869-1914) m. 1877 Edward Scot-. . #76 . Benjamin Franklin Prince ( 1850-1928) b. Sthld 1850 , d . Islip 11 May 1928 . m. Ella F . Pedrick ( 1849 - 1922) . [Suf . Co . Wills , #304031 [Carrie (Scott) Conklin] [Janet (Prince) Fallon] [Suf . Co. Deeds , L. 1041 , p.3471 Benjamin left Southold and worked on a large farm in Haup- pauge. His 1879-1882 work-diaries tell the incredible vari- ety of work done over the course of a year to maintain and run the farm. He seems to have been in charge. In March 1883 he bought 30 acres in Hauppauge along Conkling and Clay Hole Roads. Then in Nov. 1884 he bought more property on Wheeler Road in Hauppauge . His mother and her second husband Sam Weeks, came to live in the house next door . (Plate X) Benjamin was active in the Methodist Church. The little old church, where he was Supt . of Sunday School for so many years , was still there in 1959 . #123 . Barton C . Prince ( 1875-1951) m. Evalina Totten ( 1874- 1936) Both bur. Hauppauge . No children. #124. Mervin Miller Prince ( 1881-1966) b. 5 Aug. 1881, d . Hauppauge NY 1 Aug. 1966 . m/1 Etta Fisher (b. 25 Aug. d. ---) m/2 Florence E. Carbine ( b. 1885 , d . Hauppauge 11 Aug. 1953 ) m/3_ Ann Lillian (Kinkead) Schweithelm- Steinacker. (b. 23 Dec . 1895 , d . prob. Florida after 1970) [Suf . Co. Wills #1025P , `535P] [H.E. Tuthill] Mervin lived in Lynbrook NY then at 642 Wheeler Road in Hauppauge. He moved the little house shown in Plate X to the other side of Wheeler Road . It sat In 1855 the Horton family still owned the property, but couldn't meet their taxes that year,so the area,then known as Cliff Lots, was sold at a sheriff's auction for $S00. Charles H. Payne bought it, and after much correspond- ence sold it to the United States govern- George Washington ment for$600.Original deeds and letters are in the museum located on the ground in 1790 floor of the lighthouse today. comm-Lits51oncd In spite of George Washington's recom- the light mendations,the light was not built until 1957,after many shipwrecks had strewn the rocky shore.First the tower contain- f ing the light was raised, along with an {py w unconnected house for the keeper,which is today's western half of the lower L �.. section.The original light was an elabor• There is something v ate affair of prisms and brass which 'in roman, P about the idea of living in a lighlhous demanded constant polishing.The lamp Several people have lived in this lig, r burned sperm whale oil until the 19fi0's., house over the years,since the automat when kerosene was introduced. The oil, light was installed and a lighthou # — and later the kerosene,had to be sailed keeper was no longer needed. Gear; J w across the Sound,carried up 110 feet of Wagoner,director of the Southold Histr Cliff and then into the lighthouse tower. ical Society is the present tenant. The light thus created could be seen for 14 miles. 2� Mr.Wagoner reports that the advar ages and disadvantages of living in The lighthouse building was restored in lighthouse mutually outweigh each othe H 'sorto Barnabas Horton, one of Southold's 1976 as part of the Southold Park During especially severe winter storm most colorful first settlers,in 1640 owned District's Bicentennial effort, and a occasionally he has had to rig a line fro the land on which this lighthouse now marine museum was created by the his parking lot to his door,to keep fro stands,as part of his vast farmlands. Southold Historical Society and housed being blown off his feet.Lost sailors ha, O i4�l on the ground floor, been known to knock in the small dal hours asking directions to Stamford In 1757 George Washington, then a NewHaven. But the wind singe a wi surveyor,visited Southold.Aware of the Exhibits contain historic marine song,and the view from his home abo, Lighthouse treacherous currents, rocky shore and and nautical-related objects. A perm- the museum and below the light is gran storm winds that funnel down Long anent collection of water color and oil Island Sound, he recommended that a seascapes by outstanding artists is own- navigational light be built on this high ed and displayed by the museum,which point...and in 1790, as President, he is open from one to five p.m.during July 1857, Southold commissioned the light. and August. sa Joy Bear. Historic Houses of the North Fork and Shelter Island. Greenport. 1981 d rd t� � t7 w RED SD 243 utiful Beacons Contimwd fmni page 17 H orton P kx olnt y . When it was built in 1857 on a 110- foot 10 foot cliff on the North Fork, the Hor- ton Point Light could be seen 20 miles at sea. But in 1933 the light- house was decommissioned and the be - acon shift s: ed t oa skeleton tower. i Foilage now prevents the old struc- ture from being seen from the water. ? After a local restoration effort, the lighthouse was reopened in 1977, x; and the keeper's quarters became the home for the Southold Historical Society's museum. Newsday. 5/25/1986 A + •- rya �"Dt a1 r- ` ''. '��+y •, !- "Y� s�7+�«"�«_''I •�•• -f .^^.Titerw` -+ l `•y. .•'a", _ " '•� XQM r 41w• • *_ L PON, _ . T .. ie ..1 A" C _ _ •R ' �,V L.�FF .tfv - - _ �yyYs_ _- siy' _�,� . ,� ti ��- �T iiw ... 4. �ti• 'T JWA i V- PPIZI ;4W 41 r JJ �..tiY. kr s • r .:-�' y. ! ^�l'1a1' •'� to t �1. _ -Y, -. .. -�.♦ . ,. �;• ♦ ` ti' a yi. C w�- '4•�a�,�"�•`�� �^.. ���It � y. iry J ,l � - • _ - x .. .rs r•- a I' t I { 878 TOWN of sovxxaz u Towx of eovraor n. 877 curing the permanent and proper management of the prop- of all actual available assets at that date was$233,098,93, con- I' arty. The Academy was Brat opened for instruction, Dec. 16, I sistin g of premium notes and cash. The aggregate amount 1867. It is supplied with books of reference, library b2clud- of losses paid by the Company up to Jan. 1, 1873, was ing works on teaching and education, music books, organ, 88,855.17. This company confines its business exclusively to globes, maps, &c. The Principal has two assistanta, and Suffolk County, taking no risks outside of that territory. a more than forty pupils. Already a considerable number of 'Eastern Star" Lodge of {food Templars was instituted in young men and young. women have prepared for college or this village in 1870. Southold Lycenra, an institution de- for business, and about twenty have become teachers, and signed to cultivate literary talent, and furnish literary enter. the prospects of future success and usefulness of the institu- tainment, was organized here Oct. 3, 1871, and now numbers tion are growing brighter with each advancing year. sixty siz members. It has a library of one hundred and Religions services by the Methodist Episcopal denomina- forty-five volumes. Willow Hill Cemetery is pleasantly loeta- tion were mmmEneed here in 1799. In 1819 the first church ted in the weatern part of the village. It was organized Aug. of that denomination was built here. A second church was 25, 1855, comprising about three acres, and contains a nnm- built in 18:,0, and this was rebuilt and enlarged in 18t36. It ber of finely kept lots, and handsome family monuments- is onumentsis now a handsome structure, and stands on the south side of A district school is located a short distance west of this. the main street, a short distanos east of the Presbyterian Another, the principal public school of the village, is located s church. in the eastern part, and occupies a commodious lot. The ' A Universalist church, erected in 1835-6 stands on an angle Long Island Traveler, a weekly newspaper now published in 71, and 1 20 t t C d taucogue Sept. , t village, was started of the street a short distance most of the Presbyterian church. this v0 The Southold Savings Bank was incorporated in 1858, and moved here Aug. 20, 1872. Southold Division S. of T. is a the first deposit received July 5th of that year. This institu- flourishing institution, numbering about two hundred mem- tion owns its origin in a large degree to the enterprise and bars. public spirit of Mr. J. H. Goldsmith, and it is said to be one Horton's Point Light-house stands on a bold cliff on the of the most successful illustrations of the savings bank in a otln sore, oppose a ii s village, about two miles north of ; the central portion. This has a tower, thirty feet high, from purely rural community that we have in the State. The its base, giving the light sa elevation of one hundred and ten amount of deposits in 1872 was$199,068.3.5; and the amount � withdrawn the same year $153,616,06. The Suffolk County feet above the level of the sound It was built is 1857, and mutual Insurance Co., an institution of this village, was incur- gives a fixed light, visible twenty miles distant. porated April 30, 1836. The amount insured, on the 1st of Great Hog Neck lies south of the village, projecting into b January, 1873, was $2,791,721.50 and the aggregate amount I Peconie Bay about two tuiles. The cove which is formed on f . W � R.M. Bayles. Sketches of Suffolk County. 1874 1' . S`EAlk�� ,3 x,�,. •'. 1 �,.� '�. RED SD 24 filli F"'L e-1. .'• ?. '. % r 6 i •,:tar-Ai I*OWN 1' K KiA k )p11 AftAk .A+ 44 �! AL }, r...�.z 'f•Y '�� alp{ Y "... - .. 0, Loi f . ::Pete.;'+_�-s.:;.ts.rr..�.'4`��• f:`'w , �...,-. �r w. w 4' Marine Museum -- =�' i � c •i _ _ ;' Suffolk County's Ten Great Town- 'I ships of Long V.�---=— �•, � Island.Supervi- i { � sors of Suffolk - -_ _ County. 1939 Preservation NoteslSoeiety for the Preservation of Long Island Anttquttieslttetober 1975 HORTON'S POINT LIGHT- HOUSE IGHT- HOUSE 3 Restoration of Horton's Point Light- house, seen here in an etching by Rich Fiedler, is being planned by the Southold Park Commission.A marine museum is proposed. Etching by Rich Fledter, 427 Seuenfh Street,Greenport BOOKS RECEIVED The Architecture of Queens, photographs Galveston, Texas, Historical District Guide, by Richard di Liberto,foreword by Ward L. prepared by Thomas M. Price, A.I.A., for E. Mintz, description by Ellen Rosebrock, the historical District Board of the City of sponsored by the Queens Historical Society, Galveston, Texas, in cooperation with the financial support by the New York State City Planning Department, Ernest B. Reid, Council on the Arts. Provides an important A.I.P,,Director of Planning;financed in part documentary of the remaining local heritage, by a comprehensive planning grant from the with the hope that a strong preservation Department of Housing and Urban Develop- movement will develop in Queens.Available ment. Describes architectural types with from Jamaica Arts Center, 161-04 Jamaica glossary, and explains procedures for the Avenue,Jamaica,N.Y.11432. administration of the historical district ordinance. Available from City Hall,Galves- A Book to Walk With ... Historic Roslyn, ton.Texas. Cynara Genovese,Ellen Fletcher Rosebrock, Carol David York,Greater Roslyn American Families and Communities by David J. Bicentennial Commission,sponsored by the Russo, American Association for State and Roslyn Savings Bank. A handy booklet to Local History. Mr. Russo advocates the take with you as you walk around Roslyn. concept of historical research starting at the The guide-book is divided into two tours, local level—thus leading to a fresh under- Fifty-seven buildings are described in Tour standing of our past--one which small A, and twenty-five in Tour B. Available historical societies are uniquely qualified to from Roslyn Bicentennial Commission,Box interpret. Price $12.00 to non-members. 1776, Roslyn, L.L, N.Y. 11576. Price Write A.A.S.L.H., 1315 Eight Avenue $3.00. South,Nashville,Tennessee 37203. Strolling Through Old East Moriches, The Early Years in Brookhaven Town by members of the Catherine D. Afterrnan Thomas R. Bayles, Brookhaven Town Chapter of the National Junior Honor Bicentennial Commission, 1975;and Brook- Society of the East Moriches School, 1975. haven Villages of 1874, Thomas R. Bayles Photographs are by the school's camera club from Historical Sketches of Suffolk County and the text is by students in the seventh by Richard M. Bayles in 1874, Brookhaven and eigth grades honor society. Each Town Bicentennial Commission, 1975. building is keyed by number to a well-drawn These two very useful pamphlets are map which makes the book easy to use. available from Mr. David Overton, Brook- Available from East Moriches School, East a. haven Town Historian, Brookhaven Town Moriches, L.L,N.Y. 11940.Price$1.00 plus Hall,Patchogue,L.I.11772. postage. 11 v I /J 3 — /0— 091? R NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC TRUST STATEWIDE SURVEY OF HISTORIC SITES AND BUILDINGS 1. Name (Common and Historic) _ �AVl2--wtv5,1(-) ry i L U _ Location 2. v-- 3. ��11L 11rt�>t_ 4. County Town Village or City 5. CAddress or Location ��Q�r�-��,�; {�,�t t V-- ni 6. Tyge c_ 7. Subject or Theme Z. 8. Date of Construction 9 . Architect (If Known) 10. Builder (If known) 11. Original Owner 12. Original Use 13. Present Owner Name Address 14. Present Use 15. Physical Condition 16. Surveys • e 1 17 . Futui f Wit • W. HORTi N'S POINT[1GHTHQUSF ft 18. Survt #i y buil) in 1817, is located on the Sound shore of Southold Town. The tower, shirty feet high,gives a fixed It ''L"�''` " * light �isiMe for twenh miles. r _.ur�__i:r History and Significance: [ N( V W Sources of Information: Photograph: Date Direction of View Map Location: GS Coordinates t N d �