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INVENTORY FORM
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION ~
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YOUR NAME: Town of Southoid/SPLIA
DATE: March 1988
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE:516 76c,-1Rq?
Southold, L.I., N.Y. 11971
ORGANIZATION (i£ any): Southold Town Community Dmvmlopman~ ~o~
1. NAME OF DISTRICT: The Unincorporated Are~ of Greenport
2. COUNTy:Suffolk
TOWN/CITY:
3. DESCRIPTION: The unincorporated sections of Greenport are covered
in this survey. These surround the incorporated Village of
Greenport on the west, north and east. The area is bounded on
the north by Long Island Sound, on the west by the vicinage called
Ashamomaque, on the south by Gardiners Bay, and on the east by
East Marion. The terrain is relatively flat, sloping gently from
the sound shore bluffs on the north to the marshes and inlets of
the southern shore.
The only through east-west artery is the north road which
is CR. 48 in the western half of the area and becomes N.Y. Stage
Route 25 in the east part of the area. The railroad coming from
New York follows the southern side of the peninsula terminating at
the Villao~e of Greenport which is 95 miles from Brooklyn
4. SIGNIFICANCEZ '
While the Village of Greenport is a mid-19th century village,
in the surrounding area there are found earlier structures. The
vicinage along the north road, which was the original Kings Highway,
was the original hamlet called Sterling. The Young/Coyle house is
the earliest house found here (GR 21). When Greenport became an
important port with a profitable whaling industry, Brecknock Hall
was built, reportedly with whaling profits (GR 23). Prior to the
arrival of the railroad in 1844, the main land route through the
area was the Kings Highway which was marked at intervals by mile-
stones (GR 8, GR 13a, GR 28). In 1874 R. M. Eayles reported that
there were many German families living in this immediate neighbor-
hood.
5. MAP:
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GR 1
6. SOURCES:
Greeport~ Yesterday and Today. Elsie Knapp Corwin and
Frederick Langton Corwin. 9972
Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Suffolk County.
Richard M. Bayles, 1874.
Griffin'$ Journal. Augustus Griffin, 1857
U. S. Coast Survey. T-55. 1838
7. THREATS. TO AREA:
BY ZONING [] BY ROADS []
BY DEVELOPERS
BY DETERIORATION I-]. OTHER
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
8. LOCAL ATTITUDES TOWARD THE'-AREA:
PHOTOS:
TOWN OF SOUTH}LD HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY
--GREENPORT
--ENVIRONS
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