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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM GR 12
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NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES—
ALBANY, NEW YORK (519)474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME:Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE:: September 1987
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall , Main Road TELEPHONE: 516 765-] 892
Southold, L . I . , N.Y. 1197 .
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Deveopment Office
IDENTIFICATION
L BUILDING; NAME(S): T • Conklin/Johnson/Faulkner house
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE:,
3. STREET LOCATION: Route 48 south rjdP
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ 6 private
5. PRESENT OWNER: John reler ADDRESS:-
6. USE: Original: -residenrp Present: _ residenrP
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes Ek No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
H. BUILDING a. clapboard 00 b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATFRIAL, e. cobblestone ❑ F. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other:
t}. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members
(if kmwn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d- metal (explain)
e. other brick firi11ndation
IU. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. guud E2 c. lair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
I I. INTEGRITY. a, original site ❑ b. moved L-1 if so,when"?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
It is hoped that work now in process will not damage
the integrity of this handsome mansion.
12. PHOTO:GR-RSM-I-9 13. MAP: N.Y .S . DOT Southold Quad
From north-west
Front (north) facade
and west elevation
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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: 8 concrete illar remain
j. other: along Route 48
le,. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land KI b. woodland
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d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑
h.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
County Route 48 is the original Kings Highway. Although
it is a main east—west road on the North Fork, it is a
low density residential road in this area .
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
Large handsome cross—shaped Victorian mansion, 4—gable
cupola with original iron cresting.
Bracketed roof with decorated vergeboards . Scroll sawn—
work in gable peaks with pendant drops in main gables.
Wrap—around porch with Tuscan columns .
SIGNIFICANCE
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Prior to 1873 .
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
0. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
This house appears to have been T. Conklin on the 1873
map , and Benj . Johnson in 1909 .
The handsome iron cresting on the cupola is of great
interest .
21. SOURCES:E .Bel cher-Hyde. Atlas of Suffolk County, L. T.
Vol . 2 : North Side . Sound Shore . 1909 , i T
Beers , Comstock, Atlas of L . I . 1873 .
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Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt , research assistant .
GR 12
Conklin/Johnson/Faulkner house
Route 48 , Greenport
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View of cresting on cupola
1988
Joseph Adams photograph