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UNIQUE SITE NO. 1117
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK {519) 474.0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME:Town of Southold/�SPLIA DATE: SP=tPmber 1987
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hallill, Main Road_TELEPHONE: ( 516) 765-1€ 92
Southold , L.I . , N.Y. 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
I. BUILDING NAME(S): Mian GraeP Floyd hoijgp
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY:_ Southold VILLAGE:Gree`n'n.�(unin-
3. STREET LOCATION: Rte , 25 . north aide, oppoad a Manhaetapt Rd_ .orporated)
4. OWNERSHIP: a, public ❑ b: private Er
5. PRESENT OWNER: Frank Mclntoah ADDRESS: N.Y.C.
h. USE: Original: residence Present: residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC- Exterior visible from public road: Yes No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain
DESCRIPTION
M. BUILDING a. clapboard ( ] h. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other:
t). STRUCTURAL, a. wood frame with interlocking joints
SYSTEM: h. wood frame with light members M
61' kn(avn) c. masonry load bearing,walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e, other
10. CONDITION- a. excellent M b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY a. original site ❑ I b. moved IM if so.when? circa 1900
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):An old will--thatwill--that was part
of the old Youngs house was moved here to form west
end of present house - at that time the residence
�,RT� M1V�_ I-22 of Albert Delafield .
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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:
). other:
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land ❑ b. woodland
c. scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up IJ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑
h.other:
17. INTI-.RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Route 25 (t ±e old dings Highway) is a low-density,
rural , 2-la.np highway in this area.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
21-story, multi-bay, gable roof house . FrojectingJgable
roof 2-story batt at entrance with subsumed entrance
pored. Small semi-octagonal 2-story porch, plus a re-
cessed balcony. Wrap-around porch with frieze of
spindles. 3 gable roof dormers.
SIGNIFICANCE
19� DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUC:TION:, Early 1700' s and 19th century.
white;
ARCHITECT:Allegedly StanfdrdINin part
BUILDER:
20. HISTORICAI. AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
Miss Grace Floyd , a granddaughter of D.G. Floyd who built
Brecknock Hall , gave the Floyd Memorial Library in Green-
port in memory of her father. Miss Floyd was later
Mrs . F. DeTrancey Robinson.
F.K. & F.Tj. Corwin . Greenport Yesterday and Todax
'l. SOURCES1972.
Interview Geo. 'Waggoner, Director Southold Historical
Society, Sept. 1937.
Tercentenary Celebration of Southold Town 1640-1940.
Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt , research assistant.
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NOW IT OBSTRUCTS THE VIEW.
Pail'ahasek by Albert Del$fleld of New.
York, Who,E.as-Ordered It to4,1 #
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Ae Razed. ? t
(hpec€al to 1116 Eagle.)
Greenport, L. L. February ?rQn a beAuti-
ful knoll overlooking- Sterling: Creek, just
outside or the.Village o4 dreenport, is the
ii old Youngs hothestead, an old-fashioned farm _
house that wns built about the year 1688.
any of those interested In,the landmark
will regret to 10ara that tba house is about
to be moved, se iit stands between the hand- j
some country east of Albert Delate14 and
Greenport Harbor, therel,y' obstructing a
desirable vlriv. s
The Youngs estate, comprising upward of
twenty-two acres, with the old homestead,
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THE YOUNG'S HOMESTEAD.
passed Into the hands of George F. Picker-
Ing and Mi T. Pollard several,years ago, dnd'
they uoe,l the old homestead as a, dwelling
and turned the place lata a duck farm. In
the meantime air. Delafteld of Manhattan had
erect.nl a tine residence on his property,which
.dioias the Youngs estate to the north, and,
finding that the old homestead completely
hid his view of Greenport harbor, he suc-
cccdt�i in btlyln> the half of the estate en
wblch stood the bistorir, homestead. and
thea it was announced that the old hot:ae 'Queens oro Public Library 1.
must be removed.by May '. Thus one of the
few remaining relics of the early settlement 11 23 3
of Southold Town will soon pass away.
The houee originally was upward of sixty'
feet in length and about thirty feet wide.
With a square front door, directly in the
nsi-Idle and a targe flat stone as It door step.
The nails used in building were hand made
and the timbers were hewn dir•�etly from the
forests wbirh lined the shores of Sterling
Creek. Inside the house and running-directly
j a rn+s the ceiling of the parlor Is an ex-
posed beam twelve inches wide and six incher
thick of hard oak. .lbout seventy years r
the house ivaa cut in half :tnd ane pe
a:» innved I:ortb shout a quarur of
wu're it wa$ reb,isit Ili:u the r•2sid
.,r,::i.i..l 1�3*°)11;. .a gl„y,l, r
nroperl'y owners in Me v+ �
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GREENPORT,YESTERDAY AND TODAY THE
his land from what was called Oyster Ponds, Upper Neck,, land of 204
East Marion and Lower Neck, Orient. bounded on t'
Hashamamock, being a separate purchase or ownership, head of it to
was not at first a part of the town but in 1662 it was voted
that it be taken into the town. finite, but it Germania pr
Ave
The first house built on the Youngs' land was in 1688 (from
on elevated land at the head of "Winter Harbor" (Sterling Sterling (from
f orris was callei
Creek), a prominent structure for those days, substantially
'X built, with oak beams 18 inches thick, hewn by hand. This The Indt
rived in what
Z house was greatly enlarged in 1727, and an old weavin mill
-- --B quite peaceful
on the place was attached to it. Here the household fabrics menace to ma
of wool, linen, cotton, carpets, bedspreads, and yarns were
nearby at all t
spun and woven. The house had a-large kitchen fireplace a useful fertilize
accommodating 8 ft. logs. The Oakwood flooring of planks arrived in den
2 ft. wide was scoured daily. Two doors opposite each other them and drag&
opened out from the kitchen through which it is said a horse rows of corn c
passed in bringing logs of wood drawn by chains to use in the there, near the
fireplace. The Youngs were slave owners up to the time slav- with saplings a
ery was abolished in New York StAte. Years later after the the top. The fi
division of the land among -descendants, the house was cut in the center o
apart and the old mill forty years later_ became the basis of jj cooking
Albert Delafie d's home afterward the home of Miss Grace ig pot oft
E'I� Sterling Cemetery was part of the Youngs' farm and Nearby was a sr
squash, and per
had its beginnings in the setting apart of a plot of land for a
spring at hand,
_ burial ground. noes. The men
After the division of the land by the town, the vicinity
was designated as The Farms and Sterling. In 1682 -Capt. with bow and
were foxes, race
Youngs records, "One parcel of woodland lying on the north
side of Sterling Harbor." Such was the piece of land now oc- turkeys. In fieir
sionstones.
cupied by the Village of Greenport. In addition Y )ungs'ob- es. The Ind
but Ind
tained a tract of land on the east side of Sterling Creek
about 250 rods wide, from Sound to Bay. n were prize
o
In 1687 Capt. Youngs sold to William Booth a tract of ped
Practically
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E.K. & F. L. Corwin. Gree-port
Y sterda and Toda 1972
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GREENPORT, YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Long Island Sound became the principal lane for parade y
munitions bound from the Brooklyn water front to Europe. the safe
The Greenport Basin and Construction Co- was turning out commun
submarine chasers with great rapidity. 980 men in Southold to end al
town registered for the draft and a Home Guard was j In the
organized. country
A petition having been made to the American Red Cross to favor but
establish a local chapter, -,a meeting was held in the In Fel
Auditorium for the organization of a chapter which was Ralph W
called the Eastern Long Island Chapter of the American Red Tax Com
Cross. This included Shelter Island, Greenport, East Marion .This y
and Orient. the AmE
This year $90,000 in Liberty Bonds was sold through the Chapter.
First National and People's Banks. �� The Ai
In August of this year the Floyd Memorial Library, built Wages
of field stone and designed to resemble the Floyd homestead, raised to
was completed and donated by -Miss Grace Floyd ash showed
memorial to her father, Davi � nearly $1
This year the Star Hose Company purchased the first An edi
motor fire apparatus used in the village. "The
The 3c postage for letters became law. existence
The winter of 1918 was very cold, with the bay frozen tyranny.
y.
over for 46 days. During January the thermometer at times socialistic
registered 6 to 10 degrees below zero. Hundreds walked i governmc
across to Shelter Island, even bicycles were ridden, and a car to suppc
was driven from South Ferry to North Haven. electors,
The Red Cross chapter had 2000 members and raised governme
$10,000 in its drive for $5000. look to
This year the Daylight Savings Bill was passed. freedom
When the day finally came in November of this year and political i
word was flashed over the community of the signing of an r In Ma
Armistice in the war, bells in local churches rang out, every Margaret.
boat in the harbor and shipyards opened their whistles, and a frown the
E.K.& F.L.Corwin. Greerort Yesterday and
Today. 1172
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HASHAMOMMOCK (Continued)
HOME SITE of THOMAS REEVE.
HOME SITE of THOMAS BENEDICT.
HOME SITE of MATTHEW SUNDERLAND.
HOME SITE of JOHN COREY.
SITE of THOMAS OSMAN'S BRICKYARD.
GREENPORT
JONATHAN MOORE. Planter
Corner Moore's Lane and North Road
FnRFRT JACKSON'S HOME SITE,
vft'. )t sixth .treet.
STATE of S .-.RLINUE.
WINTER HARBOUR.
WEBB'S LANDING.
Where the Booth House stands.
JONATHAN MOORE. n cT
Head of Moore's Lane. YC7�" fi
COLONEL-CAPTAIN JOHN YOUNG.
rMrs. DeLancey Robinson's property) Route 25,
ORIENT l�.�p
WINDMILL SITE. Built by Nathan Dominy.
Skellinx Pond.
MILL SITE of AMON TABER. Master Builder.
In the village. State St., around bend, on waterfront.
HOMESITE of AMON Taber. Master Builder.
East of "White Shingles," Route 25.
TRUMAN'S BEACH.
Causeway.
JOHN TUTHILL HOME SITE,
Village. Route 25, opposite John Dyer's house,
JOHN KING HOME SITE.
Eastern Orient, Route 25. a
PETER'S NECK.
Runs from Lucius Hallock farm into bay.
YOUNG'S WAY TO WHARF.
C- .,n villaoe. M^i- Street to Wharf.
fHOMAS 'i j,KR Y, 2nd.
Eastern Orient. Route 25.
]OHN YEAKEIV_
Dr. Henry Heath's home. Eastern Orient. Route 25.
LONG BEACH.
State Park.
"THE ROMAN." Here it was wrecked on December 25th. r
On Long Island Sound.
"HORNET" and "MACEDONIAN." Off this Beach the U.S.
ships were anchored during the War of 1812.
THE OLD CEMETERY.
Brown's Hill. Back of Mt. Pleasant House. Route 25.
Terce-terary Celebration of Southold Tow-. 1640-1940