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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGR-25 BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM FOR OFFICE USE ONLY GR 25 UNIQUE. SITE NO. /0310, DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK (518)474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME:Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: September 1987 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Road TELEPHONE: ( 516) 765--1892 Southold, L.T. , N.Y. 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S):— Sterling G91me-tery 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: S4utJ.inld - VILLAGE: Gree-a art (unincor- 3. STREET LOCATION: Routh 25,_south Bide east of Manhasset Rd. porated ) 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public b: private ❑ 5. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS _ 0. USE: Original: Present. 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes ❑ No L1 Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION 9 BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: '). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints © - SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑ (if kruwn) c., masonry load bearing walls❑ d_ metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent M b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ H. INTEGRITY: a. original site b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): GR-RSM 1-23 I Pi l"FO): From north 13. MAP: N.Y.S. DOT Greenport Quad . � r �s ° • .0� irlin 11 tlllin 25 P Q '� o tygs{,t Ap s -, - � -.� � .� •'"w _SIM � �sr:' �l.e lt!ISl .r t u �+.s�M ` � /i ���. .` qd;�7th �I1e•'+: -Silver : :'e Luke sndy n 8 . 8 prat 25 • e+r� I A ,• • ow H 1 ° PillS / Ce r �- C 1 op �• � GR 25 1 4. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known X b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. ether: 15. RELATLD OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn El b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑ d. privy 0 e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h.,gardens EJ L landscape features: j. other: 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land M b. woodland IX c.scattered buildings d,densely built-up ❑ 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 (the old Kings Highway) is a low-density, rural , 2-lane highway in this area. 18. OTHER NOT ABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including intQrior features if known): A large number of early stones are of exceptional interest. See attached . Handsome gate posts of glacial erratics. SIGNIFICANCE © gilled 1759. 11>. DATE: OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION:— p ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARC'HITEC'TURAL IMPORTANCE: Sterling Cemetery had its beginnings as a. part of Young' s farm set aside as a burial ground . It was incorporated in 1847. 21. SOURCES: E.R. & F.L. Corwin. Green art Yesterday and Today. 1972, p. 12 R.F. Welch. The Gravestones of Early .Long Island , 1983 , pp. 61962. �. . 2 1 HL Nif Form prepared by Rosemary Skye Moritt , research assistant. V ' , GR 25 harcr(luc designs reaching inland tram coastal areas." Rather than merely ilIlLtating the designs of the provincial baroytac dcrivcd `ro111 engravings, the Johnsons and the C:onnccticut Valley craftsmen who followed their lead hent these designs it) their own stylistic preferences. The result is sonic of the finest funerary art found on the Island. On Long Island the ornmanetal Connecticut Valley style Is largely limited to the North and South Forks with erratic exariples showing up in Quoguu, East Moriches, and Northport. One of the carlIcst of these stones �ryrltic Island, the MK. EEisha Howell stupe, 1777, 000 guV lillustratedl, shows the Style already fully developed. Thr ornaricnial Connecticut VAICy-styfC stones arC usually quite large, otten four ro nvC feet tall. The Howell stone is typical in this respect. It has a dot.ble indented scroll tympanum decorated with what appears to he flowers growing out of the acute ang1C. ` All the Connecticut Valley stones seem to have begin divided into two groups: one which :attempted stylized portraiture and one which preferred M more abstract faces. The carver of the Howell Stone preferred the ;abstract face. Above it is the tiniest of wigs, and at the center is a lung bulbous nose. The eyes, teardrop-shaped, tend to he overlarge, and the shape of the month suggests that the soul is not entirely happy in its celestial ]ionic. The wings are cut in a peculiar indented half-ninon p;ittcrn rcinfo-cing the image of it soul to heaven. The small symbols above the effig} also appear to he heavenly bodies, though the exact meaning of the larg:,t pin-like obiects is i• difficult to surmise. The entire stone is bordered wit-1 thick scrollwork. While the C01111CetaCUt Valley ornamental Style is meted for ornateness. the Betsey Howell and Catherine Peirson stone, lir.dgeharnpron, 1794 (il.lustratedl, provides a rare example of this style red(lc-cd to its basYcs.The stolW is of special interest due to its double image and clue to its having been made of marble. The face and general outline of the stupe tiho�i its clear relationship to the other ornate stones, but its lack of orrlalattntation, as ;,• ti ~», well its the Incised planner of its cutting, sets it apart I's uniyuc. Only one 5` other incised version of this style is found on Long ESland. , Another version of the ornamental style can be seen on the Thomas _ pr ?t A A( Youngs stone, 1793, Grccn ort tlllus. p. 62).The soul ef:=igy is slightly more r r. naturalized than on the other stories. The abstract, half-moon wings(if thej {' 4 Elisha Howell stone have given way, here, u1 something more feathery;and _ realistic. The soul effigy swears an extravagant Crown of Righteousness } which resembles a set of pipes fur an organ but which is probably meant to he feathers, somewhat along the lines of an Indian war hontaet. Flowers make their appearance on this stone as does the heart,a synlhul nl the soul's love of Christ, which Is appropriately placed Under the Ctttgy :Ind above the Inscription. Closely related to the Thomas Youngs stone is the Susannah Wiggins stunt 1791 Greco curt jillus. p. 62). Herr the Crown of Righteous ncss has given way to a turhan-like hairdo, and the tytnp;anunl rests on an unusual masonry pattern. Some of the CtrnnCCUCUI V;IIIC} St0oCeUttCr4 abandoned the abstracted 11te, r t'rsauns of tilt' nrlDtllnt'rltell C nn ll,'t 11011 t',lllet' tilde the oin ate Alt. .soul effigy leer a more na[a1C;111sCit:. Molded variety. The Captain Joseph 1'll+laa Ili,tc'rll stunt'. 1177, ,Irltl lite' Booth st(1I1C. 1705, Greenport {Illus. p. 621, shows a full-faced, curly-halred sli?i ile Re•l..t,% tl0tt't'!1 tier,! 1.,167t'Pll1C soul efligy whose carefully cut closed eyes suggest eternal sleep. 1't'1r+'rall tit„llt'. 1 a4. Belonging to the Connecticut Valley group but not 'Itting any SUhcatC ory very well is the fivc-loot-tall gravewtonc crf 1}C;uon Josiah R(rgCrs. Northport, 1791 (illus. p. 62). !'he Lace of the effigy is c_early related tel the R.F. Welch. The Gravesto-es of Early Long Island. 1983 61 GR 25 The Thomas Younks slone, 1793, tf j t a i the Susannah Wjggjn.-; r . bear ornamental images. The Capt. Joseph .1 1 1 1795 rr more while the Josiah Rogers has elements that hark back toear- liar t • e 62 tea_ �R 25 ti i v ca a„ o m o o > ^ d � T o a' a 7 F w O h r —SC ' ^ ad C ro r O � C a� ? MU T p C v H > C r .................. ..,....,...,,........,..........................................._................... 71. Georgica Burial Ground .., Georgica .........._..................................... 72. South End Burial Ground Bast Hampton W zT moi' ........................................................................................................ 73. North End Burial Ground East Hamptons ................. ...................................................................................... 74. Amagansett Burial Ground Amagansett ........................................................................................... 75. Parsons Burial Ground Springs ................................................................... 76. First House Burial Ground t� "'""""""""" """"' Montauk ..........................................................................I............................. 77. Prebyterian "Whalers" Churchyard Sag Harbor 78. Edwards Burial Ground Sag Harbor lip ............................................................. " 79. Payne-Byran3s Burial Ground """""""""°""- North Haven ................................... 80- Presbyterian Churchyard ..................................... Shelter Island ....................................... 81. Baiting Hollow Burial Ground ......................`.................-- Baiting Hollow + 82. Riverhead Cemetery ................ Riverhead 83. Aquebogue Burial Ground .................................................................. Aquebogue 84. JamesPort Burial Ground ...............................I.......... Jamesport ' 85—Mattftuc{ -Pgesbyterian Churchyard ...................................................... Mattituck W 86, Cutchogue Burial Ground - ..................'...,,...............,... Cutchogue ' q 87. Presbyterian Churchyard- I Southold ` ` + 88. C--"' Burw1 (;round .......................................... �oiitfibld- 89. Stirling Cemetery ' ........................................ � � Greenport 90. Terry Burial Ground I Orient i 91. Beebee Burial Ground Orient 92. Brown's Hill Burial Ground ......................................................................... `ft Orient .01 93. Village Burial Ground ...........................................................I........................ Orient I 84 The Gravestones of Early TAong Island R. F. Welch 19 83 l