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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEM-12 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE NO.lo3i©• "1136 ,DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD EM-12 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 Rd . TFLEPHONE:5lb 765 1892 Southold , LI, NY 1197 . ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION 1. BUIL DING NAMF:(S}: U.S . Life Saving Station, pocky Point z. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: East Marion 3. STREET LOCATION: End of Rocky Pt. Rd . , west side, at LI Sound 4. OWNERSIIIP: a. ,public ❑ h. rivate � 5. PRESENT OWNER:Grace Raymong ADDRESS:Rocky Pt. - Rd. , East Marion G. USE: Original: life saving station Present: residence 7, ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC:. Exterior visible from public read: Yes 50 No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain private residence DESCRIPTION H. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. beard and batten MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles E?r g. stucco ❑ other: 1). STRUCTURAL. a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑ SYSTEM: h. wood frame with light members 13 (if known) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d_ metal (explain) e. other rock foundation 10. CONDITION: a. excellent X b. ,good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site 7 b, moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Some windows replaced, west wing (dory shed ) renovated . 121. PHOTO: neg: KK 11-18, fm E 13. MAP: NYS DOT composite Greenport and Orient quads 60 JO A& 22 /8 ,a. 6 Rock yIEW Rofky _ 39 a a ,t v_ae • UTN�Rp +v a O•. '�� E IN I I � ��.. 30 , I _ I Y` ' + '� y Mario rt _ aM•, 25 �'` 35 EM-12 t ld. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known IR b.zoning❑ c. reads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f, ether: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn El b. carriage house ❑ c. garage KI recent d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: high bluff j. other: boat house moved to rear of property Ib. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):(neg: KK TI-17 ) a.open land Ek b. woodland Ek c.scattered buildings ❑ d,densely built-up ❑ e. commercial f. industrial ❑ g. residential Ud h.other: LI Sound directly north 17. INTI-RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) This former life saving station faces Long Island Sound on a high bluff, surrounded by a low density residential sec- tion to the east, and a min: of open and wooded land to the south and west. Several newer residences line Rocky _Pt . Rd. to the south. 15. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): Irregularly shaped 2 story shingled building with jerkin- head gable roof. Tall 4 story watch tower at NW corner, (neg: KK II-19) . Shed roof porch on north facade . 6/6 win- dows . Garrison overhang near tower top. Inyerior wood work intact , especially main stair assembly. SIGNIFICANCE 11r. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1896* ARCHITECT: U.S . Life Saving Service (regulation design) BU1LDLR: U.S . Life Saving Service (crew) 'Q. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: In operation before Rocky Pt. Rd . was laid , this life saving station is a rare survivor, once one of many sim- iliar buildings located along the L.I . shores to rescue and house shipwreck victims . The integrity of the build- ing and its surroundings is excellent . Several "Liberty Shacks" , built by Coast Guardsmen of salvaged lumber, remain. Board and batten boat shed moved to rear of prop- erty is largely intact. The station is identified on the 1897 Hyde and Co . map. ' '1. SOURCES: Interview, Franklin Bennett & Grace Raymond , 9/87 . Southold Library, Whitaker Coll. , file "Orient" . County catalog, Suffolk Cnty. Planning Dept . , 1975, p. 24. X"MX1€ Hyde and Co. , Map of Long Island, 1897 . Form prepared by Kurt 7Ahofer, research assistant. U .S . Life Saving Station (former) EM-12 East Marion 1 Life Saving Station Tower from '.V, neg: KK II-19. _ I lay Nk- �A i - Boat House from NW, ^* � " _ neg: KK II-17 . r 6 Life Saving Station EM-12 Nast Marion Folder F 95A, Southold Library pm 1, r r , Rocky Point Life 5aviny Station, East !Marlon, L I. 6071!18 — Made in 4erniunp Life- Saving Station EM-12 East Marion Z 0„ 3 U. S. N. COAST U r} tation No. 95 Ens Marion, 41 / Coll. Suffolk County Historical Society. Life Saving Station EM-12 Last Marion Potal ,Private Coli. low �� .