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Home My WebLink AboutEM-16 f _ FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE N0. lb3rlJ, rrBrr'fa DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD Em-16 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. TELEPHONE: 516 765 1892 Southold, LI, NY 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION I. BUILDING NAME(5 : C• Downs House 2_ COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: East Marion 3. STREET LOCATION: Main Rd. , south side, bet. Rocky Pt . Rd. and Old 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private E3 Orchard Rd. 5. PRESENT OWNER. ADDRESS: 6. USE: Original: residence — Present: residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: )(es ® No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain private residence DESCRIPTION K. BUILDING a_ clapboard:E1 b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: 9- STRUCTURAL, a. wood frame with interlocking joints 13 r? SYSTFM: b. wood frame with light members ❑ (il' kn(wn) c. masonry load hearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent EX b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d, deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site 91 b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): circa 1900 - Porch rebuilt. KK 7 -7a 12-1'_ PHOTO: negs 2t fm W 13. MAP:NYS DOT composite Greenport and Orient quads llx r . .. /��- { ,�I` � � _ ;{4, ""p.yb'-�• ,_ may(E"dS. yC• •'�_. .: � an p MTl n 35 r ry{ t� ' Ma 35 ye ,bake 25 25 �•.a t 1 2T _ - - - a Sip. O tib Jk y .Yr ' @© • ri .r t EM-16 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 Ek f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: arbor attached to west wall j. other: 1G. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ® b. woodland Ei c. scattered buildings El d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g_ residential It h.other: 17. INTI-RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Located on Main Rd. , historic Kings Hwy. , (NYS Rte . 25) , the east-west thoroughfare through East Marion. Low- m-edium density residential row of houses , of varying historic date . 18. OTHER NOTABLE, FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): 11 story, 2 bay 2nd story, 3 bay ground story, side entrance plan Greek Revival house , gable end to the street . Gable roof with heavy paired pendant brackets . Small under - eave windows . Semi-wraparound porch with tapered posts , 4/4 windows . SIGNIFICANCE I(). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Prior to 1873_. circa 1855. ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: Owned by J. Downs in 1873 and. C . Downs in 1897 and 1909 , this house is a major component of East Ylarion's his- toric streetscape because of its excellent integrity. 2l. SOURCES:Hyde and Co. , Map of Long Island , 1897 .. Beers , Comstock, Atlas of Long Island , 1873 . E. Belcher Hyde, Atlas of Suffolk County, L.I . , Vol. 2 North Side Sound Shore, 1909. 22. l HL Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research assistant .