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NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of SoutholdfSPLIA DATE: September 1982
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Rd. TELEPHONE: 516 765 1892
Southold , LI, ICY 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community _Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING; NAME(S): Brown/Raymond Dean House
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TO%CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Fast i�Iarion
3. STREET LOCATION: 777 Main R . , east of Old Orchard Rd.
4. OWNERSHIP: a, ublic ❑ 1x private 3
5. PRESENT OWNER: pRaymond Dean ADDRESS: same
G. USI:: Original: residence Present: residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public read: Yes IN No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain Private residence
DESCRIPTION
S. BUILDiNC, a, clapboard D 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 knoxii) c. masonry load bearing walls❑
d. metal (explain)
e, other
ltl. CONDITION: a. excellent CX b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site 97 b. moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
c . 1890 - north wing added.
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known X� b. zoning❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. other:
15. RILA ILD OUTBUI LDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn E] b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑
d, privy ❑ e. shed LA f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
i. landscape features:
j. other:
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land ® b. woodland Jd
c. scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential U
h.other:
17. INTI•:RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Located on Main lid . , historic Kings Hwy. , the east-west
route through East Marion (NYS Rte . 25) . Medium density
residential , surrounded by significant residences of later,
though historic , date . One of several intact examples of
Int. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (inA§ngUtr Des if known):
lz story, 3 bay, side entrance plan , gable roof pre-
Revolutionary house with off-center chimney. 1 story,
3 bay, ggable roof wing on west with interior end chim-
ney. �/4 windows , main door with narrow sidelights .
SIGNIFICANCE
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1760-1770#
ARCHITECT;
BUILDER:
_10. IIISSIORICAL AND AR011TLCTURAL IMPORTANCE:
Brown ownership of this house has continued to the present
day, Mrs . Dean being a descendant.
This house is of special importance because the facade re-
tains its original North Fork character. It provides a
sense of place to this historic streetscape.
21. SOURCES:
U.S . Coast Survey, T-55, 1838 .
L.I . Traveler-Watchman, 10/1/87 .
?,. TULmr.*Report, Southold Landmarks Comm. , 6/3/87 .
Form prepared by Vurt Rahofer, research assistant.
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East Marion Home of
!fir. and Mrs . Raymond Dean
7775 Main Road
East Marion, N.Y. 11939
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MAIN POAD, LA5T MARION
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HOME OF MR. AND MRS RAYMOND DEAN
7775 Main Road, East Marion, New York 11939
Incentoried by Ralph Williams and John Stack
Reported by Jo Bear
,tune 3, 197
The oldest part of the Dean home, the right wing, includes the
entrance hall, bedroom, bath, study, the cellar downstairs and the
second floor. This section was constructed in the typical Southold
Town half-house style, and has been standing on the same location
in East Marion since Revolutionary War days . It has undergone various
changes over the centuries . The primary clues to the age of this wing
can be found in the cellar and attic , and will be discussed in those
sections below .
In the mid-1800' s the present parlor was added, and the older
sections of the house were spruced up with add-on door and window
moldings, new hardware, and windows . A new stairway to the second Floor
replaced the original steep cabby stairway, and the house gained a
Greek Revival feeling. Perhaps at this time the present stairway to
the basement was built under the main stairway.
Around 1390 the present dining room and kitchen wing was added .
Wainscot of the period , and bullseye decorated moldings attest the
period of its construction.
In stepping out the back door of this turn-of-the-century kitchen,
a visitor finds a manicured lawn and an Olympic-size swimming pool,
attesting to the presence of the home in the 20th Century. Thus the
house gracefully spans the centuries from the Revolution to the
present day.
FRONT DOOR, ENTRANCE, HALL AND STAIRWAY
On the outside of the main entrance oversized columns flank the
door, and an arrangement of four lights which extend nearly to the floor
on either side of the door provide a Greek Revival ambience . A
c . 1900 photo of the home shows a full set of paired brackets under
the eaves around the house . They have been removed . Visible in the
home ' s foundation are large stones, which were laid when the home was
built, c . 1760-70.
Inside, the door shows molding renovation done in the mid-18001s .
To the already ornate original molding has been added an equally ornate
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frame, making the moldings in the hall, bedroom and parlor quite wide
and bold . Interestingly, the frame of the front door shows the location
of its earlier latch.
The present stairway was added c. 1850. Its treads are chamfered
at the edges . They are 10" wide and the risers are 7" high. The
balustrade takes a graceful turn at the top of the stairway. The
individual balusters are machine turned and have square or dove--tailed
bases set into the treads, making each firm in spite of its great age .
The present staircase replaced an original staircase (c .1760-70)
located west of it, where the present hall is . The original staircase was
closed with a door on the first floor, and it terminated quickly. Its
path to the rear (north) was blocked by the fireplace at the rear of the
house, which at that time was the kitchen. The kitchen was located
where the present study and bathroom are today. The stairs rose over the
oven and at the top may have made a turn to the east, to offer entrance
to the upstairs bedrooms .
PARLOR
The parlor was a later addition to the house . It was built c . 1350
when the house underwent major renovation and when Greek Revival style was
popular. Inside was furnished in Greek Revival style . However the
outside of the second section reflects the style of the earlier half-house
albeit in a lesser structure .
Windows in the parlor and in the oldest section of the house (east
wing) all have wide muntins separating the panes . These windows are
typical of the quality windows used in Southold in the mid-19. 00' s .
In the parlor are handsome wood panels between the low window and the
floor. Baseboards were added when the frames of the doors and windows
were widened with extra molding, in keeping with the then-current
architectural style . A cabinet between the parlor and dining room has
a partial lining of worked tin plate . The parlor has an entrance off the
front porch. The door here, and its hinges, also reflect the 1850
updating.
DINING ROOM, KITCHEN AND PANTRY
These rooms were built in the third major renovation of the
house, c . 1890. The molding around the doors and windows carries
bullseye circular decorations at the upper corners . Wainscot, the high
fashion of the period, seals the walls of the pantry. Paneled tin plate
is again seen here, in a pantry cabinet .
UPSTAIRS BEDROOMS
These bedrooms are located in the original house . In 1760-70,
when the cubby stairway gave access to the upstairs area there may
have been only one large bedroom. Today the area is divided into three
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rooms . The door to the main room is early, but its hinges were updated,
possibly in 1350. The boxed-in chimney Is seen here, as are wide muntins
on the windows .
CELLAR
This might be called the most fascinating part of the house. It is
lined with stone, many large . Some of the stone is native, and some is
large, split and smoothed . The west wall is laid up dry. The sleepers
overhead are flattened only on the bearing side . Many joists are of
chestnut .
The oldest section of the house can be dated here . Under the
first floor floorboards, seen overhead here, are dust stops, a custon
that was discontinued in the 19th Century.
The location of the first fireplace is not visible anywhere today,
but it is indicated in the cellar to have been close to the west wall
of the house, which is now the entrance hall. Here in the basement a
beam has been fitted diagonally to accommodate the hearth. The dust stops
around it conform to the angle of the beam, but are straight elsewhere .
When the present cellar stairs were constructed this beam was cut to
make headroom.
A subsequent fireplace has left a flue in the first floor and
second floor bedrooms, and a heavy stone foundation in the basement.
ATTIC
Here are seen very old timbers , dating back to Revolutionary War
days . The second floor joist pattern is typical Southold construction
of the era, with 6"x6" joists spaced 2a feet apart, except at the
one-third point, where an extra joist is still in place .
Some time after the original house was built - perhaps before 1850
from evidence of the doors and hinges - the roof over the oldest
section was raised about 21 feet . The original gable end rafter is still
in place and the new rafter is parallel to it . The posts have been
extended and now carry a new front plate, which in turn carries the new
rafters . To avoid splaying of the new roof a horizontal beam was fitted
from the top of the new post . Very heavy, square nails are seen here .
They were hand made, with heads half an inch wide .
After long weathering, the main expanse of the front roof became
concave under its load . A spanner beam was bolted across the main
second floor joists, parallel to the front plate, and a vertical member
was raised on it to support the roof, alleviating the dished appearance .
Wind braces are seen in the attic on the parlor section of the
house . Here also is seen a chimney mortared with mud . A main joist in
the area has the Roman numeral IIII scratched on its surface .
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hall and staircase.Both wings were
decorated in'the admired current.
style—Greek Revival. Thus the
modest Colonial house was
transformed into a handsome
Oreek Revival style home-and so
r`' it remains today.
A third major addition was
made to the house around 1890,
when a dining room and kitchen
were added to the rear.These were
done in the high fashion style of the
period. Wainscot still seals the
walis of the pantry,and moldings
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carry bulls-eye circular decorations
in the upper corners.
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In May 1787,America was a new government that-uniquely-was martial law,in an occupied coun- admired "half-house." It is the
nation, witty its separate states of,_by and for the people it try. Their livestock and produce right wing of the present home.
somewhat uncoordinated.At this governed. was cc mmandecred Tor the use of In those days the front door of
time representatives of the various Our United Staw Constitution the Bntish army.British and Hes- the right wing gave access to a small
states gathered in Philadelphia to is the oldest written instrument of sian scldiers strolled the streets and hall. A door closed off the steep
revise the Articles of Confedera- government in the world. drilled nearby. and narrow stairway leading to the
tion, hoping in this way to bring How dad this significant move in The oldest section of the house attic's sleeping quarters. To the
law and order to the new nation- Philadelphia affect the inhabitants sketched here was built before the right was the parlor.Across the en-
After an especially hot summer, of the hamlets on the North Fork Re4ol.rtionary War,and was stan- tire rear of the house was the kit-
on September 17 the Legislature of Long Island?These people had ding on this same plot of ground chen with its cooking fireplace.
completed work on a National just lived through the Revolu. on Ki cgs Highway in least Marton In the mid-Ilift the left wiftg of
Constitution.This instrument laid tionary War-The American defeat during the difficult and troubled the home w,asuldedto the original
the foundation for a truly at the Battle of Long Island had times if the British occupation.Its right side half-house. The right
democratic society.It proposed a foced them to live under British style is typically North Fork-the wing was updated,with a spacious
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