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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEM-24 r` FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM ,. UNIQUE SITE NO. JOLO,O)Igl DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD Em-24 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. 1-1. PHOTO: neg: KK I-24, fm 5 13. MAP:NYS WT composite Greenport and Orient quads 4 • U • Mp � m r � Ike < Eas Marion 14 Iliiidil�IVII�F, j 4 ,� t t Ala n ' 36Jf Lake ` c e�-• - - t r 25 ,E^ > Fill � EM-24 r f EM-24 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. 4 Brown/Dean House EM-24 East Marion Home of !fir. and Mrs . Raymond Dean 7775 Main Road East Marion, N.Y. 11939 N IJ LAUNDRY KITCHEN S BATH SCALES lly/CN 1 F00r PANTRY DINING ROOM STUDY BATH PRLOfZ BEDROOM MAIN POAD, LA5T MARION Southold Town Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1987 . Brown/Dean House . East Marion EM-24 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 Southold Town Lanmarks Preservation Commission, 1987 . Brown/Dean House , East Marion 'DEAN HOUSE, page 2 . r EM-24 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 Town Southold h T n Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1987 . Brown,/Dean House , East Marion `DEAN HOUSE page 3 EM-24 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 . Southold Town Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1987 . Brown/Dean House East Marion Em-2-4 PAGE FOUR LONG ISLAND TRAVELERMATCHMAN 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 �•r rte== ;_" • /f y � t � - �=t---�-��---��,��.���-� s around the doors and windows carry bulls-eye circular decorations in the upper corners. fL� i Thus this Fast Marion home has IL witnessed the entire pageant or the " Cr United States,since its inception as •� e r a truly democratic form of govern- ment,with the signing of the Con- stitulion on September 17,1787,in PhiladdphiA. I €. j , v,;4 #�+� I ,Li�' A &OUTHOLEI TOWN LANUI MARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION Jkv " obi ; •` i',, ��' � - I y�' to t4 rYi U � % a € � �i'I1 �� r 'r" f �r �y 1� fli rNl/rrrrl�rtr rru 1 r rrrr7 t�� r�r�� l h���f�l 11l1�iri���rlrl�rll�l�I r !1%irrliilirf/irrlr✓�rl�//lir.+err. ,r.r�.i��r;.rVi1/111�'�?,f!/�i�,�l�, Horne of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dean 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 Brown/Dean House Main Rd . , East Marion EM-24 K- y Dear of house , 1984 photo . front of house , �" 1984 photo . EM 24 Brown/Dean House Main Road , Last Marion go A View of rafters and framing circa 1984