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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEM-50 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FARM UNIQUE SITE Na. r©3^0' «741 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD i ,510 NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY, NEW YORK (518)474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Town of Southold f 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 NAMES): RackettZwilliam Horton house 2. COUNTY:SuffOR TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: East Marion 3, STREET LOCATION: Main Rd . , north si e, east of Truman's Path 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private Pq 5. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS: & USE: Original: res id enc a Present: residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes El No, Interior accessible: Explain private residence DESCRIPTION X. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles E* g. stucco ❑ other: 1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints PP SYSTEM: b. wood Frame with light members ❑ (if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent IX b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site 13 b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): 12. PHOTO: neg: KK 111-6, fm SW 13. MAP:NYS DOT composite Greenport and Orient quads r r9 YO . Kts" u O DamPond Qfill 4. �• 4 1 - 1 E"St L •A, � •Raw e - Marion% .; ti •..r w BM 2 a` a 35 .4 �S g Ma7zQr1� t t••,r/�� rC — La k .Q ��F\%70, :I _ Yom'• f` I 7 r 1 c 4 EM-50 RED 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known [X b. zoning ❑ c. toads ❑ d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑ f. other: 15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: a. barn El b. carriage house © c. garage ❑ d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse Cl g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: j. other: 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land ER b. woodland c. scattered buildings d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential 12 Ii.other: 17. INTF:RRELATIONSIEIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Low density residential , wooded to the east and open towards the south. Surrounded by residences of pre- dominantly later, though historic date. The house is on Main Rd. , NYS Rte. 25, historic Kings Hwyv. IS. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including in'ierior features if known): 1+ story, 3 bay, side entrance plan gable roof house with central chimney. 3 small fre' ize windows with Greek revival sashga Eaves with thin, decorated brackets . Small gable roof wing on vest . 6/6 windows , SIGNIFICANCE 1{), DA'I L OF INITIAL. CONSTRUCTION: Prior to 83 ARCIIITITT: BUILDFW 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: "The house was oared by a Rackett in 1858 and 1873 , and by Villiam Horton in 1909. This well preserved house is an important component of the historic Fast Marion streetscape. -' '_I. SOURCES: U,;; . Coast Survey, T-55, 1838/Chace, Map of Suf- folk County, 1858/Beers , Comstock, Atlas of Long Island, 73 E. Belcher Hyde , Atlas of Suffolk County, L.I . ,�Vol . 2, North Side, Sound Shore, 1909. 22. THFNIF: Farm prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research assistant . EM 50 u Horton house Road ,Main East Marion ,�,;,:' mss*' • ,x:.;- r'/� ;%: . 24 � w ��•ayy�d/�y'•J t '1 J .4 �a4 Photo 19401 s Herbert S . Pratt photo f n Collections SPLIA FM 50 THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT Vs _ ('X WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1916 _X UMBER 213$ SOME POST-COLONIAL REMAINS O/altered RN LONG ISLAND B?� RALPH S. FANNING S0 MANY of our foremost architects classed with thosstudy and have been working in the so-called even imitation. t a delight Colonial style of architecture during apparently to dislaim for a the past few years and so many of camera's record aexample of the original examples of this unique style this charming styrly settled have been repro- unmolested duced in publica- countryside. tions that t h i Such a treat re- country may al- paid the writer most be said to be /` or a trip along undergoing a col- / the country road , f onial revival. The leading through revival, however, 11� the early settled has the merit of / '_° farming section progression, f o r f on t h e Eastern much of the con- - End of the North temporary work i "; Fork of Long rivals in beauty Island. H o u s e and execution the i after house, fac- work done by the ing the gently colonists, Nandi- curving old coun- capped as they try turnpike were by lack of might boast of means and train- ing. The original ! look out upon the examples that m any scurrying have survived the automobiles with destructive agents as much dignity of time and com- as t h e y looked mercial progress - '.` upon the old stage- are worthy of coach in its bi- study and never weekly tour of the fail to arouse the same route in the interest of student EAST MARION, LONG ISLAND e a r I y eighteen and architect. hundreds. Many interesting works that do not While the western end of Long Island date as far back as colonial times but possessed a colonial architecture of the which were executed with much the same Dutch type which has been most success- spirit, though dating in the early half of fully revived and charmingly modernized the nineteenth century, may well be by one of our most pleasing home design- Copyright. 1111"i. by The American Architect