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NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES—
ALBANY,
ERIES OR-2.1
NEW
LITANY, NEW YORK (518)474-0479 NEG. NO,
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: October 1987
YOUR ADDRESST• TELEPHONE:own Hall, Main Rd. 516 765 1892
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ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
I. BUILDING NAME(S): Karcher House
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Orient
3. STRI`.F.T LOCATION: Main ted. , north side, east of Tabor lid•
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b. private 13
5_ PRI?S1:
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known ( b. zoning ❑ c. roads
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration Q
f, other:
IS. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND 'PROPERTY:
a. barn❑ b, carriage house ❑ c. garage 29
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ 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 n b. woodland
c. scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential
h.other:
17. INTY RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Located on Main Rd. , (NYS Rte . 25) , historic Kings Hwy.
Low-medium density residential . Mix of open and wooded
surroundings to the north and south., among houses of
varying historic date .
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
21 story, 2 bay second story, 3 bay ground story, side
entrance plan, L-shaved, gable roof house . Gable end to
the street . Semi-wraparound porch with Tuscan columns .
2/2 windows .
SIGNIFICANCE Turn—of—the—century
197 DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION:
ARCHITECT:
*- BUILDER:
0. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
This house was owned by Henry Karcher in 1909. It
reflects the development of the community, and con-
tributes to the ambience of the historic streetscape.
'I. SOURCES:
E. Belcher Hyde,: Atlas of Suffolk County , L. I . Vol . 2 ,
North Side , Sound Shore, 1909.
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Form preparediby Kurt Kahofer, research assistant.
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Karcher House, 1974
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