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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOR-28 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM lo3iG.p�� DIVISION FOR HISTORIC"PRESERVATION UNIQUE SITE NO, OR-28QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY, NEW YORK (518)474-0474 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME:Town of Southold./SPT-TA DATE,: kJovember 1987 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall , Main Rd. TELEPHONE: 516 7 5 1892 Southold, LI, NY 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): Aunt Betsey Young's House 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Orient 3. STREET LOCATION: Main Rd. , north side, east of Edwards Ln. 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private X] 5. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS: 6. USE: Original: residence Present: residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes El No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain private residence DESCRIPTION 9. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles [2 g. stucco ❑ other: 9. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑ (i1' kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other stone foundation 10. CONDITION: a_ excellent ® b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ I I_ INTEGRITY: a. original site OR b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): 12. PHOTO: neg: KK V-b, fm S 13 NYS DOT Orient quad ' Y 8t0 ®fOwfli HIII 't • y 7' t 0. a 'ems a • t r Y - 25 2 � a I 1 - •`�44 ••O• Q _ w B S M r .�r�• t; • Cern :�Cem fel 'Orient o Vis• 4 N n \ D• y 1 kl� Id. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known C 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 ❑ f. greenhouse ❑ g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑ i. landscape features: }. other: Iii. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open lander b. woodland 13C c.scattered buildings ❑ d.densely built-up ❑ e, commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential C� h.other: 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Low density residential area of Main Rd. , (NYS Rte, 25), historic Kings Hwy. Large open field directly south across Main Rd. , mix of open and wooded land to the north. One of several vintage houses of its type in the area. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): Early, 1%2 story, 5 bay, gable roof house with end chimneys. Entrance with pilasters and sidelights. 1 story, 4 bay, gable roof wing on west with center chimney and porch incorporating semi-hexagonal bay window. Small under-eaves winduv7s in wing, SIGNIFICANCE I1). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Circa 1832, wing Circa 1850 ARCHITECT: 'o. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: Owned by Wm. Young in 1873 and by the Wm. Young estate in 1909. Miss Rhoda S. Young kept a private school in this house, in the large upper room. Pegs for children's clothing are still there. In 1959 the house was owned by Gladys Wilkins. This important historic house is the typical "Cape Cod style" house that was once predominant on the North Fork. White Fines Series of Architectural of Monographs, Val. o. 2. 7pril9 21. SOURCES:Interview, Ralph Williams, 10/22/87. Historical Review, 1959, p. 12. U.S. Coast Survey, T-55, 1838. Letter from Gladys Wilkins, 1/23/75. 22. THLMF: Fora prepared by 7,urt Kahofer, research assistant. r � 4 f 4 y� - I � , , -• +�. ♦. �-.2,P `.aim-� _ Aunt Betsey Young's House Orient OR-28 504 98y 5th St/ vilest Islip, N.y January 23, 1975 Dear Mrs. Bentz: Your letter of January 15, 1975 Is at hand, regarding "Aunt Betsy Young ' s house". I bought the house and property in 1944 at which time any Father, Fred T-' oor, said he thought it was built about 1832. There was a _-�arn on the property -as well as the house but I had it tgDn down, the barn that ie, to add a gar�s;ge to the house. The original owners were William Young and his wife Polly, asfar as I know . They had 3 sons and 7 daughters. The sons were William Sr. , John and Frank. The 7 daughters were Amelia, Elmira , Rhoda , Fanny, Martha, Diary and Betsy. I dont know about Amelia, but Elmira married but lost her hus- band and went home to live with the family again. Fanny and 1liartha married 2 ging brothers and lived where Mrs. Henry king lives now. Rhoda and Betsy lived in the homestead all their lives. Mary married H.E. Terry and were the grandparents of Eula Rackett, Martha Terry, Horace Terry and mill Terry . Mary had two boys and three girls, one of which was Rose who was married to my Father so he must have known about when the homestead was built. Eula ' s 11iot6er was Estelle and the boys ' Mxlh.aa Father was William Terry. As for the house itself, when I bought it a relative told me that the rambler rose bush on the West porch had been planted there because of the 7 daughters, as each sprig had 7 roses on it, and it was still there while I owned it, which I think is interesting. I also tri nk it is interesting that Rhoda played the organ in the congregational Church in her time and I played it ,when I was a teen-a`er.. I also think it interesting that as I remember it ` lmira, Rhoda and Betsy all lived to be in their 9o' s. i The above may not be interesting to you, Bio I will get back to changes in the house. In those days some houses had a "winter side" and a "summer side" as this one did, with separate kitchons, pantries, dining room and living roori, with the bedrooms upstairs.( I believe Bill Terry ' s house which was his Grandfather' s had the same division at one time, bug when Bill ' s Fath-3r married , they occu. ed the West end. , Tnerefore I made it Aa two-family house. In the West part I had the partition between the coal or wood room and 'he kitchen removed, so there is an alcove in the kitchen. I closed off the door leading into the dining room, gust south, of the kitchen as we used it for 4 bedroom. The pantry I made into a bathroom. On the East side I modernized the kitchen with closet space and windows over the sink. There was a aaaall room on that side which was used as a"birth"bedroom - I have forgotten what such a room was called - which I turned into a bathroom, in the living room condition.On the West side I enclosed the fireolaee/as it was in a dangerous I was told u,,• the relative .mentioned above who is deceased that Rhoda ( I think it was Rhoda) had a school in the large room upstairs, and it was interesting (while I owned it) to see the pegs still there where the children hung their coats and little "boxes"where they kept their books, etc . , along the wall . They may still be there. I had hoped to retirethere but it did not work out that wry, so sold it to Gordon � H, muurger, 33i So . Oyster Bry Fed, Syo..aett, "' .Y. If you wish to confirm any of the above, I am pure Eula, 14irtha or Bill Terry would hello you, or perh-ps ,get information from the cemejary, or conte t me gain I sold the aronerty in 1gl, _an �ou ##, 1 � ©u $es i has � en 3n the family allt eas ..au f 1W .-h4 NeF.saderely _,..,.�. .._. �. . Aunt Betsey r • House Orient • i �i Oyster .• • s Historical Society photo, 1974. f M 1 �_