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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
., UNIQUE SITE NO. 1631 c 9+17
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
t NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (SIH) 474-0479 NEG. NO,
YOUR NAME: Tnj } of So thol d /S PT,T A DATE: Noyarnher lg87
YOUR ADDRESS:Town Hall., Main Raecl TELEPHONE: 516 765-18c)P
Southold , L.I. , N.Y. 1.1971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S): Edward Iiatht3.m house and fa
2. COUNTY: I if f a I k TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Orient
3. STREET LOCATION: Rhin Rd 9 smith side. east of Narrow R yer Rd.
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private 3
5. PRESENT OWNER: Latham ADDRESS: same
h. USE: Original: residence Present: _ resideng
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC Exterior visible from public road: Yes 7 No ElInterior accessible: Explain LPrivate residence
DESCRIPTION
8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles LL g. stucco ❑ other: Modern siding
4). 5TRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints 12
SYSTEM: b. wood Frame with light members ]KI
(if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e, other
10, CONDITION: a. excellent 11 b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
1 I. INTLGRITY: a- original site Y1 h. moved ❑ if so,when?
c. list major alterations and dales (if known):
Modern shutters, front porch removed.
12. PHOTO:neg: KK V-29, fm NW 13. MAP:N.Y.9. DOT Orient quad .
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none knowntl b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. tither:
15. RELATED OUIBUI LDINGS AND PROPERTY:
pegged frame a. barnll b. carriage house ❑ c. garage 12
d. privy ❑ e. shed Q f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
.i. landscape features:
j. other: water tank
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land 11 b. woodland ❑
c. scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential KI
h.other:
17. INTFRRFLATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Low density residential area, the house is set back from
?gain Road , (NYS 'ate . 25) , historic Things Hwy. , at the end
of a tree lined drive . Open farm lend surrounds the house ,
with various farm buildings adjacent on the west.
IS. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING: AND SITE (including interior features if known):
21 story, 3 bav, side entrance plan, gable roof house.
Targe , 2 story, 3 bay, gable roof wing on west.
SIGNIFICANCE
11.). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1842*,wind; is later.
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
'f►. 111S]ORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
In 1975 , the Tatham farm was awarded the Century Farm
Award from the NYS Agricultural Society. Lathams have
farmed this property since 1806. The barn is described
in Taves' barn survev as " 3 bav English c . 1849" .
In order to preserve this fine farmland , the Town of
Southold has purchased the development rights to 62.8
acres.
11. SOURCES: * Interview , Mrs. Latham, 11/87.
Taves. 3erns of Lone Island . 1981
Suffolk Sun 3 _
rave er-Watchman 12/31/87.
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Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research assistant.
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The Mount Pleasant Site is located around a small
embayment opposite Terry Point . It was excavated
by Foster H . Saville and the Inc . L. I . Chapter of
the N.Y. S . Archaeological Association .
The Major Banks Site is located at the mouth of this
same smaTT em ayment (southeast of the Mount Plea—
sant Site) on Orient Harbor. This site was also
recorded by the Inc . L. I . Chapter of the N . Y . S .
Archaeological Association.
The Brown Brothers ` Site is located on a westerly
feeder stream of Hallocks Bay .
The Barnfield Neck Site is located on Eagle Point .
a peninsu a which huts into Long Beach Say . This
was a village site recorded by the Inc . L. I . Chap-
ter of the N . Y . S . Archaeological Association.
The Jagger Site is located on the west side of Hal—
Locks Bay north of the Brown Brothers ' Site. It
was excavated _by four members of the Inc . L. I . Chap—
ter of the N . Y . S _ Archaeological Association be—
tween 1925 and 1929 . It was an aboriginal village
site of the Late woodland (Sebonac) Period which
also contained some historic material .
The Latham Brothers ' Farm Site is located near the
headwaters of Hallocks Bay _ It was excavated by
Roy Latham of the Inc . L. I . Chapter of the N.Y . S .
Archaeological Associaticn. Latham described it
as a double child burial (two infants placed back
to back with their heads toward the south) within
a 26' deep grave _ Ten feet south of the burial
was a circular pit (30- in diameter and 28" deep)
filled with soft clam shells. A Sebonac pot was
found between thr burial and the pit .
The Eagle Neck Site is located on Eagles Neck Point
on Long Beach Bay . It was recorded by the Inc .
L. I . Chapter of the N.Y. S . Archaeologicat Assoc .
The Orient Beach State Park Site is located on a
narrow peninsula which juts southwesterly into
Sardiners Bay .
The Five Acre Indian Viita a Site is located north
of King St . between King St . and Narrow River Rd .
It was excavated by Roy Latham and R . W}ggens in
1925 and 1968. They describe it as part of an
extensive shelt heap floor that extended from Long
Beach Bay to Orient Harbor .
The King Street Site is located west of King St .
and east of Vil age La .
Archival Evaluation of The Orient Point Subdivision
n.d . Aboriginal site potential . Billa.dello and JohannemRnn
Edward Latham Farm
Orient OR-38
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' Barn, neg: KK V 27.
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g Barn, neg; KK V-26.
265-48E-2 Latham (Mulford) Southold
gain Road, Orient Description of barn
3-bay English, ca. 1849. by Taves Barns of
Framing, like type 10 but with gambrel roof. �'• • 191•
30, X 40' , height to plata 14! .
Vertical sawn pine frame. Braces half-dove-
tailed, spiked with cut nails. Addition,
301 x 251, similar construction.
Typical heavily-altered 19th century farm for
20th century. 4 pre-1900 buildings.