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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATIONQUAD OR-e2
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (51S) 474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA, DATE:_-November 1987
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Rd. TELEPHONE: 516 765 1892
Southold, LI , NY 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S): John Moore/Chapman House
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Orient
:L. STREET LOCATION: Main Rd. , south side , west ofRyder Farm In.
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private
S. PRESENT OWNER: David Brawner ADDRESS: same
6. USE: Original: residence Present: residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY To PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes 19 No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain private residence
DESCRIPTION
9. (WILDING a. clapboard 0 b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d, board and batten ❑
MATERIAL:: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles IKI g. stucco ❑ other:
1). STRUCTURAL a. woad frame with interlocking joints IN
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑
(if known) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent)❑ b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑ b. moved if so,when? 1943 , by Nelson
c. list major alterations and dates (if known): r in
Rd. , East Marion.
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known K] b.zoning❑ c. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. ether:
15. RELATES) OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn❑ h. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop ❑ h. gardens ❑
i. landscapefeatures:
j. other: picket fence , entwined snaTce weather-
16, SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): vane .
a.open land 29 b. woodland ❑
c. scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential KI
h.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Low density agricultural area, in a predominantly open farm
land setting. Orient Beach State Park to the south. The house
faces south. Surrounded by 27.2 acres, owned by brawner, 20
acres of which he has deeded to the State as a wildlife sanctuary.
I H. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
Early, 12 story, 5 bay, gable roof house with center chimney. Large,
3 bay, 2 story, gable roof wing on east of later period, added early
1800`s. The front stoop is noteworthy for the shed roof, which
is an extension of the main roof sweeping out in a gentle curve.
This porch resembles others found in the hamlet of Southold.
SIGNIFICANCE — see attachment—
IQ. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: c . 1720#
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER: Reportedly built by the first Amon Tabor.
HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
This house is of exceptional architectural interest and retains
a high degree of architectural integrity. It has been widely
admired. Wm. Doran described it in the White Pine Series as
having a "perfect miracle of a cornice". The house is of more than
local significance.
21. SOURCES: Research by Oysterponds Historical Society, 1983.
*Interview, David Brawner, 11/87 .
Houses in America, Ethel Fay Robinson and Thomas P. Robinson,
1937, p. 163.
22. THL-Mr: -see attachment-
Farm prepared b77 Kurt Tahofer, research assistant.
John Moore/Chapman House
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The cornice is embellished with mutules and a frieze with simulated
triglyphs. Also of interest is the curved board which serves as a
cornice "stop", Such "stops" are not unique, but are often found
on old houses — sometimes surfaced with shingles. 9/6 windows,
double leaf front door.
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"Settlements on the Eastern End of Long Island", by Wm. Edgar
Moran, architect, in The White Pine Series, April 1919, Vol. V,
No. 2.
"Early American Ornamental Cornices", by Aymar Embury II, architect,
in The White Pine Series, Vol. 10, No. 2.
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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (518)474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: __ John Dorman — DATE:_ October 6- 11983�
YOUR ADDRESS: Orient, N.Y. 11.9 7 TELEPHONE: (5161)323-�3f43
ORGANIZATION (if any): Historic Monuments Cemmiasinn
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S): Chapman Rouse
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/Cl7Y: Snuthnlc VILLAGE: Orient
3. STREET LOCATION: South aide of-Rte, 25., 3.1 miles east of Orient NfinumPnt-
t 4. OWNER$111P a) public ❑ b, private Cad.
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5. PRESENT OWNER: David and Jean Brawner ..DRESS: Rte. 25. Orient
G. USE: original: Residence Present: RRaidanrw
7, ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior v'.sible from public roan: Yes ® No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain By Appointment
DESCRIPTION 4
H. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. sTone-❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and bat len ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ® g. stucco ❑ other:
11. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ]
SYSTEM: • b. wood frame with light members Q
(if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain) .
. e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent [*� b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
I I. INTEGRITY: a. original site ❑ b. moved ® if so,when? 1943, from north side of Rte. 25
c. list major alterations anq dates (if known): opp. Marion's Farm Stand in last
Original building c. 1740. New wing and Marion.
second floor added in 1$40.
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14. -111REATS TO BUILDING: a.none known ® b. zoning ❑ c. roads ❑ +
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. either:
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn❑ b. carriage house ❑ c. garage ❑
d. privy ❑ e. shed ❑ , f. greenhouse ❑
g. shop Q h. gardens 56
i. landscape features:
]. other:
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land C91 b. woodland ❑
c.scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential ❑
h.other: 27.2 acres frnm Main Road (Rte. 25) to state Park (Little
Bay)
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an Historic district)
Surrounded by 27.2 acres owned by Brawner, 20 acres of which have been
deeded to the State as wildlife sanctuary.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): Wide
floorboards, 22", in den and other rooms. Many board qnd batten doors. Original glass in many windows
featuring 9 panes over 6, 6 over 6 and 6 over 3. Mortise and tenon construction in attic. Chestnut
oak beams. Handwrought nails. Fireplaces in all rooms. Receding cupboard over fireplacein guest room
with paneled side cabinets. Boxed stairway with pegged corner beam and board and batten door. Amon Tabor
m§ntel in Keeping Roam. fart of original sill in cellar.
SIGNIFICANCE
111)- DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: c• 1740
ARCIII-I EC..I . Amon Tabor - °
BUILDER: Acton Tabor
10. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: House was built c. 1740 by Amon Tabor for
John Moore, original owner. New Wing was added in 1840 as well .as dog house dormers and second floor
eyebrow windows (to maintain roofline of original house). When house was moved to present location in
1943, original chimneys were removed and replaced. The following year the kitchen was enlarged and
electricity and plumbing were installed. Paneled gunstock corner post (near front door) is probably net
authentic. Brawner thinks present enlarged kitchen, though cleverly restored (with mortise and tenon),
is probably not authentic: copper well (I of 5 in the U.S.) is old, but all the brickwork in-the ,
3—flue chimney and bake,-oven is probably modern construction with old bricks.
Though moved from north to south side of Ae. 25, orientation remains the same; i.e. ,
main entrance still faces south but away from the Pain Road, Rte. 25.
'I. SOURCES: May Chapman, previous owner. '
David and Jean Brawner, present owners.
2. THE Ni F.
* Lary Chapman has a painting, photo of which is with David Brawner, of what she believes
may be the original house as it stood in East Marion with the inscription
"1687 Moore Homestead". Nary Chapman was a Haldane and airect descendant
of the original John Moore. The doctor who owned the houserneither a Moore nor a Haldane,
refused to sell the property but agreed to sell the house 10 the Chapmans if they would move
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the frieze, and the molding which acts as archi- amateurish }dere of work, and yet one which
trave lines up with the bottom of the cap, yet shows a sensitive feeling for moldings, and a nice
sloes not intersect with it, and returns on itself appreciation of the function of the cornice as a
as clues the cap. Since the architrave is much decorative hand rather than a structural feature.
smaller than the cap, the frieze is shorter at the An entirely similar criticism can be made of the
corners than between the pilasters. The cornice cornice of the Congregational Church at East
itself is not far from certain classic examples, A- Canaan,Connecticut (Fig. to.) The pilaster pro-
though the mutules are under-nourished,and the jests too far, and the entablature above shows no
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A HOUSE: AT EAST MARION, LONG iSLAND
guttae sa+l)posedIV proper to the (order are re- classic articulation; archirr•avc, freeze an,1 cor'nic'e '
placed by six round holes bore(I in the soffit in an are juntblc(I together so that it is practically in-
ornamental pattern. Tlie turning of the corner possible to d,:,crilw portions of it as belonging to
between the rake of the gallle and the horizontal, :rn% ane of the three. The corona is lacking, the
always difficult, is here most awk�%srdlr man- fillet below the cymatium serves as corona, and
:tgeti; really it is not managed at all. And what the soft is not countersunk; but the whole COM-
(.%k o ( 'rltlls like drops below position !s:r sound dcsi rn f(!r' the crown motive of
shall we sat• of the r ! f is } } },
the bed mold; Is this part of the cornice or a a rather Imp(!r'tant building.
decoration to the frieze? Altogether it is a most The colonial designers seem to have been quite•
"Early American Ornamental Cornices", The White Pine Series,
April 1919, Vol. V, No. 2.