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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION UNIQUE SITE N0.1310/7 OR-56QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS.AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK (5191) 474-0474 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: November 1982
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 NAME(S): Latham Cemetery
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Orient
3. STREET LOCATION- Main Ad. , south side , west of Three 4aters Ln.
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private ❑
5. PRFSF'NT OWNER: ADDRESS:
6. USE: Original: _cemetery Present: cemetery
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public read: Yes 131 No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain yes
DESCRIPTION
8. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone c. brick ❑ d. hoard and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other:
tl STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑
(if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d- metal (explain)
e. other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent 11 b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site N b. moved ❑ if so,when"?
c, list major alterations and dates (if known):
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known b. zoning El c. roads El
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration ❑
f. other:
IS. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. harnO b. carriage house ❑ C. garage ❑
d. privy 0 e. shed El f. greenhouse F-1
g. shop 0 h. gardens
i. landscape features:
j. other: picket fence , stone walls (2 )
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary)-
a.open land IN b. woodland ER light
c. scattered buildings n
d.densely built-up E) e. commercial n
f. industrial ❑ g. residential E
h.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Located at the edge of Main Rd. (NYS Rte. 25) , historic Kings
Hwy. . A white picket fence fronts the small cemetery along
Main Rd. , with low stone walls on the east and west edges.-see attachment-
la. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features it'k-nown):
Stones in the Latham Cemetery are of various historic date and
marker style, from the hand carved round-headed stone to polished
granite spires. One of two historic family cemeteries along
Main Rd. in the immediate vicinity.
SIGNIFICANCE
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION:
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
,o. HISTORICAL AND ARCiOrECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
This well maintained cemetery with the roadside white picket
fence contributes to the ambience of this historic highway.
This cemetery, and the Terry cemetery, are unusual in that
they do not appear to be abandoned, as so many old cemeteries
are. These are maintained by private cemetery associations.
1. SOURCES:
Welch , iiichard Memento Mori: The Gravestones of Early
Long Island, 1973-.
2. J'H L \1f Historical Review, 1959, p. 16.
Form prepared by hurt Kahofer, research assistant.