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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOR-62 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY OR 62 BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORMf �0 ' UNIQUE SITE NO. �� d' DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK (5181474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAMI:TOWn of Southold./SPLIA DATE: November 1987 YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Mein RQfd TELEPHONE: 516 765-7 R92 Southold , L.I . , N.Y. 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Cffice * * * * * * * * * * * IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): Orient Point Ferry 2. COMM Suffolk TOWN/CITY: 9033thn1r? VILLAGE: Qri Prat 3. STREET LOCATION: Ratite 25 - at end of Kings Highway 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private M 5. PRESENT OWNER: Croats Sound Ferry ADDRESS: Bose,New Load Ct. 06320 6� USE: Original: FArry to Conn . Present: Fe-'ry to Conn 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes I No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain DESCRIPTION S. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other: 1) STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking Jot ❑ SYSTEM: b. wood fraise with light members% (if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls❑ d. metal (explain) e. other Dcalphiris ark ferry slip 10. CONDITION: a- excellent Ill b. good 11 c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site l_J h. moved Lj if so,when? c, list mayor ;alterations and dates (if known): Updated over the years, There is no dock today. 12. PHOTO: neg: KX XV-34a 13. MAPN.Y.S DOT plum Island Quad . Docking ferry from NW 30 Dy5 13 bpi Po'r 1 i �RlAi.es�'ieafast~�as;'� 4 r ; ti 1 ri 9 Poi tIN� .a 25 - �s~ a o Pil i< 25 h r Y J N ♦ +M U 7 � 1� 70 ENT NEACH STATZ PARK 13 oP 62 It 14, THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known 11 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: Sand , gravel j. other: paved parking lot, 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one i1" necessary): a.open land KI b. woodland ❑ c. scattered buildings ❑ d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential 11 h.other: 17. INTI-RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Near the very tip of the North Fork on a gravel beach. Adjacent to 48 _acre parcel at Orient Foint recently acquired as open space by the County of Suffolk. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): Where was a "steamboat wharf" here in 1874. In 1898 it was called "Orient Point Wharf Company Dock." It was "Point Pock" on the 1909 map. SIGNIFICANCE IS►. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 19th Century or earlier ARCIIITECT: BUILDER: Y r � '0IiISTORICAL AND AR('PlITECTURAL IMPORTANCE. This spot has long been a landing for boats. The small sloops that were originally used could be drawn up on the beach. In 1874 Bayles described it as a Steamboat Wharf. There were buildings on this site on the 1838 survey. Historic American Fngineering Record , N.F.S . 1974. 21. SOURCES: Griffins Journal, 1857. ayles, Sketches of Suffolk County, 1874 Ti hts and be ,ends . Harlan Hamilton. 1967 E. Belcher hyde , 1909 22. XWXMX U.S . Coast Surve r. T-55 - 1838 Form prepared by Kurt Yahofer, research assistant. Orient Point Ferry Orient OR-62 Orient Point is the eastern extremity of this peninsula It Lo a beautiful, level plain, and about twenty-five houses are located along the road which rima to the point. On the south aide of the point is a steamboat wLwrf, and near it is a large summer boarding house which is largely patronized ( 6 w during the summer season by throngs of people who are at- tracted by the retirement, beauty, and varied privileges of thin location. T}ie house was built in 1834 and b, and having been several times enlarged is capable of accommodating two hundred and fifty guests Richard M. Bayles , Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Suffolk County, 1874, 7. 380 • r� QR 62 : wrote CHAPTER 25 lace for ORIENT POINT LIGHT, Became Orient Point, NY (i 899) Sound F Light List No.: 20135 :entire Location: Latitude 41° 9.8' N -St.The Longitude 720 13.4' W ing the Height: 64' ung re- Range: 15 miles,Flashing White every 5 seconds,Horn 'Army Lens: 190 mm, 2.03 amps mines ` Automated: 1966 Corps Orient Point Lighthouse (known affectionately as the "Coffee Pot"by A bight locals)is cirular-plan,cast-iron tower on a concrete-Filed,cast-iron foun- dation.`' dation.A beacon on the tip of Yong Island since 1�$�the light is painted uld get brown at the top of the tower and white at the bottom. Besides the light- dsmen house, the site includes two riprap (stones thrown together without order lawn to prevent erosion) breakwaters which form a protected approach south other + . of the tower, a concrete dock, and the riprap shoring which encircles the a,they foundation. .After The lighthouse marks the western end of Plum Gut, a channel which armed A connects Long Island Sound with Gardiners Bay and points south, east .sono- #1 and west,and overlooks Plum Island to the east.Orient Point,so named Trtainly in 1836,because it was the most easterly tip of the North Fork peninsula ue op- of Long Island, lies to the southwest of the light. The meeting of waters : . converging from several directions produces violent and potentially dan- Jnited gerous currents to the unwary in Plum Gut. Currents can be five to six hoof- ': knots, and a mean chop develops when the wind is counter to the tidal ortant current The word gat refers to a narrow passage of water between two ied in larger bodies of water. Thus, Plum Gut is a narrow passage of water 1m Is- ? named after adjacent Plum Island.. :)reignOrient Point Lighthouse stands at one end of Oyster Pond Reef,a body 'eople of rocks submerged under only some 10 feet of water and which extends Drient nearly one third the way across the Gut,while the channel in the Gut of- by the Pers depths of more than 100 feet Every summer,many yachts from Long Island Sound and New England sail past this aid to mariners to rendez- ion or _ vous at Shelter Island,Greenport,Montauk,Sag Harbor,and other excel- d first lent harbors in the area. Description of the Lighthouse The shell of the foundation of the light is a cast-iron caisson 25 feet in diameter and 32 feet tall. It rests directly upon the rocks of Oyster Pond a Q Reef which was levelled to provide a stable footing for the light.The cais- l ` l Ani- son is made of curved cast-iron plates which have flanges projecting into -ange- the shell's interior. Bolts through these flanges hold the plates together. )lane) ti The cast-iron sections were made in New York City and brought to the OrientPQJnt Wharf QMDAllydock_( heLe the New London FeEa now 145 Li hts and T e ,ends . Harlan Hamilton 1987 ©R �2 y ?q9 docks)by sailing ship.A barge then floated the structure to the reef for as- sembly at low tide.The caisson was then filled with concrete; a space in lr the top of the shell was left unfilled to provide space for equipment and supplies. The tower rests directly upon this foundation. It takes the form of a truncated cone,24 feet tall,with diameters of 21' at the base and 18 feet at the top. The circular watch deck surmounts the tower and in turn sup- ports the circular lantern. The three stories within the tower held living quarters for the crew in the days of manned operation.construction of the tower walls resembles very closely that of the foundation,curved cast-iron plates bolted together by internal flanges. The tower is lined with brick. The brick lining is three feet thick at the bottom and tapers to a smaller thickness in the upper stories.The windows and door openings of the first two stories are presently fitted with steel plates to deter vandals. Four round ports light the tower's third floor. Galleries with railings are found at both the watch deck and lantern levels.The lantern walls are cast-iron at the bottom and glazed over their upper halves in a diagonal-lattice pattern with bronze muntins.the sheet mctal-covered lantern roof is pitched with a ventilator ball at its apex.In- side the tower, a cast-iron, stairway ascends around the periphery, sepa- rated from the living areas by a wall of sheet iron.The stairs are set into the brick lining of the tower.The watch deck features beaded-board walls. No early illuminating equipment remains in the lantern, since the origi- nal fourth order lens showed a fixed red light visible for I IY4 miles.It was replaced by an electric lamp and a modern plastic lens when the light was automated in 1966. Orient Point Lighthouse retains its historical integrity virtually intact. Besides the main structural components, the beacon still has such fea- tures as the hoodmolds and gallery brackets which identify the light as a product of a distinctive period, the late 19th century. Cracks in the foun- dation which were repaired with patch plates and regrouting behind the patches may have given instability in the footing of the light. As a result, the structure, as every sailor knows, now lists about five degrees out of plumb. Keepers N.A.Anderson,who was born in Norway,was appointed first keeper of the light on October 20, 1899 at an annual salary of 5600 a year.He served until 1919. His assistant, Daniel McDermott, bom in Ireland, was ap- pointed on December 10, 1899 at an annual salary of$450 a year.He later resigned.At the tum of the century,lighthouses were considered too dan- gerous for women. For example, Mrs. Anderson, wife of the first keeper, roomed at Orient Point During her husband's 20 years of service as keep- er, some very cold winters occasionally formed great ice sheets around the lighthouse,thus preventing boat passage and literally marooning him from the mainland and his wife. Lights and Le ends. Harlan. Hamilton 1987 146 Oil 62 1 - . �:e- �'}:...ice'*a'`k•': Orient Point Dock. The steamer Catskill loading cars on erry to New liondon. The 2-story building was the freight house - office upstairs , freight stored downstairs. The " cribs" were sluice ways to let water and gravel go on through so it (if it had been a solid dock) wouldn' t build up beach on one side and dig out the other (as groins do ) . circa 1930' s Collection Mrs. Robt. C . Reeves Sr. ( Gertrude T''ing Reeves ) OR 62 •r �JG2��Y!/l� ,,i r� ro As in bygone days, East Marion is still essentially a fishing village. Neither has its early charm and dig- '` nity diminished. Many of its well- h: kept homes boast doorways done by a certain famous colonial craftsman_ Except for a mere ribbon of land a. mooring it to the westerly mainland, Orient would be another link in the chain of Southold Town islands which drop off picturesquely into the sea. Has fine farms, an orderly village, and is rich in historic lore. Also, as might well be imagined, at- tracts many summer dwellers who h find fascination in the pageantry of pleasure boats passing continu- ally through its environing waters. Suffolk Counties Ten .. - reat ownshi s . - 1979 t k J3 3 3 Orient Point Lighthouse 1 . � I 4�' I =- FCrf Orient Point Ferry Orient ' Ori-62 LONG ISLAND INVENTORY �`� ..'mac �:• � � o t� o c o I� a n � n �� � cl �a :� ,a r � �a a a a ca a � � '3 +� � 7 O MTIIY VA UT TM SC PA ON nD Nx NJ NY MT Mi MI , 'r.,) 1n 1� ` E n C O Q Q O CJ O U0 •� Q 13 7 17 V O J 1�� '3 �3 AI I YII SIA VT is SD !1 OA ON NC MM NN kI MO NN MA ME MT IA It NI IC OE CO All AN �fN is cert. 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