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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
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NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK (519)474-0479 NEG NO
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: November 1987
YOUR ADDRESS: To,,,,n Hall, Main Rd. TELEPHONE:516 765 1892
Southold , LI, IVY 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office
IDENTIFICATION
t. BUILDING NAME(S : Dwight Latham & Farm "ThP Pnint Farm"
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY:Southold VILLAGE: Orient
3. STREET LOCATION: east of Main Ind. , extension) , east of entrance
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public 1:1 E private KI to Perry.
5. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS:
6. USE: Original: residence Present: residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes RDNo, E] partial
Interior accessible: Explain private residence
DESCRIPTION
9. B(IILDIN(; a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco Elothe,,aluminum siding
l) STRUCTURAL. a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYS'T'EM: b. wood frame with light members N
(if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other
IQ. CONDITION: a. excellent R1 b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11- INTI.GRITY: a. original site ® b. moved ❑ if so,when''
c. list major alterations and dates (if known): Filigree spandrels
removed from front porch.
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known JER b. zoning Cl c. roads El
d, developers ❑ e. deterioration F-1
f. tither:
15, RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn® b. carriage house El c. garage El
d. privy El e. shed 12 f. greenhouse E:1
g, shop El Ii. gardens ❑
i. landscape features:
j. other: smaller house to NINE , tennis court
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land 91 b. woodland D
c. scattered buildings El
d.densely built-up El e. commercial F
f. industrial 0 g. residential El
h.other:— between L.I. Sound and Gardiners
Bay.
17, INTFRRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROLTNDINGS:
(indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Located in a low density residential area, east of the
end of Main Rd. , (NYS Rte . 25) , historic Kings Hwy.
Open land to N, S , and E. This is the last house on
Orient Point . Faces Gardiners Bay.
18. OTHER NOI ABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
21-story, 3-bay, side entrance plan, L-shaped ,gable roof
house. Porch across front with squared , molded posts.
Semi-hexagonal bay window on west . Double leaf front door
with round tapped panels. 4/4 windows , floor length on
ground story. Paired round-tapped windows and pendant drop
SIGNIFICANCE at gable peak.
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION:- 1875
ARCHITECT.
BUILDER:
10. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
This house and the George Latham house to the west were
owned in 1961 by two Latham brothers who farmed the Point
acreage which had been farmed by their ancestors since 1798.
Perhaps the early house on the site was incorporated in
this structure .
For information about the adjacent farmland see OR 60.
The barn is noteworthy - see attached .
21. SOURCES:
*The Furrow, July-August 1961 , "The Point Farm Paradox" , tip. 2
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E. Belcher Hyde.: Atla�76P Suffolk Count ar L.T . Vol. 2.
22 -rHE1\1F. Nart F '5Tide , Sound Shore'.'T9_69
Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research assistant.
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ATTACHMENT
Dwight Tatham house & Farm
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1974 view of barn
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The Latham homesteads are com-
fortable,well preserved. Benjamin's i
home (shown) is 88 years old. �{ ;��
Brother George's was built in 1835. ,� �sit-
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The Lathams take advantage of
their own willingness to work hard,
2'�1�' IY'T09VS July—August 1961 set the pace for these migrant
laborers in the vegetable fields.
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Although framed in the memory of
bygone years, Point Farm feels the
touch of modern machinery, ir-
rigation pumps, and pesticides.
Neat rows of cauliflower stretch to
the ocean, in sight of ships.
George(left) and Benjamin Latham
continue to operate Point Farm be-
cause, as Benjamin says, ".Some-
ti me8
:Some-
times you stay where you were put."
George says, "Farming is a good
life; I like to see things grow."