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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
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DIVISION
fS`DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: March 1988
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): Officer's Club, Fort H.G. Wright
2. COUNTY: _Suffolk TOWN/CITY:Southold %ALLACE: Fishers Island
3. STREET LOCATION: Whistler ave. , north side, midblock.
4. OWNERSHIP: a. ublic F1 private 0
5. PRESENT OWNER: omas Shillo ADDRESS:
6. USE: Original:Officers Club & Quarters Present: private residences
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes FX] No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain private residences
DESCRIPTION
9, BUILDINU a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick EX d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g, stucco ❑ other:
9. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints El
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members El
(i(' kn( vn) c. masonry load bearing walls
d. metal (explain)
e. other cut stone foundation
10. CONDITION: a• excellent i-L) b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site 51 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 ❑ c. roads
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration F-1
f. other:
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn El b. carriage house C-1 c. garage 1x_1
d,privy El e. shed 0 f. greenhouse El
g. shop El h. gardens El
i. landscape features:
j. other:
lo. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land FE b. woodland El
c. scattered buildings 0
d.densely built-up EJ e. commercial ED
f. industrial El g, residential EX
h,other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Located in a medium density residential row of houses
that line the north side of Whistler Ave. Large field to
the south, across the road. Located directly east of WE-
3a, several large brick buildings lie to the west.
I& OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
This large, 2-2 story, brick building has a hip roof with heavy mo-
dillioned 'cornice and hip roof dormers. The flat roof porch cen-
tered across the 2 front entrances has "X" motif balcony rail-
ing, and Tuscan columns under molded cornice. 6/6 windows. One
entrance door with transom, other with transom and sidelights.
SIGNIFICANCE Rusticated, cut stone foundation.
11). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Prior to 1909-*
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
This historic brick building recalls the period in history
when this fort was important to the U.S. coastal defense.
It is building # 36 on the 1948 Post Map,
21. SOURCES: Fishers Island, A Book of Memories. James and Joanne
Wall, 1987. p. 169.
Long Island Today. Ruther, 1909, p. 217.
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Form prepared lav Kurt Kahofer, research assistant.
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Fort H.G. Wright
Fishers Island WE-3b
Photo by Sarah
Malinowski, c.
1986.
This is building # 36 on the 1948 Post Map.