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Home My WebLink AboutWE-4 T FOR OFFICE USE ONLY BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM UNIQUE SITE NO.t0.&tz0 9Yf WE-4 DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES VLIIANY,NEW YORK 051M 474-0479 NEG. NO. YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: March 1988 Town Hall, Main Rd. 516 765 1892 YOUR ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: Southold LI NY 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAMES}: Coast Guard Station 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWNICITY: Southold VILLAGE: Fishers Island 3. STREET LOCATION: West of Silver Eel Cove, at Fishers'Island Sound 4. OWNERSHIP: . a. public ❑ b. private ❑ S. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS: 6. USE: Original: Present: vacant 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC. Exterior visible from public road: Yes E3� No ❑ Interior accessible. Explain yes — vacant DESCRIPTION K. BUILDING a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ® d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other. slate roof ')_ STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑ SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members ❑ (if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls Fid d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a. excellent ❑ b. good ❑ c, fair 0 d_ deteriorated ❑ 11. INTEGRITY: a. original site FXI b. moved ❑ if so,when'' c. list major alterations and dates (if known): 12. PI(OTO: neg: KK XI-5a 13. MAP: NYS DOT New London quad 40 Pile '+ u . ►7 0 U6 e� •k7%t Pile *'S•. . :. '3 FISHES 30 4, oil •I la (; •! 48 SIIi1CT L'G4 $ \ ' t r .+}S%L moi• ` t� .• �n'1 FORT H G'WRI©HT MIL^"RES yp• A 0 0\1 L" *. a BLOCK a FEET 7-- WE-4 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none known 17 b.zoning❑ c. roads d. developers e. deterioration C$ 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: j. ether: water 16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a.open land FK1 b. woodland C❑ c.scattered buildings 'd.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial 151 light light F.- industrial IR g. residential ❑ h.other: Silver Eel Cove, F.I.Ferry Terminal , Former Fort H.G. Wright buildings. 17. INTI`.RRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Located among vacant and semi-vacant Fort H.G. Wright buildings, bounded by Silver Eel Cove to the E and Fishers Island Sound to the N. Fishers Island Ferry District adjacent. Open land in the immediate vicinity of the building. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): Handsome 1 story, "H" shaped, hip roof building with louvered, octagonal cupola and copper dome with finial. 8/12 windows, stone sills. SIGNIFICANCE 1930's - 40's M 19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: ARCHITECT: BUILDER: 20, HISTORICAL. AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: When the Town purchased this property for the Ferry District, it was proposed to use the old Coast Guard Station as a house for the Ferry District manager. This handsome building adds to the ambience of the area. 21. SOURCES: NY Times, 2/1984. 22. fH17 tIF: Coast Guard Station WE-4 1 Fishers Island 4 e. 1986 photo by Sarah Mal- inowski. I _