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Home My WebLink AboutWE-7 &ILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM FOR OFFICE USE ONLY WE-7 UNIQUE SITE NO. i b3io RED aJVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES ALBANY,NEW YORK (519) 474-0479 NEG, N0. YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE: March 19$$ YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Rd. TELEPHONE: 516 765 1892 Southold, L1, NY 11971 ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office IDENTIFICATION 1. BUILDING NAME(S): Linderman/Wilmerding House 2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: SOUt17Uiu VILLAGE: Fishers Island 1 STREET LOCATION: NW of Equestrian Ave. , directly west of Hay Harbor. 4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ b- private R7 5. PRESENT OWNER: D.R. Wilmerding Sr. ADDRESS. h. USE: Original: residence Present: residence 7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes 0 No ❑ Interior accessible: Explain private residence DESCRIPTION H. BUILINN6 a. clapboard ❑ b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑ MATERIAL: e, cobblestone ❑ f. shingles R1 g. stucco ❑ other: 1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑ SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members 2 (if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls ❑ d. metal (explain) e. other 10. CONDITION: a• excellent 13d b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑ 1 I. INTEGRITY: a. originai site [IR b. moved ❑ if so,when? c. list major alterations and dates (if known): 12. PHOTO: neg: KK XIV-15, fm S 13. MAP: NYS DOT New London quad �-rslieat 1-<I.✓o S�..nl0 PSI a •r:'7'., 40 e �Jp4:' .-30 I' 42 r■ 11 C..�• ' ilver Eel �'o �,�/°' �� colt C.ov °+ t3 •• Course t �!' , .. a '�• a �� .• �, FORT H G,'MRIOHT 'a MILMRES ll 12 BLOCK 1. WE-7 RED 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a.none Known Q b.zoning❑ c. roads Q d. developers F-1 c. 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 N i. landscappe features: large lawn, waterfront j. other:lodge, caretaker's cottage, tennis pavillion, 10. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):bath house. a.open land 51 b. woodland Q c.scattered buildings ❑ d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑ f. industrial ❑ g. residential 10 h.other: wqt P 17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) Located in a low density, residential area, on a peninsula on Fishers Island's west end. One of the largest houses in the area, bounded by Hay Harbor on the east and Fishers Island Sound to the north and west. Prominent site overlooking the water. 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known): Large, 22 story, steeply pitched gambrel roof, multi-bay, irreg- ularly shaped house with stone chimneys. Gambrel roof entrance porch with paired columns and high round arched soffit. 3 story tower rises from ground story over semi-hexagonal bay window. Gambrel roof dormers. Gambrel roof porch on south end. Diamond SIGNIFICANCE Paned windows. Stone foundation. 11). DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: Circa 1898* ARCHITECT. - __ ___pr4babl: H._Edward Fioki" BUILDER: 0 HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: This handsome, well preserved mansion was one of the two largest summer residences to be constructed on Fishers Island at the turn of the century. These two were built by two Linderman cous- ins from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and reportedly were designed by McKim, Mead, & White. (This has not been confirmed. ) After the Li.ndermans, Lord and Lady Samuel Savage owned the property. The house is a significant architectural landmark. ?tote the helmet shaped roof motif found on tower and outbuildings. 21. SOURCES: E. Belcher Hyde, Atlas of Suffolk County, L.I. , Vol. 2, North Side, Sound Shore, 1909. �rFishers Island, A Book of Memories. James and Joanne Wall, 1982, Pp. 48 and 65. Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research assistant. Linderman/Wilmerding House WE-7 Fishers Island o - vat Ewe � 1 i 4 y . North facade, facing water, neg: KK XIV- 21, fm N. View from north porch, neg: KK XIV-22, fm SW. WE 7 t 41, 1K N WIFR i •- Fq -�� '.fie; �".. !�w"K .�:��'•^r,.,,?*+�,�' -j . ■ w ■: < Epi � �• — r.•� � _-� It - - Above:the Linderman yacht in front of the booihouse and dock. The muin HaY Harbor Club, are two impressive homes: "Holiday structure shown on the left was owned House,,, currently owned by Mr. and Mrs.Thomas W. Russell after the Linderman by Mr, and Mrs. Jr. and originally a Ferguson summer home; and, on the hill F.frem Zimbalist;then by Mr.and Mrs. 1 Cf- diagonally behind Holiday House, the home built for Walton fey; n Kidd,then by Mrs, Helene Van Ferguson, now the summer residence of Mr,and Mrs. William fey' and currently by Ms. Helene Van C.Ridgway Jr. ()Osten. Below: another Linderman ft is important to remember that around the tum of the house, the present home of Mr. an century on the island, there was very little of the heavy Mrs- underbrush and very few of tho tall tret�s of loduy. A borne which today has rro-aea view did have a commanding view when fttsI built. The best example of this is the home built by 3 the F.E.Adams family, more recently owiwd by Mr.and Mrs. Fishers Island A Book of Memories ames an5 Joanne Wall ; ..�._. 1982. i Linderman/Wilmerding House WE-7 Fishers Island "a Ptr rrrr� Ar rrlr ii�r rrrr — goalurs IS G Bath house near dock, neg. KK XIV-1$, fm S. J. . 4 Now I J Yn� Detail of call or- nament on bath house, neg: KK XIV-19. '�1 by Linderman/Wilmerding House WE-7 IslandFishers f!- , + Cottagesmokestack, 'i Cottage SE of main house, neg: KK XIV- F , �a r r h L 1 w 12 Fishers Island A Book of Memories. ISLAND and oar�Ie y all. 19d2 BUSINESSES and fr. uring the days of the Winthrops,the only business on the island was farming, although there were probably fisher- men working the waters around the island. In the early years of the 191h century, a new industry was begun. A high-quality clay was discovered near Isabella Beach. It was perfect for making bricks. Kilns for firing the bricks and other necessary equipment for brick-making were set up in an area known then, as today, as "the Brickworks." The bulk of the .s work force was transient. In the early years of manufacturing, French Canadians were brought down in the early spring and Iy `f remained until the weather became to cold to work the clay. M old newspaper article stated that the arrival of the workers �! 7 {, .3 in New London during December was a boon to the Iocal w' *� merchants for they supplied the travelers with whatever was needed to make the trip back home. >` Not all the workers left during the winter months.Completed bricks still had to he loaded onto schooners docked in front of x what is now the summer home of Mrs. Reynolds duPont Sr., and shipped to customers all along the east coast. Martha Ferguson Pendleton recalled that Fishers Island brick was used in the construction of City Hall in New York City. �- Today it is difficult to believe that the two clay pits of the Brickworks were dug entirely by hand. The clay was then loaded on mule-drawn carts and transported down metal -•� tracks to the brick-makers.In the beginning of this century the clay began to run out, and the Brickworks closed down. General Contractors and the Fishers Island Utflity Co. `T The houses and barns constructed during the 1890's andearly years of the 20th century were built by off-island { contractors;E•M.and Walton Ferguson's homes were built by a Connecticut builder. There was very little skilled labor at the Ii time on Fishers, so it was necessary to bring workmen over from the mainland. The workmen were supplied with living quarters and stayed on the island until the job was completed. A +dt According to E.M.Ferguson's daughter,Martha Pendleton,the s same architect—a Mr. Fikin—desi ned most of the buildings LT1 that her father and uncle had built during their association in 228 227 i. - Linderman/Wilmerding House WE-7 Fishers Island Tennis pavillion _ C. 1973 photo by P. 0diseos, Coll. SPLIA x� This helmet roof is also found on the Walton Ferguson house (WE 15 } . ro 1988 view, neg: KK XIV-20, fm S/SE. Tennis Pavillion AfA,cer mentioned in "Memories" on page 227 .