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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY,NEW YORK (51 K) 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
L BUILDING NAMF(S : George H. Bartlett House/"Seven Gables"
2. COUNTY: Suffohk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE:Fishers Island
3. STREET LOCATION: Equestrian Ave. , north side, near Hay Harbor
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public ❑ h private 12
5. PRESENT OWNER: Frank Bonsal Jr. ADDRESS:
•6_ USE:: Original: residence Present: residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC. Exterior visible from public road: Yes ❑x No ❑
Interior accessible: Explain private residence
DESCRIPTION
K. BUILDING a. clapboard IN b. stone ❑ c. brick ❑ d. board and batten ❑
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles ❑ g. stucco ❑ other:
1). STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. woad frame with fight members KI
(if kn(wn) c. masonry load bearing walls❑
d, metal (explain)
e, other
10. CONDITION: a. excellent 91 b. good ❑ c. fair ❑ d. deteriorated ❑
11. INTEGRITY: a. original site P0 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. ether:
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. other:
I(,. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land C2 b. woodland IR light
c. scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential KI
h.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Located in a low density residential area, south of Hay
Harbor. Predominantly open land surrounds the house, with
partial woodland to the south towards Equestrian Ave. . Hay
Harbor directly north. House on elevated, grassy, plateau.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
12 story, irregularly shaped, gable roof house with wide overhangs.
Decorative, sawn panels fill gable peaks. Wall face dormers.
Decorative porch post braces. 2/2 windows.
SIGNIFICANCE
N. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: 1870's* or 1880
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER:
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
One of the oldest cottages on the island, built by Bartlett
shortly after Fox died. This interesting structure is
historically significant in the development of the island.
See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey► No. 1508. 1882.
'1. SOURCES: *Fishers Island, 1614-1925. Henry L. Ferguson, 1925,
p. 68.
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Form prepared by Vurt ?-ahofer, research assistant.