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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION QUAD
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES
ALBANY, NEW YORK (519) 474-0479 NEG. NO.
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA _ DA`T: April 1988
YOUR ADDRESS:Town Hall, Main Rd. TELEPHONE: 516 765 1892
Southold LI NY 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Offic-P
IDENTIFICATION
1. BUILDING NAME(S): Wilderness Dairy Barn and House
2. COUNTY: S TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: Fishprs Tsland
3. STREET LOCATION: East End Rd. ,-north side, =. road LQ Tsahel l aReach.
4. OWNERSHIP: a_ public C1 h private 0
5. PRESENT OWNER: ADDRESS:
6. USE: Original: dairy farm Present: (house)
7. ACCF.SSIBILITY TO PUBLIC. Exterior visible from public road: Yes ❑ No
Interior accessible: Explain ,private Property
DESCRIPTION (hou ) (barn) (barn)
H. BUILDING a. clapboard b. stone c. brick ❑ d. board 2rad::bzt1= E1
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone ❑ f. shingles 0� g. stucco 10 other:modern siding
(house and barn) (barn) (house)
1). STRUCTURAL, a. wood frame with interlocking joints ❑
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members El
(il' kn«rnl c. masonry load bearing walls ❑
d. metal (explain)
e. other stone foundation and ramp to barn
10. CONDITION: a- xcellent T b. good Elc. f "-p0xj d. deteriorated
11. INTEGRITY: a.( gInalkite Ix b. moved El �i!"So��hen'?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
Modern siding added to house, some windows replaced.
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known 11 h. zoning C. roads ❑
d. developers ❑ e. deterioration El (barn)
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: property slopes to N.
wood plank court at rear j. other: several additions to barn, see_ attachments.
lb. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a.open land ® b. woodland El
c. scattered buildings ❑
d.densely built-up ❑ e. commercial ❑
f. industrial ❑ g. residential
h.other:
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Located in a low density, private, residential area on the
east part of Fishers Island. House and large barn close
to east End Rd. , mix of open and wooded, shrubbed land.
18, OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND 'SITE. (including interior features if known):
House - 212 story, 6 bay, 2-family, gable roof house. Porch with
turned posts and curved spandrel brackets. Prominent facade gable
over 4 center bays. 2/2 windows, paired in gable peaks.
Barn - Large, 22 story, 'T' shaped barn. Gable end to the street
has square cupola with pyramidal roof. 6/6 window in gable peak,
SIGNIFICANCE — see below # 20 —
Irt. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION:__191 (°r between 1897 & 1909)*
ARCHITECT:
BUILDER: Fishers Island Farms
_o. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
This huge barn was built by Fishers Island Farms to house a large
dairy berd. In recent years it was a boys camp known as Camp
Tabor. While this building was repoertedly built in 1915, the
1909 map of Fishers Island indicates that Wilderness Farm was
here prior to 1909. However, it does not appear on the 1897 map.
18 - continued -
and 2/2 windows elsewhere. Large stone block foundation and
ramp that leads to barn door on east facade with 13-paned tran-
som. (neg: KK XII-13) .
1. SOURCES:
Fishers Island 1614-1925. H.L. Ferguson, 1925, p. 72.
Henry L. Ferguson Museum, "Historical Chronology", n.d.
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House, built 1915.
neg: KK XII-10, fm S.
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facade. neg: KK XII-
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