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The Whitaker House - In Relrospect
thc wilderness. John gn~nnd was fomm~ in his choice of a vocation, too. He was a well-dig~r - a trade much cstccmcd in
~Hed in, of comse.
I i~dc is recorded about this lot until, in the mid-1700's, a sait4~x house w~s buill, on it. The house was ~ wilh integrity.
hslioodxxudswexeatreewide, ltw~aon~tov/homewlthalofththeb~k, andnowindo~s~mtheaotthsidc, ltislhe
In time thc h~ can~ into Ihe posscssi~ o1' C~dain I~gus IL Jennln~s, whose sLsler hod ~ deza~bcd byJ. Horton ~
~sa'schoo~.mparezcellence.' Fc~her, C. at~inJ,.-,,,i,,~h/ltthe,~,~wingofflaishome, ~daronnd 1815%/ste~'Kalie~ ~
was raised to make a scored Moo,,
Accord~ to So~hokl Tosa r~ords, in 1819 Fosmr Sayre bought the house from ~ Jenni,~g~, zmd laict sold it to Ira
Tuthill, who passed it to his la~j, er son, aho Ira. Sc~ne tine dining this period, ~he lzrge wesi {lef0 wing w~z added to thc house.
the Sulto~ Comty H~o~al So~ety and the Somhold ^,--~emy. Southold LFtra~y's Whither Collection hooors him.
asi~d archit, e~ Robe~ B~,son to advise them o~ acc~ate x~a"afion. He fmmd d~,~ the wide flomb0ards in d~e ccrUral section
Iud cnunbled ami needed repheln~. He suggested replacing the ~raled flout porches with two eawan~ porch.. He,
Upon moving in, Alice Thompson w~s surprised to lind th~; umler th~ hand~ carpet in It~ Dame ISchool's eas~ wingo
laycr~ of new~pape~ had been hid a~ h~,lstio~ - papers bering 19' Ocntosy dales! Shew'as deli~ohtcd to discover, on adoor
hopping off the shelves...'
Thus this home and property have been idontil%d with the religious, historical and a~demic life of Southold during i~ entire
Pc~ S. cripe This acco*mt was writmn by Joy Bear in 1983 f~r thc Wedream~. Over time the homc fell into dizx~lnir onec a?n
and was purchased by the Town of Southoid to use for the expansion of Tosm Hall, whi__ch is adjacent W The ~k~ H~.
A commi~ee w~ established to restme the home. Marie & Lee Br. ui~ati p~ The Whiv-dwr H~ in ~ ~ a
~beganancw. Today, d-~isbise~ hot~ has a new life, Mayit confim~..~o,atand for rmmy nms~ years to come!
52875 Main Road - P.O. Box 1346 . Southold, NY 11971 - Phone 631.765.5333 . Fax 631.765.5225