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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCultural Resources Assessment July 1989 ~ULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT (DOCUMENTARY SEARCH AND FIELD INSPECTION ) THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE CUTCHOGUE SOUTHOLD TOWNSHIP SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK ................. ROBERT $. KALIN JULY 1989 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES INC. BOX 1522~ ROCKY POINT, NEW YORK 11778 17 ROSEVILLE AVE. ST. JAMES, NEW YORK ~ ..... 11870 TEL: 516-744-8047 FAX 516-744-6617 . .._.' x ,,"~,.~. ~.,~ \ ,~" ~ ..... :1 i~,~.. -~ x , "~'-,\ \ '. ~ '.-.( '-' / ~.. ,, N' ~-- ~.~" .',~ ~ ? x:~"..' · .' ..... ,'l' ~ '.V. "-~'~' ~2U~ "' . r-.X .,~:.. %,~- . .... .. ,~.~: · , /: ~., .- ~ ,~ '~: .'/ ..:.~ ..-~,,. :,.~: ---' .~~~o~..~ '---~ ,:,.~ . ,~ . '.% : . ..' ~ .. . .. _.~: ,: .,,~ :,/~_ ....-..-.' :7 ,.' ~N~N _ ,, - ~ ~ ,. ~_~¥,~. ',:x -~ ::~-~ "N~ ~ , '>,, /~ ' : ~l . '.. ~ ''~ ~, '~ ~ ~-. .~ 'Iix 'o'= ~ ~, , ~.. '. ~ ~..'Tf' '-----. : $.i I ~ 2 ~20 000 FEET 72~30' ,,~ , Mapped, edited, ahd publisned by the Geological S 41000' Control by USC&GS Topography from aerial photographs by Kelsh plotter and: THE HAMLBT AT CUTCHOGUE Southold, New York ABSTRACT The Hamlet at Cutchogue is located north of Schoolhouse Lane in the Village of Cutchogue. The property is of generally low relief with an elongate depression and a small enclosed basin that at times holds standing water. The project area is located within a district of intensive prehistoric aboriginal habitation. The National Register of Historic Places site at Fort Corchaug, the Baxter Site and the Solecki Site are located within a short distance of the subiect parcel. The subject parcel is well within the near- hinterlands of these well documented sites. It is in this surrounding area where special purpose camps and satellite sites are likely to be found. A subsurface testing program should be initiated to evaluate the potential for prehistoric evidence on the parcel. In regard to historic sites, a number of these, including the National Register of Historic Places site known as the Old House of Cutchogue (1660), the Old Place (1680), the Wickham house (1700), and others are located within six- tenths of a mile of the center of the parcel. In addition, the pre-1800 Hargrave house and several mid-19th century vernacular farm houses, including the SPLIA cited and underscored Aldrich house (pre 1873) are located immediately adjacent to the subject parcel. Consequently, The Hamlet at Cutchogue site has potential for recovery of historic evidence related to early settlement and past farming activities. Further study in the form of subsurface testing should be conducted to evaluate the potential of this proposal for impact to both prehistoric and historic cultural evidence. ASI 1 HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE $ou~hold, New York CUTC.~OGU~ Figure 1. Location map. ASI 2 · THE flAMLBT AT CUTCHOGU~ $outhold, New Yor~ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Hamlet at Cutchogue is a 46.2 acre proposed development site located north of Schoolhouse Lane in the Village of Cutchogue, Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York. An elongate depression trends across the central portion of the project. A small enclosed basin is located in the southwestern portion of the gully system which may have held standing water in the past. Several farm roads are evident within the property. They probably served as access roads during the period that The parcel was cultivated. Some are presently overgrown with brush. The project area is located within a district of intensive prehistoric aboriginal habitation. The National Register of Historic Places site at Fort Corchaug as well as several other well documented prehistoric sites are located within a short distance of the subject parcel. The proposed project is well within the foraging zones of these sites, an area where special purpose camps and satellite sites are likely to be found. In reference to historic places, a number of these, including the National Register of Historic Places site known as the Old House of Cutchogue (1649-1660), the Old Place (1680), the Wickham house (c 1700) and others are located within a fraction of a mile of the parcel. In addition, the pre 1800 Hargrave house and several mid-19th century vernacular farm houses are found immediately adjacent to the subject parcel. One of these, the Aldrich-Kurczewski farm is recorded in the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities as an exceptional and very well preserved example of the type. The Hamlet at Cutchogue site has potential for recovery of both prehistoric and historic cultural evidence. Further research and study in the form of subsurface testing and analysis should be conducted to evaluate the potential impact of the project on both prehistoric and historic cultural evidence. ASI 3 $outhold, N~ York CONTENTS SUBJECT PAGE MAP OF SUBJECT AREA (150% enlargement U.S. G. S. Southold Quad. 1956) i ABSTRACT 1 LOCATION MAP 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 PROJECT INFORMATION 5 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION 7 ALTERATIONS TO THE PROPERTY 9 DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH 10 HISTORICAL NOTES ON STUDY AREA 14 VISUAL INSPECTION 19 SUMMARY 21 SENSITIVITY ASSESSMENT 23 RECOMMENDATIONS 23 REFERENCES 24 MAP REFERENCES 27 MAPS FIGURES 31 ADDENDUM 45 ASI 4 THE HA~L~T AT CUTCHOGUE Southold, New York PROJECT INFORMATION The Hamlet at Cutchogue is a proposed development site, consisting of 18.7 hectares (46.2 acres) and located north of Schoolhouse Lane in the Village of Cutchogue, Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York. The plan calls for the construction of about forty condominiums, a clubhouse, recreation area, and access roads. A an approximately 1.4 acre buffer area is planned for the northwestern corner. ASI 5 THE HAMLBT AT CUTCHOGUB $outhold, New York Figure 2. The Hamlet at Cutchogue proposed site ASI 6 THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE Southold, New York ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION Topography The Hamlet at Cutchogue is in an area of generally little relief. Elevations range from less than 6 meters (20 feet) to more than 11 meters (36 feet) over the subject parcel. Topographically the parcel is dominated by a (now) dry portion of the distal drainage system of West Creek. An elongate depression trending N 400 W cuts across the central portion of the project area for a distance of about 300 to 500 meters. Slopes in the vicinity of this feature range from 8-10 % (percent grade). To the east the parcel rises to slightly higher ground along Depot Lane, the site of several farms and residences, and to the west, approximating the position of the western property boundary, is the low divide between Downs Creek Drainage and West Creek. A small enclosed basin of less than six meters (20 feet) elevation and about 15 meters in diameter is located in the southwestern portion of the parcel. This may have held standing water at times of high-stand of the water table. Local informants report that at times of heavy rain a pond forms in the depression. In 1954 its immediate surroundings were the only wooded portion on the parcel. Geology The geological history of the subject parcel is closely related to the Wisconsin glaciation of the Southold area. During the Ronkonkoma advance of the Wisconsin ice sheet the subject area was covered by a massive ice sheet. During the warming period between that advance and the advance of the Harbor Hill ice sheet, the Cutchogue area was mantled by extensive outwash deposits of water borne sand and gravel (See also Fuller 1914). Meltwaters cut and filled these deposits into a series of channels that later were inundated by rising sea water during the post glacial period. Those that intersected the shore line were later modified by 'long shore currents, drifting sand, tidal flow , etc. to form present day Little Creek, East Creek, Wickham Creek, West Creek, and Downs Creek. The drainage of West Creek, part of the earlier glacial channel, extends north across Main Street into the subject parcel. Soils The soils of the parcel are a mosaic-like pattern of Riverhead, Plymouth and Haven soils. The Plymouth and Riverhead components are associated within the more steeply sloping portions of the drainage gully of West Creek, while the areas of low relief are mantled in Haven soil. About 38% of the project area is Riverhead B and Plymouth C soils while ASI 7 THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE $outhold, Hew York Soll Map Soll patterns in vicinity Hamer, et. al. 1975. (Ha soils, Rd B = Riverhead B of the subject parcel. A = Haven A soils, P1C soils.) After =Plymouth C ASI 7A THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE Southold, New York the remaining 62 percent of the parcel is Haven A soil. The Haven soils are well drained medium textured soils, formed in a loamy or silty mantle over stratified sand and gravel. These are some of the most productive soils in the county and their presence helps to explain the historical attraction of early settlers to the district (See Warner et. al. 1975: 71. Sheet 48). The Haven series soils are suitable for many commonly grown crops. Uncultivated areas of this soil type generate a diverse natural vegetation. Prehistoric inhabitants may have been attracted to the area, in part, as a consequence of the soll productivity. Riverhead soils are moderately coarse textured, have moderate available moisture and low natursl fertility. Drainage The project area is mostly well drained. However, there is a closed basin in the southwest corner of the parcel that is poorly drained. Vegetation The vegetation of the subject parcel, at the time of the field inspection (July 1989), was determined to consist of two botanical communities: former farm field and post agricultural forest. About 10% of the parcel is wooded and the rest (90%) is fallow or abandoned farm field and crop land. The vegetation of the open fields consists of various grasses and forbs common to this area. The wooded zone occupies the gully area and consists of various species common in a post-agricultural woodland. A partial list of species follows. Black Cherry Red Maple Field Cedar Sylva Bayberry Staghorn Sumac Multiflora Rose Shrub or Brush Poison Ivy Dew Berry Virginia Creeper Vines St. Johnswort Golden Rod Forbs ASI 8 THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE Southold, New York Indian Hemp Milk Weed Little Bluestem Grass Timothy Foxtail Porest Zone The forest zone of the subject parcel Oak-Pine Forest (Kuchler 1970). is: Northeastern Man-made Features Several farm roads are evident within the property. They probably served as access roads during the period that the parcel was cultivated. Some have been unused for several years and are presently overgrown with brush. Alterations Aside from clearing and farming the land and providing access roads to the fields for agricultural purposes, few significant alterations were observed. Previous Surveys None are known to have been conducted. ASI 9 THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE $outhold, New York DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH Site Files and Known Barly Historic Sites Prehistoric Gonzales and Rutch (1979) list this area as archaeologically sensitive as a result of its location in a zone of "intensive aboriginal habitation" (Gonzales and Rutch 1979: 13). Parker records a number of sites within this general area. The most well known is the fortified village site, sometimes known as Fort Corchaug (National Register of Historic Places). located on the east side of Fort Neck, and a village site near the shore, east of Cutchogue (Parker 1920: 698). These sites are respectively about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) and 2.8 km (1.8 miles) from the center of the project site. The Baxter Site, a prehistoric residence site, (discovered by Ralph Solecki in 1938) is located about 2 km (1.25 miles) south-southwest of the subject parcel (See Ritchie 1965:166). The Solecki Site, a burial or cemetery site of the Orient Culture, was discovered by Ralph Solecki in 1960 east of Downs Creek near the shore, not far from Kimogener Point, about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south of the proiect area (See Ritchie 1965:174). Other well known sites occur along the west Creek and the east side of Cutchogue Harbor less (1.9 miles) southeast of the project site. shore of Mud than 3 km Historic An early windmill and the Cutchogue Meeting House were located along Main Street just 0.7 km ( 4/10 of a mile) southeast of the project site (See Moore 1797 map). The Old House (Budd and Horton 1649-1660), The Old Place (Wells 1680), the Wickham House (c 1700), Wines-Horton-Slater House (c 1750) and the site of the Wells home (1753) are all located within 1 km (6/10 of a mile) of the center of the subject parcel (See Map of Historic Sites of Southampton Town Prior To ]815, Southold Bicentennial Committee). A pre 1800 frame structure built on a rock foundation, and barn dating to about 1860 (See SPLIA file Cu 105), presently owned by Alexander Hargrave is located on immediately adjacent property northwest of the subject parcel. The Aldrich- Kurczewski house, constructed prior to the last quarter of the 19th century (the earliest known owner was George Aldrich) is located immediately adjacent to the subject parcel. Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA) files indicate it is..."an exceptional example of the mid-19th century farm. The farmhouse and all ASI 10 THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE Southold, New York barns and out buildings appear to be in an almost unaltered state." (See SPLIA Files Southold, Cu 93: 18, also See Addendum). The Conklin-Gorman house is adjacent to the subject parcel on the north. It was the second Post Office in Cutchogue and appears on the Chase 1858 and Beers 1873 maps (See SPLIA file in Addendum). The F. M. Mc Carthy house, another mid 19th century farm house continues to stand to the northwest of the subject parcel, along the east side of Alvahs Lane, within 1 km of the Hamlet at Cutchogue site (See SPLIA Cu 88 and Cu 89). A number of other houses listed in the SPLIA files are within a short distance of the project (See SPLIA Map and Insert in Addendum). MAP REFERENCES 1. ~h~e ~D~lish Pilot, Fourth Book. 1689, by John Thornton. This relatively crude map of the area does depict the major features of the north fork. such as: Robins Island, Hog Neck, Little Hog Neck (not named), and with some imagination, Broadwater Cove, East Creek, Wickhams Creek and West Creek. Cutchogue is not indicated. See Map Figure 1. 2. The New England Coasting Pilot. 1734, Southack. This map indicates the presence of Southold Village and (by house symbols) the location of East Cutchogue to the east of Little Hog Neck. near Hog Neck Bay. Further residential symbols occur on the north shore facing the Sound. See Map Figure 2. 3. The William Fadden Map of 1779 is not as accurate as the Southack map and tends to represent the coastline rather fancifully. Its function was apparently not for coastal piloting, but probably for general informational or land advertisement use. It does represent interior features such as roads and village centers in somewhat more detail than the earlier maps which emphasized maritime travel. Southold is noted, as is Hog Neck. Cutchogue, a thriving community by this date, is not noted on the map. See Map Figure 3, 4. Plan of Lone Island in New York Government. North America. The scale is 6 miles to an inch. British Map of Long Island, Revolutionary War Period. No Date. No Author noted. On file at SUNY, Stony Brook Historic Map Collection. This map was carefully drawn and the outline of the Island and the main drainage systems are close to modern representations. If the increments figured along the length of the map are in inches, as one suspects, then the map is quite accurate for cartography of its time. It represents the distance from Old Man's (Mount Sinai) to Horn Tavern as about i3 miles, while the actual distance, using contemporary ASI 11 THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE $outhold, New York topographic maps, is closer to 10 miles. This map is very similar in certain respects to the Fadden Map. It may have been used as the pattern from which the Fadden Map was drawn, and may predate that map. It correctly represents the major coastline features. No indications of structures or cultural features are indicated in the study area. See Map ~igure 4. 5. The Townships of New York State were mapped in 1797. %he 1797 Survey of Southold Township, was prepared under the supervision of Thomas Moore. This map clearly delineates the shoreline and Main Street of late 18th century Southold. Four wind mills, a meeting house, a school house and a residence are indicated along Main Street. No residences or roads are indicated for the subject parcel. See Map Figure 5. ~, ~E~ M~P P~ ~-~-notes the location of Main Street and a cluster of houses on both sides of the road in the vicinity of present-day East Cutchogue. A smaller cluster of buildings was located on the north side of the road in an area just north of Wickhams Creek in what is now considered Cutchogue proper. No residences are noted in the vicinity of the subject parcel. See Map-Figure 6. 7. The area was surveyed by the ~. S__._ Coastal Survey in 1836. /his generally excellent map indicates the location of houses, churches, barns, field systems, vegetation patterns, etc. This map provides information about the location of East Creek and Wickhams Creek which were surrounded by marsh and lightly wooded areas. Most of the rest of the district was cleared land, including the subject parcel. Several houses are noted along the north side of Main Street including a church, probably the present day Presbyterian Church. What appears to be the A. R. Tuthill house is located along New Suffolk Road. Another house is found to the east. just north of Wickhams Creek. No structures are noted in the area north of Main Street in the vicinity of the subject parcel. See Map Figure 7. 8. The Travellers Map of 1852 has generalized information concerning the location of roads and residences. It provides a suggestion of a cluster of houses without indicating the exact location of individual residences. The map figures a cluster west of the intersection of present day Depot Lane and Main Street. The rail line is indicated as well as a house along the west side of Depot lane. This may be the Aldrich house which is more precisely located in later maps. There are no indications of structures in the actual area of the subject parcel. See Map Figure 8. ASI 12 THE HA~LE~ AT CU~CHOGUE $outhold, New Yo~k 9, The Qhase_ Map of 1858 provides some information on the residents and property owners. This map documents the other surnames other than (J. T.) Gould are noted in the area. The T. Conklin house is noted but not attributed to an owner, while the Aldrich house is not represented. A number of residences and shops are indicated along both sides of ~ain Street. No structures are noted on the subject parcel. See Map-Figure 9. 10. The Beers Comstock and Cline Map of 1873. This map clearly notes the major land holders in the area east of Alvahs Lane and west of Depot Lane, north of Main Street; the area within which the subject parcel is sited. G. Aldrich is noted as owner-resident on a parcel in the s~utheast corner of this area. We can presume that Aldrich, T, J. Conklin. and N. Champlin were probable owners of part or all of the subiect parcel at about this period. No ~tructures or residences are noted for the subject parcel. ~ee Map-Figure 10. !!. Belcbgr 8~j_9. ~a~ of !9~0~. indicates the presence of the Aldrich property, house and barn. The property to the south was that of J(as) Wickham. C. Williamson owned adjoining proDerty to the west. Williamson's and Aldrich's property adioined the Dayton Estate to the west. The parcel that ,[¢,mprises the present Hamlet at Cutchogue probably consists of part of both the G. Aldrich Estate and the C. Williamson ~rol:,ertv. See Map-Figure 11. i2. ~tias of Suffolk County,_ Dolph and Stewart 1929, indicates little change over the 1909 map. The Aldrich parcel is listed as the Aldrich Estate. We may assume that by this date George Aldrich was deceased. Wickham and Dayton continue to own large portions of adjoining property. Notable is the increase in Polish and other Slavic surnames in the record. Apparently the period between 1909 and 1929 was one of intensive acquisition of property by relatively recent immigrants to Cutchogue. See Map-Figure 12. 13. U. S__. Army Map Service, Southold Quadrangle, 1947. This map depicts little change for the subject area. It notes the elongate depression that dominates the topography of the subject parcel. The presence of a new school, a new church (Our Lady of Ostrabrama). and a cemetery are ali noted in the area immediately surrounding the subject property. No s~ructures are depicted within the subject parcel. See Map- Figure 13. ASI THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE Southold, New York 14. ~z S._. GeoloKical Surveys_ Southold ~ 1956. In the period after 1947 North Street and Schoolhouse Lane were constructed. This road served several new structures located west of the school. Sometime after 1956 Griffin Street was cut through just west of North Street. access to the subject property. More and further development for homesites School House lane. No structures are subject parcel. See Map-Figure t4. This road provides recently a trailer park has occurred along noted within the HISTORIC NOTES ON THE STUDY AREA EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHOLD Sometime prior to 1640, a band of Puritan colonists, led b,T the Reverend John Youngs. set out from New Haven and settled "Yennecock", a place known by the English as Southold. The place included "all that tract of land situate lying and being the Eastward end of Long Island and bounded with the River called in the English toung the %~eading Kreek, in the Indian tong Pauquaconsuk. on the west, Yo and with Plum Island on the East .... with the Sound called the North Sea on the North, and with, a River or arme of the sea on the East.,.on ye South, together with...all necks of lands meadows. Islands .... rivers Kreeks with timber, woods and woodlands, fishing fouling, hunting ...... (Quoted from Indian Deed of 1665 where-in forty-three Indians confirmed the Town's right to the several tracts involved which had been "previously purchased procured and paid for of the schaems and Indians our ancestors" (Craven 1906:14). In his "History of Southold", Rev. Epher Whitaker, notes that "the settlement here was so old in the Autumn of 1640 that Richard Jackson. who had cultivated his land and built his house and other improvements here, desired at that time to sell, and did sell his dwelling house, and all his other improvements, as well as his land within the Town, only four days after the date of the organization of the First Church of Southold (Whitaker 1881: 41). One wonders if the Reverend Whitaker had not confused a deed from James Farter to Richard Jackson dated August 15, 1640 in which a parcel of about 150 acres of land was deeded to Richard Jackson by the Earl of Sterling's Deputy (James Farrett) for a certain some of money to me hand paid ..... (and)..a pep. of corne every yeare for the fifty acres: and also .... a penny an acre for all the hundred acres before mentioned." The description of the land does indicate that some of it may have been improved land and thus nad been occupied earlier than August 1640. Thus, this supports the contention of Whitaker that Southold and (not Southampton) is the oldest town on Long Island. ASI 14 THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE $outhold, New York THE DIVIDENDS At a Town Meeting held November 20, 1661. it was decided that all common lands at Oysterponds (Orient). Corchaug (Cutchogue). Mattatuck (Mattituck) and Occabauck (Aquebogue-- lands west of Mattituck to the Brookhaven Line) be divided into lots so as to encourage development of outlying lands and at the same time providing that the common land should continue to be used as common pasturage. It seemed convenient to make three great divisions of land. One of these, east of the settlement and extending to Orient was known as Oysterponds. A much larger "Dividend" lying to the west of this was known as the Corchaug Dividend. which =xtends to Canoe Place at Mattituck. The Occabauck Dividend was divided into three areas, one in the east known as the First Division in Occabauck and the Second and %hird Dividends to the west. all the way to Wading River (Craven 1904: 28-29). At the time of the great division there were according to Craven (op. cit.:29), about 51 heads of households in Southold. There were 38 Lots in Occabauck and nineteen owners. The Lots were large, extending from Sound to BaY. forty rods wide (660 feet) and each containing two- hundred and fifty acres or more. Those settlers allotted lots in Occabauck were : William Wells (3 lots). John Budd (4 lots), John Swazey (4 lots), Joseph Horton (4 lots), William Halliock (Hallock) was listed as being allotted 2 lots. The Corchaug Lots did not extend from Sound to Bay but were divided by the King's Highway. Those north of the }!i~hwav ( in the area of the Hamlet at Cutchogue) were about 50 rods wide (495 feet) and tapered to the Sound and about 100 to 120 acres each. South of the highway, the land of the Corchaug Dividend lies in six large "necks" which were separated by creeks opening from the Bay: the most easterly is Poole's Neck. and toward the west-- Robin's Island Neck. Corchaug Neck, Fort Neck. Pessapunk Neck and Reeve's Neck. Ihe Corchaug and Fort Necks were the home ground of the local Indians. On Corchaug Neck was the site of their village and on the other--appropriately called Fort Neck--they built a stockade or fort where they would retire with the women and children, in time of conflict. A hollow in the ground, some three or four rods (50 feet) across, surrounded by traces of an embankment still marks the site of the fort on the east side of the neck, near the creek that separates it from Robin's Island Neck (See Craven 1906). The settlers found the necks --for the most part-- aiready cleared land. Since the land was level and tillable and needed only plowing, while surrounding wooded land had to be cleared---a very laborious process-, the land on the Necks was very valuable and it quickly became cut up into small twenty acre lots. For many years a twenty acre lot in this ASI 15 THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE $outhold, New York "Old Indian Field" or Corchaug Broad Field, was more valuable than hundreds of acres of Craven i906). as it was called, woodland (See CUTCHOGUE The name Corchau~ refers to both the prehistoric native American residents and to the tract of land on which they lived. According to Tooker the term means the "principal piace or home ground" (Tooker 1961: 58). This was the name (Corchaug) they gave to the neck that lies just to the south of the present village of Cutchogue. To the west, on an ad ~oining neck of land (now known as Fort Neck) they built a r, 51isaded enclosure to which they retired with their women and children when they were threatened by enemies. On florchaug Neck were also located other sites and a burial r,!ace. Fort Corchaug was well known during the contact period and early historic times and many of the early co±onzsts must have visited the place. Cutchogue was the first of Southold's colonies, it havin~ been settled in 1660. The Old House in Cutchogue, >u~it in i649 by John Budd (in Southold). was moved -- %~robably by ox cart--to Cutchogue in 1660. The house was owned by the Horton Family and later, during the Revolutzonary War. it was the home of the Tory Supervisor, Parker Wickham. In 1680 the son of William Wells built a house just south of Main Street which survives to this day as /he Old Place" (See Map of the Historic Sites of Southold Town Prior to 1815, Southold Bicentennial Committee. Southold, New York). The settlers used Little Hog Neck as common grazing ground. Early in the village history they concentrated their agricultural activities on the necks of land that were fertile, well watered, and less heavily wooded (or non-wooded) than the lots in the interior. Thus the earliest homes appear to have been concentrated close to the King's Highway (Main Street) between Moores Lane and New Suffolk Road. ~ust a short distance south of the subject parcel. EARLY HIGHWAYS Very soon after 1640, a highway was laid out from Southold Village westward to Cutchogue and beyond to the head o~ Peconic Bay, to meet a highway from Southampton. This road was known as the King's Himhway. Since it was the main traffic corridor along the interior, it was the site of most of the early construction of houses and shops in the Cu5chogue area. In time, it cut across the entire length of the island. In some places on the island (such as in Brooklyn) it is still called Kings Highway. In 1655, the ASI 16 THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE $outhold, New York Brookhaven settlement, which adjoined Southold on the west at Setauket (there was no Riverhead until after the Revolutionary War) was established and a "Setacut Road" was built through the woods soon after that date, to that settlement. This latter road was to become the North Road. A record of its pathway is preserved in Liber A, p.142. Suffolk County Deeds... an "Act of the Govern't Councill and Representatives of the Colony of N Yorke made in ye second veare of reign of our sovergn Lady Anne" (1703) .... for ye laving out Regulating clearing and preserving publick common hvah ways throughout ye sd Colony". ..... The high way from ye towne of Southoid to ye westward farms on ye north side to ~= ye usuyal road to Mattatuck and soe on ye northside of ye ~,o~zd in ye way lately marked out to ye usual road leading to Richard llowel!s and from thence in ye usual road to ye beach and s~ on ye beach to ye fresh pond and to ye place called wadin~ river" Thus we can assume that by the early part of the 18th tent=tv the land that was to become the Hamlet at Cutchogue was ]~rt of a thriving settlement with several homes, and was well ~erved by public roads and by sheltered waterways. THE ALDRICH PAMILY from several sources, we know that the Aldrich family, probable first settlers and early owners of much of the ~ubiect parcel, were early residents of the Town. The first mention of the Haldrich (Aldrich) name occurs in a 1683 rate list for the Town. In it Peter Haldrich (Aldrich) is listed. ["A rate list for 1683 lists the ~ollowing names: William Reeves. Thomas Tuston, Theoph~lus Curwin, Thomas Mapps, James Reeves, Thomas Terril, Peter ]~aldriaK (Aldrich). Thomas Osman. William Haliock, Thomas Haiiock, John Swazey. Joseph Swazey"(Craven 1906:68-69~.] ?eter may have arrived from the New Haven Colony or from England sometime after 1662. By 1683 he was a tax-paying member of the colony. Sometime prior to 1683 he had married one of the daughters of 3ohn Swazey and taken up residence. probably on a parcel originally allotted to 3ohn Swazey and noted aa the second or double lot of 3ohn Swazey in the first dividends. We know that 3ohn Swazey did not llve on that lc.t--he resided on a lot further west--and his will, drawn in lo92 does not llst this lot ---thus we may assume that £ometime prior to 1692 he had sold or given this parcel to hif son-in-law. Peter Aldrich. It is likely that Peter was [he first to clear and build a home there. Peter Aldrich ,~Aed soon after Swazey's death in 1692. The Aldrich family continued to reside in the western end of Southold. west of Howards Creek in Mattituck. In time, members of the Aldrich ASI 17 · HE HA~L~T AT CUTCHOGU~ $ouChold, ~ew ~or~ clan became scattered throughout Southold. George Aldrich, a scion of the family, moved east to Cutchogue to purchase land sometime in the mid-19th century. Sometime after 1858 and before i873 (probably about 1866) Aldrich bought a parcel of land west of Depot Lane in Cutchogue where he established a ~enera! farm. HISTORY OF SUBJBCT PARCBL The Wells family may have been the earliest owners of the parts of the subject parcel. William Wells was an early resident of the Town: his son built the Old Place in 1680 on the south side of Mains Street. Another Wells owned a house at the corner of present-day Depot Lane and Main Street (now ~emolished). We know that the original lots north of the ~lishwav were about 495 feet (about 150 meters) wide and tapered to the Sound. If Wells held more than one lot as is liketv, this area, measured west from the site of the Wells ac, use at the corner of Depot Lane and Main Street would have included part of the subject parcel. Thus it is possible ~%~t ~ne Hamlet at Cutchogue parcel was first owned bY the ~el!s tamily. We can assume that the 1753 Wells residents %~nd their neighbors to the west) probably cleared and farmed ~ne land north of Main Street. There is unfortunately little firm evidence for events of this period, and we can only ~ssume that there was a good deal of buying, selling and ~radina of land in that early period. About 85 years later (1838) we can confirm, through documentary evidence, that the ~rea both north and south of the highway was cleared land, By about 1844 the Long Island Rail Road began service to the district. Access to the rail road opened vast markets in nhe urbanized western portions of the island to local farmers and far ranging adjustments in the local economy to the new agricultural opportunities. No longer was it necessary to emphasize subsistence-type farming, and ~afel¥ stored agricultural products such as wool, flax and ~rains. With the rail line near-by perishable crops such as vegetables, root crops, eggs and meats could be grown and .~uickly shipped to the urban areas with good profit. Thus lands suitable for such agriculture -- intensive cash crop f~rming, particularly north of Main Street near the rail line. were purchased by this new breed of cash crop a~riculturist. One of the earliest families to settle in the area along Depot Lane, north of Main Street. was the Conklins. who may have purchased land from earlier Wells or luthill proprietors in the district. Conklin's farm house is toc~ted northeast of the sub%ect parcel. Sometime between ~860-1870. George Aldrich. a scion of one of the first setulers of the %ownship, purchased land along Depot Lane aou~h of the T. J. Conktln farm. He farmed the level productive soils along Depot lane for nearly five decades. ~e know that the farm continued in operation under George ASI 18 ~HH HA~L~T AT CUTCHOGU~ Sou~hold, ~e~ A!drich's management until at least the first decade of the ~0~h century. By the third decade of this century the property was listed as part of the George Aldrich Estate (See Map-Figure 12). The estate was divided up among heirs, and the farm as well as a substantial amount of the land was inherited by George Young. Portions of the original farm may have been sold at this time by other heirs. We presume that the western part of the Aldrich farm became a significant portion of the present Hamlet at Cutchogue property. Other elements may have come from the Willam$on and Dayton estates. Mr. Kurczewski, a Polish immigrant, first settled in ?hiiadelmhia and later moved to Cutchomue where he met his wzfe, married, and found employment as a farm laborer on the ~ieet Estate, Later, he worked for Mr, George Aldrich as a fiel~ hand aad teamster on the Aldrich farm, during the early ~art c.f the century. He continued on after the death of Mr. Ai,~rich. while it was managed by Mr. Young. Kurczewski's Jsuah~er. Bertha. remembers the place as a child, where her ±a~her worked and where she sometimes accompanied him on his -~.re£. Accordin~ to her. it was managed as a general farm, ~ier f~[her worked the fields with horse-drawn machinery, kiik cow~ were raised, as well as field crops grown, such as ro~aEoes and cabbages. Young, who had other lands and wished 5o sell the Aldrich property, encouraged Kurczewski to buy ~ne farm. According to Bertha, his daughter, Kurczewski, 5hough he loved the place, could not afford it at that time, i~'entually, the farm was sold to the Sinuta family who had aeoEner farm in Orient where they resided. According to Bertha Kurczewskl, they did not live on it or work it, but con[inued to !ire in East Marion. A number of families rented the farm house from the Sinutas over a period of vaars. At one time a Mr. Baxter lived there and later it was used as the residence and office of a physician -- Dr. Linowitz. Kurczewski continued to work on the farm and lease some of the farm land over this period. Around 1940, at the urgings of the Sinuta family, who were eager to sell, Mr ~urczewski purchased the property which has been in his f~mily since that time. At the present. Miss Bertha Kurezewski is the owner. She proudly claims that she malntains the house and buildings, as well as a substantial 2arden and parts of the surrounding property by her own iabor. (B. Kurczewski. pers. comm. July 1989). VISUAL INSPECTION A visual inspection was conducted in July 1989. At :ha~ time a videotaped record of the inspection was produced. khis Js available from Archaeological Services Incorporated, kost of the study area is crop land or former crop land. A brushy gully extends through much of the central portion of the subject parcel. The vegetation in this area suggests ASI 19 · H~ HA~L~T AT CUTCHOGUE $outhold, New York that at times it may hold standing water. The slopes near Ehis feature are relatively steep and the soil here is gravelly, Several farm access roads and former road traces were noted. ~o standing structures were observed. Dense brush and thickets of Bittersweet and Poison Ivy prevented closer inspection of deeper portions of the gully. ASI 20 THE HAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE Southold, New York SUMMARY The Hamlet at Cutchogue proposed development site, is an 18.7 hectares (46.2 acres) parcel located north of Schoolhouse Lane in the Village of Cutchogue, Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York. The subject property is of generally low relief. An elongate depression trending N 40o W cuts across the central portion of the project area for a distance of about 300 to 500 meters. A small enclosed basin of less than six meters (20 feet) elevation and about 15 meters in diameter is located in the southwestern portion of the parcel. This may hold standing water at times. The soils of the parcel are a mosaic-like pattern of Riverhead. Plymouth and Haven soils. About 38% of the project area is Riverhead B and Plymouth C soils while the remaining 62 percent of the parcel is Haven A soil. The project area is mostly well drained. However, there is a closed basin in the southwest corner of the parcel that is Doorly drained. The vegetation, at the time of the field inspection (3uly 1989), was determined to consist of two botanical communities: former farm field and post agricultural forest. About 10% of the parcel is wooded and the rest (90%) is fallow or abandoned farm field and crop land. The vegetation of the open fields consists of various grasses and forbs common to this area. The wooded zone occupies the gully area and consists of maple and cherry and other species common in a post-agricultural woodland. Several farm roads are evident within the property. They probably served as access roads during the period that the parcel was cultivated. Some are presently overgrown with brush. The project area is located within a district of intensive aboriginal habitation. The National Register of Historic Places site at Fort Corchaug as well as several other well documented prehistoric sites are located within a short distance of the subject parcel. In terms of historic sites, a number of these, including the National Register of Historic Places site known as the Old House of Cutchogue, and several others of near contemporary age are located within a kilometer of the parcel. In addition, a pre 1800 house and several mid-19th century vernacular farm houses are located immediately adjacent to the subject parcel. One of these. the Aldrich-Kurczewski farm is recorded in the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities as an exceptional and very well preserved example of the mid-19th century farm. ASI 21 TiI£ tJAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE $outhold, New York There is little documentary evidence for the subject ~srcei before 1797. However by this date we can document the 9resence of a number of windmills, a school and a meeting house within a short distance of the subject parcel. No structures are indicated within the study area from ,~ocumentarv evidence. Part of the subject parcel may have been originally part of the Wells lot. The Wells family had a house on the corner of Depot Lane and Main Street in 1753. Dy !U36 most of the district had been cleared of woodland and ~,ut to the plow. We can assume that most or ail of the ~ub4~ct parcel was cleared land. and part 9f the Tuthill or *~c~u!d family farms at this date~ Intensive cash crop ~z~rmin~ began soon after the advent of the railroad in ~'a£Eure lands were converted into crop lands. Prior to i¥~!3, the Conklin family, followed by the Aldrich family. ~-~_~rchased land for such farminq along Depot Lane. near the ~en~er of Cutchomue and close to the rail line. The subiect ~'%rcei wns at that time mart of several properties which may n~-'e ~nc!uded the Aldrich, Champlin and Conklin farms. ~v _57,, £everai other farms had been established in the vicinity, Early in the 20th century some of these were '-urcha~e~ by wealthy businessmen from urban areas to the west -, ,- ar, ecuistion or to develop as model farms or as country estates. Ihe Dayton Estate west of the Aldrich farm may have teen in 5his category. Changes in farming and economics orouRht changes to the district. Numbers of Poles and other '3!svic immigrants settles in the area between t900 and 1930. ~ ~ ily were excellent horsemen and teamsters, were knowle,ngeable and familiar with crop farms, and were de~end/b!e and hard working. They quickly rose from farm isk, orers to farm owners. Most of the earlier Aldrich. Con~i!n and Champiin farms were taken over by these 20th ?enturv farmers. During this period, chan~es in the economy and in farming manaMement encouraged farmers to dispose of !ess r. roductive farm plots and concentrate resources on large more i~roductive acreages. As a consequence, a number of lots were sold off or left fallow. These parcels were to become ?~ilabie for development later in the century. No structure ~ites are documented within the subject parcel. ASI 22 ~l'ltl! tlAMLET AT CUTCHOGUE Southold, New York SENSITIVITY ASSESSMENT Prehistoric The subject parcel is in a general area of intensive a~,or±~ina! activity. Several large, well documented sites are found within a half-hour walk of the subject parcel. Thus ~ccording to present archaeological models, it is located vel! within the normal activity zone (or near hinterland) of mc, re than one prehistoric residence site. These hinterland areas were used for hunting, exploitation of natural. minerai, and plant resources, and sitin~ of special purpose aha satellite campsites. Modern archaeological theory under£cores the importance of these "off site" activity zones ~nd satellite camps in developing a more realistic, complete. uncer£c~nding of the culture, settlement patterns, and 5:apt~tions of prehistoric native Americans. The Hamlet at iutchoaue D~rcet has potential for recovery of prehistoric cultural evidence due to its proximity to prehistoric coastal mhz esculr£ne residence bases, the ~,resence of an enclosed ~,atin which may have held standing water in the past. and ri!~-[ronrnvnte! variations which enhance exploitatiou of ~ame. ~!~£toric /hou~h no structures were documented for the parcel, it is in an area intensive!v used for over three centuries. 9cuthern portions of the parcel closer to Main Street were r, robab±v cultivated by catty settlers who were allotted -.ropert¥ alonm Main Street. Nineteenth century farmers were active west of Depot Lane. The parcel has potential for recever¥ oi historic evidence related to past farming activities, such as field lines, ditch and mound boundaries. and possible outlying structure sites. RECOMMENDATIONS further study in the form of subsurface testing should cenducted to evaluate the potential of this proposal for impact to both prehistoric and historic cultural evidence. ASI 23 ~outhold, New York REFERENCES bavles, Richard i074 Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Suffolk Coun_t_y_~ W A. Overton, Port Jefferson, New York Charles f. (Rev, A History of Mattituck, Long Island, New York Published by the author, Mattituck, New York Pleistocene geology of eastern Long Island, New York: Amer. Joq~¥, ~cj,_, Vol 262, pp 355- Poster Glacial and Pl. elstocen?. Geology. John Wiley $on~_. New York The Geology of Lo~)g Island, New Yo~k, United States Geol, Survey Prof, Paper # 82, U, Gvv, Println~ Office. Wash, D, ~:o,,~_._a_e~ ~, illice B and Ed~-°, Rutsch ~978 Suffolk County Q~.!tural Re_sou_rces I~nven.torv, Suffolk County Arch, Assoc,. Drawer AR, Stony Brook. New York Jc, rgensen . 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(Stony Brook Map Library. SUNY. Stony Brook) Calvin ~eolo~g~c ~a~ _o_i.. ~.on~,. Island. Company, Ne~ York J. lt. Colton and ASI 29 $outhold. New York Southack, i734 %~e ~w gBg.~J. Qpa~s_!ing pilot. London. England. i68'.) The En.&lish ~i!og,_ Fourth Book, 1689. John Thornton. On file: Map Library SUNY, Stony Brook, W,adi,ng giy~r QR~d~.~gle~ Army Map Service, S, Army, Washinzton D,C, 1944, scale 25,000 Coastal Survey U. $. Coast,al Survey Map. Mar, 1: 10,000, Photomraphic Copy, U, S, Coast_al Sprye~%l .M. ap~ fast End of ~outhamp~on TowD, Iown Pond to Airfield Surveyed by C, 1, Iardel]a Asst, Pond, States Geo!o~icai Survey Squthold Quadrangle. Suffolk Co, N, Y, (Scale 1:62,500) Surveyed 1903 Printed 1909. 19' 7 Service S_qD_thp..%_d 9_u_~a_d_l~ang{e_., Suffolk Co 7.5 min series. (Scale 1:25.000 N, Y , 194 United States Geological Survey ~9.~!.hpi~ ~gdranE%9~ Suffolk Co 7,5 min series, (Scale 1:24,000 N, Y, 1956 ASI 3O / / 1. The Enmlish Pilot, Fourth Book, 1689, \ I \ /.. ~ t / I I / \ t \ / / by John Thornton. $ 0 U /' H ~ M ~ <~ T 7. U. S. Coastal Survey 37 1836. Hog i-7-~77 MANOFI FI ILL$ ~fl._ DI PROJECT N N Ilt~t'd 7HJ/i~H'elZ ~ ~ Kryz ea ~/ Czelatha ~ Horton Grath~ell Drum vet l.~l/e~, V Fleet ~ ~ ~YeiJcr Hull TT N 12, Dolph and Stewart 1929 :chogue~ ~ta ,"-,. /' .' gue Wickam 43 13. U. $, Army ~__a_.~_ Service ~ot~_l~_~L~l~ ~[gJ-<~T-~-~J~-~ 19/+7 ~rsh Pt 28'00" 30" ~ 29'00' ~ 4344 29O FEET 41°OO, 72°30' Mapped, edited, arid publisned by the Ge~ological Survey Control by USC&GS Topography from aerial photographs by Kelsh plotter and by' planetable surveys 1956. Aerial photographs takeD 1954 Hydrography compiled from USC&GS chart 363 (1956) Polyconic projection. 1927 North American datum 44 14. U. S. Geological Survey, SoutholdSaK Quadrangle, __ ~-'~ ';'~Lk"-'? , ~NEW SUFFOLK_ 0.7 I~1. I 13'~ 231 MILS 1956 · THE HAMLET AT CUT¢HOGU~ $outhold, ~ew York ADDEN]~'M ASI 45 l Club ! U T ,,H 0 L D NORTH RACE 46 SPLIA File master map of Cutchogue 57.0 41.0 57.,5 ~6.Ox C~- 39.0 47 SPLIA File part of Key Map of Cutehosue BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM · DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION ALBANY, NEW YORK (518i 474-0479 YOUR NAME: YOUR ADDRESS:__~OWn Hall,Main Rd. Southold,L.I., N.y. ORGANIZAT!ON (if any):.. Southold TOWl] FOR OFFICE USE ONLY UNIQUE SITE NO. QUAD_ SERIES NEG. NO. D^T~:~ TELEPHONE: 516-76 5-1 892 11971 Community Dev. Offic®s IDEN'TIFICATI(~N · '.,--: I. BUILDING NAME(S): {~-eor~e Aldrich ParmB'tead ' .. 2, COUNTY: Sl~ ffo] Jrt_. TOWN/CiTY: ~ V/LLAG E: ._O. j2_~ 3. STREET LOCATION: l~'eB - ,.. .4. OWNERSHIP: a. pubhc [] h pnvale · '- 5. PRESENT OWNER:' MISs Ber/;ha KUrCZeWJ~It33RESS. Depo'l; Lane' 6. USE: Origmah residence --farm -"- ' '-" Present: reslfle noe-far~ 7. ACCESSIBILITY 'TO PUBLIC Exlerior visible from public road: Yes [~' No'E] ' ' Interior accessible: Explain by a. clapb6ard [] b. stone E] c. brick e. cobblestone [] r. shingles E] g, stucco E] .' a. wood frame with interlocking jmnts E] b. wood frame w/th light members [] c. masonry load bearing walls E] ~ d. metal {'explain) - : e. other· a. excellent '[~ b. good [] c. fair [] _DESCRIPTION~ 8. BUILDING MATERIAL: 9. STRUCTURAL SYSTEM: ' (if kmxvn) I0. CONDITION: II. INTEGRITY: board 'and batte~ ~]'".: - other: d. deteriorated E] a.. original site [] : b. moved [] if so,when9 ".'~-, c. list major alterations and dates (if known): :- - ~ .~, -, Roll ;B -Ne- In ,.~"'<'. ' ' ' '"' PHOTO: -' ~o~ Sou~h ~$~ "L~;'~)~' -,-' .-: -., ~-~ ' SPLIA Pile Aldrich-Kurczewskl house ______.L 14. THREATS TO BUILDING a. none known [] b. zoning [~ c. reads O d. developers I'-] e~ deterioration [] I5. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: ' ' ' ~ <'- a barn[~ b. carriage house [] : c, garage [] 16, S. URROUNDINGS OF THE d. privy [] g. shop [] h: garden~ [] ' ,.- i. landscape features: I~]-~g~P~,~b°r at rear of j. other: BUILDING (check more than one if necessary): a. open land l'ltl . ,b. wo6dtand [] ~..'z~ c. scauered buildings [] ' ' ..... :~:"L."' ' al. densely built-up I'-]. 'e~ commercial [] f. industrial [] g. residential ~ ': h. other: original lents and posts at front e. shed [~' . f, ~reenhou~e [] !~iclcet 'fence ,, ;...~ property [ 7. iNTERREL~ATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: ' (Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) - - 18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES'OF. BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features ifknow,~): "' ...... T~o and one half story,three bay,side entrance plan,gable ro~of house. One and a ~alf story wing on south,w£t~ centered ' entrance door. Semi wrap arround porch. Original cbimeys .... 7." ' '1~o over two windows. .... ,- :.,., SIGNIFICANCE ' ' Built ..... -' to I .... ' .... · ~:, :x[[*?' J~3":'}~2' 19 DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION: pr&or 87~ ax~,~a ~.~,~;~.~C HiT ECT. - ..... ' . >~ ~-,~.',: *~ BUILDER: _ . .[,~k~:.4~.~..:._- . . ..... ., ,- ..~ ~ ~'~U.~HISTORICAL.. . AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: ..... . ,.,~r,. . '~.'7~;:~','~'r~Th~s twenty six acre ~or~ing farm,provides an exceptional ~[-;c~.'f ...... :.wxample of t~e mid 19th century farm. The farnhouse and all barns and out buildings,appear to be in an almost unaltered ........ state. 21. SOURCES: Interview with Miss Kurczewsgy 5/7/86 by John E. Remsen Beers Comstoct Atlas of Lon~ Island Aldrich farmstead From South East Roll B Neg 12 From North Roll B NeE 13 Ou 95 Aldrich farmstead ~rom $ou~h F~ Roll B NeE 12 From North Roll B NeE 13 ION'FoR HISTORIC PRES YORK STATE PARKS AN D RECREATION NEW'YORK (518} 474.0479 ' UNIQUE SERIES ~ :NEG'. NO~' :' Nt IU~ ADDi ORGAN ZATI,ON (if any] eat'Off~c~ 'u:~-VILLAC 15ES~RIPTION ' . board BUI LDI NG :lapt ' ~'other: MATERIAL: cobblestone :..< . · 'STRUCTURA~ :,~< ~, a.; ~ood frame CONDITION: a. excellent ~ ' ' b. goo~ ~ - c. fair.~ .~ d. deteriorated INTEGRITY:. -~ a: original site"~ b.-m~ved ~ if so,when3 :; : c st maior a terations and d~tea {if known): '. Roll B.~eE1 5 ' "~T Cem ;.,'.j: 54 SPLIA file Conklin-Gorman house