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Historic Building/Places Inventory
Town of Southold
54375 Route 25, P.O. Box 1179
Southold, NY 11971
Name: Town of Southold Date: 2013
Organization: Town of Southold Landmarks Preservation Commission
Inventory Update:
1. Building/Place Name/Date: Stephenson House “The Cedars,” (Built 1883)
2. Tax Map Number/Address: 1000-17.-1-11.5, 825 Stephenson Road
3. Town of Southold Identification Number: OR-3
4. Current Status of Historic Building(s) or Place(s): -Extant
5. Evidence of Structural Modifications: -None, Intact.
6. Notes: -Picturesque Victorian house with truncated hip roof, square tower
with pyramidal roof, semi-hexagonal bay window, Jerkinhead gables on east and
west elevations, and 3 round-arched windows contributes significantly to the
historic viewshed and landscape of Orient. Home built by architect Joshua
Payne in September 1883(see last image) for Colonel William Wilson Stephenson.
Interior details are also shown below and include a fire-place heatilator with
wrought iron detail, leaded glass cabinet doors in dining room, and views from
round-arched windows.
Photographic Record of Historic Building(s) or Place(S) - 2013:
Front Facade, North View.
West Elevation, East View
(Note Jerkinhead Gable in front center)
East Elevation, Northwest View
(Note Jerkinhead Gable in top left)
Barn/Carriage House with Jerkinhead Gable, North View
(Note clay tennis court in front right is no longer maintained)
Semi-Hexagonal Bay Window in Front Facade
(Note plaque on right that reads “The Cedars 1883")
Detail of Front Facade
(Note Round-Arched Windows)
Southwest View from Round-Arched Windows
(Note OR-5 is visible in left window)
Heatilator with Wrought Iron Detail
Leaded Glass Doors in Dining Room
Front Facade, West Elevation, Northeast View
(Image taken one year after construction, Sep. 1884, w/Stephenson Family)