HomeMy WebLinkAboutEM58 Metcalf House, WestFOR OFFICE USE ONLY
BUILDING-STRUCTU~E INVENTORY FORM
UNIQUE SITE NO.
[)IVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVA TlON QUAD -;:;~~;::;------
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION SERIES _~~---,._~~~:::""'-":"
ALBANY, NEW YORK (518) 474-0479 L· ~N~E~G~.N~·O~.=~====~=~===:J
YOUR NAME : Town .of Southold/SPLIA DATE: ...".====::..::.....~1:..L9:..::::8~7_
. YOUR ADDRESS : ToWn Hall, Main Rd. . TELEPHONE: 516 765 1892 ·
Southold,LI, NY 11971 .
ORGANIZATION (if any) : Southold Town Comrrruni ty Development 'Office
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IDENTIFICATION
I. BUI LDI NG NAM E (S) : ,_:::....:M:..=.e--=t....:.c...:..a:.,::l:.,::f:........::h.:..,:o:...,;u::;s.:..,:e=-.!....._w~e...:..s--=t~--::c---'---'.____-=_......,..--::-::-----:
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/qTy:Southold_ VILLAGE : ==~:....::....==
3. ST REET tOCA TI ON: ..........M,!oCa""l.""'·n~~R~dc..!..~,~n~o:..::r:....:t~h~s::...;l.=-·d=.e.:::..,L'_w..:..:....::e..=s-=t:..........::o:...:f:........:D::.;a::;m:::........:=-=..:..::...:..:---'.-.!.._c:....
4. OWNERSHIP: . a. public 0 h private IKl
S. PRESENT OWNER :----;--::-___...:S=..t..::..::.e=i:.:n---'-_-ADDRESS: ---:-=s:..:;a:.:;IDr:e=-:-:--:::-:-____=:::::::7"
6 , USE: Original: res idenc e Present: _.=.r-=e:.,::s:....:i:....:d=-e:..:n:=c,.:...:=.e_-,---=_....:::::....::.:.
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road : yes D
DESCRIPTION
8. BUILDING
MATERIAL:
9. STRUCTURAL
SYSTEM :
(if knONn)
10 . CONDITION:
II. INTEGRITY:
Interior accessible:· Explain ...,,!p;:,:r=--=l...:.v..:.a:...:t:..:e:.........::......:...:.-=~:..:.:..:....:._
a. clapboard 0
e. cobblestone 0
b. stone D
f. shingles ~
c. brick D
g. stucco 0
a. wood frame with interlocking joints D ·
b. wood frame with light members :K]
c. masonry load bearing walls D
o the r·: --:-___--:--:---:-:::--
d, me ta I (ex plaip) __"--_--=--...:..:.....:....:.~_--=--..:.....,.:--=--=--...:..;.~--..::........:==----~...:!.
e. other.____---==-___-,-____________=:.:..-:..:'
a. excellent [lg b. good D c. fair ' D
a. original site :g b . moved 0 if so,when? --------------c. list major alterations and dates (if known) :
12. PHOTO: neg: KK 111-5, :rm ELSE 13. MAP: NYS DOT co'mpos'ite " ~
Greenport and Orient quads
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING : a. none known ~
d. developers 0
b. zoning D ' c.-roads 0
e. deterioration 0
r: other: _._______....,.-_==----:-~____:::_~=~=:
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY : .
a. barnt9 ti. carriage house 0 c. garage 0
d. privy D. e. shed 0 f. greenhouse D .
g. shop 0 h. gardens 0
i. landscape fea tures :-,-_.,-____---'-________
j . other: barn (a) with vertical board siding,
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING {check more than one if necessary)sawtooth
a. open land ex b. woodland £]
c. scattered buildings 0
d. densely built -up 0 e, commercial 0
f. industrial 0 g. residen~ial [i!
h. other: --~~----'--::-----::-----::-::-----~~-----:=-7.=~":7..fI
17 . INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or ,strl:lcture is in an historic district)
Low density residential, set back ·from Main Rd., NYS
Rte; 25 (historic Kings HWY. ), on a largepropert'y near·
Dam Pond. One of two similiar houses in the immediate
area • . Mix of open and wooded land surrounds the house.
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interiorTeatures Ilknown):
2t story, multi-bay}gable roof house with main (south)
semi-hexagonal bay under clipped gable roof. Wrap ar'ot md
porch with inverted "Tit railing. 2nd story porch on
north facade.
SIGNIFICANCE ,
19 . DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION : _-=-~~~--=-~~~'-LI...IL.I..I..J<.....;J-___----=___.,.._.:.~' :
BUILDER:--,-~~~_~ ____________~--,-~~~~~ __---,----,-~~~ _____
20, HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:
," This house and the adjac~nt house to the
by Metcalf in 1909. They recall the era
summer homes for city people were being
farms. " ' . .
SOURCES:
E.Belcher Hyde, Atlas of Suffolk County,
North Side, Sound Shore, 190,9. .
The Suffolk Times, 8/15/1985, Ii?5 Years Ago" • .
TH01E: ,, ' .
Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, ,res earch
Augutit .1e,_,. ~985JJt~'~UUo!.k.THnes l:A Cfl' /)1 e<.rl "'()7IJ
EMS'i3 /
-.. '~<' Let's Look Back
75 Years Ago
August 6, 1910
Married in Haste; Jersey Couple
Skip to Orient and Mother Swoons:
"It's all over Ma!" Then the woman at
the other end of the wire screamed,
swooned, but finally came to.
It happened this way.
Elmer Sherman Millard and Miss
Marion Thurston Tibbits, of Palisade,
N.J., have been pining away for each
other for a long time, but the girl's
mother wanted her daughter to go slow
which was of course, quite out of the
question.
The mother, telephone talk says,
wanted a large and elaborate wedding.
The girl simply dreaded to think of such
a thing as all of her friends seeing her
joined in the holy bonds of wedlock, and
told her dear rna-rna so.
But it made no difference . Ma was
rich. So was Pa. Why not have a large
wedding?
Last Saturday the young couple hap
pened to be guests of the Metcalf family
at their large country place in East
Marlo-i1: ...--------
·""-sQearly in the morning, long before
the usual breakfast time of fashionable
metropolitan folk, they drifted toward
Orient.
They asked the way w a minister's
and some good friend of Domine I
Longsworth sent them his way .
He knew he had a good job --one that
would buy his wife a new silk dress, or
somethIng like that, for the inclinations
of a minister's wife are no different from
those of any other man 's wife --they
want all the "extras."
So the bride, who was fair of face,
sweet and slender, with apple blossom
cheeks, and with eyes that would make
the whole world obey her, stood blush
ingly before the minister.
The young man looked at his bride
and said, "Will you be mine?"
"I will.~ she said.
So it was done.
The young man, by this time, had for
gotten t.o think of the consequences -
of telling his mother-in-law.
But he must do it.
And distance lends much safety.
So the telephone was sought.
"Oh' Oh! Oh'," groaned the mother,
then silence reigned .
The bride was induced to come to the
phone, and after a severe scolding, was
given the parental blessing.
May they live happly ever aller, is
the wish of the little village by the sea
who heard the church bell ring telling
of two happy hearts made one.