HomeMy WebLinkAboutEM19 Capt. J.M. Griffing HouseBUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
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DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVA TlON
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION
ALBANY, NEW YORK (51 X) 474·0479
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YOUR NAME: TO'v'm of S outhold/SPLIA DATE: September 1987
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, 'Main Rd. TELEPHONE: 516 765 1892
Southold, LI, NY 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office
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IDENTIFICA TlON
I. BUILD'ING NAME(S): Capt. J .M. Griffing Jr. House
2. COUNTySuff.olk TOWN/CHY: Southold VILLAGE:East Marion
3. STREET LOCATION: Main Rd., north side, opp. Old Orchard Rd.
4. OWNERSHIP : a. public D h private ~
S. PRESENT OWNER: _-.~_____.___ ADDRESS: __~....--____~_________
6 . USE: Original : residence Present: residence
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road : Yes ~ No .01 ,
Int.erior acces~ible : Explain private resldence
DESCRIPTlON
K BUILDING
MATERIAL:
9. STRUCTURAL
SYSTEM:
(if kno,vn)
10. CONDITION:
II. INTEGRITY:
a. clapboard ~
e. cobblestone D
b. stone D
f. shingles D
c'. brick D d. board and batten D
g. stucco D' other :___~__
a. wood frame with interlocking joints'l9 '
b. wood frame with light members 0 .
c. masonry load bearing walls 0
. d. metal (explain) ______.....:...;.--.:--=-~_____-.:--.___.:.......:.
~. · other ________________________~
<I. excellent g] b. good Dc. fair 0 d. deteriorated 0
a. original site 0 b. moved D if sO,when? ------~-~~ c. list major alterations and dates (if known):
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12. PHOTO: neg: ~.fm S 13. MAP: NYS DOT compoqi te
Greenport and Orient quads
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING : a. none known C3c:
d . developers 0
b . zoning O · c. roads 0
. e. deterioration 0
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15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY :
a: barn 0 b. carriage house 0 c. garage 4t
d. privy O' e . shed O ' f. greenhouse 0
g.shop' 0 , h. gardens 0
i. landscape features: '-r-----------;---:-----....,...."..,,
j . other: --'------'-----------------0.--:7-=,.._7,
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary):
a. open land 0 > b. woodland 5a
c. scattered bulldings 0 1 .
,d. densely built-up O . e . co~mercial 0
f. industrial 0 g. residential Dc
h.other: . heavily treed area of
17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district)
Located on Main Rd., historic Kings Hwy. (NYS Rte. 25).
Medium density residential row of well preserved houses
that line both sides of Main Rd.
18 . OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including int~rior features if known):
2 story, 3 bay, side entrance plan, flat roof house wi~h
large cupola. I"} story wing on east with bracketed hip 'roof
and semi-hexagonal bay windrow. Unique entrance with transom,
siUfelights, pilasters, and sawn spandrels. Paired brick .
chimneys on west end over each parlor. Paired brackets sur-
SIGNIFICANCE round main section of h0t!se. 6/6 windows.
19. DATE OF INltllAL CONSTRUCTION: prj or to 1858
BUILDER : __~~-----,________~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __=
20. HISTORICAL AND 'ARCHITECT U RAL IMPORTANCE :
"Owned by Capt. J .M. Griffing in 1858 and 1873, and by
John M. Griffing in 1909. This interesting house is a .
great addition to the ambience of the historic Est MarIon
streetscape,
Xhese ea~ly
s ignifi cance ';
. 21. SOU~CES : Chace, Map of Suft:W:lk County, 1858.
Beers, Comstock, Atlas of Long Island, 1873.
E. Belcher Hyde, Atlas of Suffolk County, L.I.,
2, North Side, Sound Shore, 1909. ~
n. THOlE:
Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research