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YOUR NAME : Town of Southold/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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IDENTIFICATlON
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2. COUNTY : Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: East . Marion
3 . STREET LOCATION: Main Rd., north side, west of Shipyard Ln.
4. OWNERSHIP: a . public 0 h private 29
S. PRESENT OWNER: S • J. potowski ADDRESS : Main Ed.. East Marion
6. USE : e...... ......e Presen t:Original: _.L.r..... s ... iL.ld ......n~cu..e~______ res i den c e
7. ACCESSIBI L1TY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes IX] No 0
.Interior accessible : .Explain private residence
DESCRIPTION
H. BUILDING . . a .. c1apbo~rd d b. stone 0 c. brick D d. board and batten 0
MATERIAL: e. cobblestone 0 r. shingles 0 15. stucco 0 other:aluminurh siding
9. STRUCTURAL a. wood frame wiJh interlocking joints Iil
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members 0
(if kno.vn) c. masonry load bearing wall s 0
d. me tal (explain) ---'-------'-=----'-'-----7-~-=-~=----~
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10. CONDITION : a . excellent ~ b. good 0 c. fair 0 d . deteriorated 0
II. INTEGRITY: a. original site G b .. moved 0 if sO,when?
----~,------~~~~ c . list major alterations and dates (if known):
Front porch removed, shutters not original.
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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVA nON
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION
ALBANY, NEW YORK (51 S) 474-0479
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
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14 . THREATS TO BUILDING : a. none kno"wn rn b . zoning 0 c. roads 0
d. developers 0 e. de terioration 0
.f. o ther : _____~-----...!:....-::.::;....----,,-:==_=:~:.--
15 . RELATED OUTB UILDINGS AND PROPERTY:
a. barn 0 b. carriage house 0 , . c; garage 0 .
d. privy 0 'e.shed 0 ' f. greenhouse 0 .
g. shop 0 h.gardens 0 .
i. landscape feature .s : several large trees
j . other : ______....:.-_____~--=~~~
16 . SURRO UNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (che ck more than one if ne~essary): .
. .' . -a. open land G b. woodlanq:t9 11ght
c. scattered buildings 0 . "
d. densely built :up 0 e. comme r cial 0
f. indus t rial 0 .g. residentia'l ~
17 . . INT ERR ELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS: .
(Indi cate if building or stru cture is in an historic district) ..
Low density residential area of Main Rd., 'historic Kings
Hwy. (NYS Rte. 25). Open land to north and east, sit~ of
recent land subdivision. . .
18 . . OTH ER NOTABLE FEATURESOF BuILDING AND SITE (including int~rior features ifknowri) :
2t st ory, 3 bay, 'side entrance plan, gable roof house
with slender off-center chimney. Small It story, gable
roof wing on rear. 2/2 windows.
SIGNIFICANCE
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20. HISTORICAL AND ARCH IT ECTURAL.IMPORTANCE :
1/ Charles Fenton in 1909. Mrs. "Fenton ,in 1906 and
Mrs" Mallison in 1873. 'Mr •. Manson on 1858 map.
Apparently, this was originally . a 1t story house.
None-the-less, it contributes to the ambience of
the historic streetscape.
This was the small farm where Emily Cleayes
came as a bride. :r
2 1. SOURCES : "The Peconic Bay Shopper, 9/1/82.
Beers, Comstock, Atlas of Long Island, 1873.
Chace, Map of Suffolk County, 1858 • .
Hyde &Co., Atlas of Long Island, 18~~.
xmXXXHKMX : E. Belcher Hyde & Co., Map of Long Island, 1906.
'E. Belcher Hyde, Atlas of Suf~olk County, L.I.,
Vol. 2. North Side. Sound Shore, 1909.
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Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research assistant.
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Sam Sander
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hile browsing through the Long Island Forum, I came .upon the
following letter in the January, 1957 issue. I think it will inter
est the readers of P .B.S. Since it is a period pie ce containing
___•••~.~me~ooal g~nealogy together with bits of relaxed hUlllor.
~EmIly (nee Cleaves) Mallison was born in Franklinvill e, (now
Laurel), Long Island, on Septem ber 27, 1824.
She often spoke of a cousin Addison Cleaves, who, in his days of
retirement, combed all the eastend villages for information conceming the
Cleaves falllily. My father, Wm. II. Griffing, was able to send him consider
. able data. I have often wondered if he put this information in a book or
pamphlet.
Another cousin was in partnership with G. H. Corwin in a well es
tablished drugstore in Greenport.
Grandma was married early in Ii fe to Charles Mallison, an English
man. They settled in Rocky Point (now East Marion) on a slllall farm of
about six acres which was located on the north side of the main highway
in the westerly end of the village. The one-and-a-half story frallle dwelling
was the second homestead as you entered the village.
II rr"r o ('"n r,,1 ,I(''lr~ ()f nrn"'rJ'itv . hpJ' hll~h :lf1d di e d J':Jfh rJ' ~lldrlrJ1-
"Preserving Your Bit of History" The Peconic nay Shopper September I, 1982 ------------------
Asthegirisgrewtowomanhood,Harriet married Abraham Tuthill,
a farmer of Orient; Alice married Will . Hollis Griffing, a farmer and writer
forlocalpapersand the Brooklyn Times. Charles Jr. married Jennie Cooper
and after her death, Ella Mulford of East Hampton.
Charieswasacaptain of many seagoing vessels. He held a master's
license for steam or sail , which I have in my keepsakes . One of his last
posts was as mate and pilot of the yacht Vergana, owned by a son of one
t ime Governor Flower of New York .
Grandma contracted a cough which gave her some trouble and
annoyance. She was very fortunate in having Dr. John Ireland, one of
Greenport's best doctors, prescribe for her troubles . He very often told
her the cough would not be the means of her death.
Good Dr. Ireland charged her half price, fifty cents, for a hOllse
call and sometJmes gave her a nice large orange . At times on his way back
from Orient he would leave a quart of milk which could not be purchased
in East Marion at that particular time:
Grandma was not a very profitable patient, but she surely did a
lot of advertising of the good doctor's virtues, as hundreds of others living
on the east end of Long Island could do.
Dr. Ireland had a large practice, with his faithful Jim to drive the
horse. He made his calls any time of day or night , in all kinds of weather.
Not only did he dispense medicine, but good cheer went with the dose he
left at the bedside. I know, for he was our doctor, and what a welcome
sight it was to see him coming.
After Grandma's children were all married, having homes of their
own, she sold the farm and purchased a small house, built on a half-acre of
land lo cated in the center of the village. The house is still standing, un
occupied by the present owners and sorely in need of repairs.
Grandma lived to a good old age, even as Dr. Ireland had prophe
sied . She was an honor to her family , church and village .
Captain Eugene S. Griffing,
St. Petersburg, Fla.
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