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BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION
ALBANY, NEW YORK (SI8) 474-0479
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
.UNIQUE SITE NO . _' _~:::-:-'~~::==QUAD ________________~~
SERIES ________-,--__..:....;.....___
NEG. NO .
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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IDENTIFICATION '
I. BUILDING NAME(S) : East Marion Post Office/War Memorial
2 . COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE: East Marion
3 . STREET LOCATION: Main Rd., north side, between Orchard and Bay
4. OWNERSHIP: a. ~ublic 0 h private 0 '
S. PRESENT OWNER : War Memorial ' Assoc. ADDRESS:--=-:::-_______,--_-,
6 . USE : Original :post office/war mem. Present : ~-=s-=a=m::.:e=---=:;--__--;::~__
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes [Z] No 0
DESCRIPTION
8 , BUILDING
MATERIAL:
9. STRUCTURAL
SYSTEM :
(if knONn) .
10 . CONDITION:
II. INTEGRITY :
Interior-accessible: Expla'in --'Y.z...::::e.=s__..,-____.:....:..!::.::....
a. clapboard rn b. stone '0 ,c. brick 0
e. cobblestone O ' f. shingles 0 . g. stucco 0
a. wood frame with interlocking joints 0
b. wood frame with light members :KJ
c . masonry lo a d bearing walls 0
d. metal (explain) ____~----__::__=_~~'--=::..:.:.:...:...:.:=-~
e. other;--___---==-____,.,,--_______..,.,-____
a. excellent [1iJ b. good 0 c. fair 0
a. original site:g] b . moved 0 ' if so,when?
c list major altera tions and dates (if known): ' -------~=::...
12 . PHOTO: neg: KK
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14. THREATS TO B'UILDING : a. none known KJ
d. developers 0
f. other: ____.,....-.,..-___--:::-::-...:.:::..~_~__:_:_:;::::.,.....:::.:;~
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY : ,
a . barn 0 ' b . c'a rri age house 0 c. garage 0
d. privy D . e . shed 0 f. greenhouse 0
g. shop 0 h. gardens 0
(neg: KK II-II) ' i. landscape features ; WW I Memorial stone
j. other: _ . ___--',,-'--___'----.:..__~_____=~:=_-
SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necess ary):
a. open hi nd 0 b. woodland ~
c. scat tered build ings 0 " .
d. dens~ly buil t·up 0 e. commercial 0
f. industrial 0 ' g. residential KJ "
h. other : __________.,....-----'_-..:.,_ _ ..::,.=.::::----,
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17. INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS; '
(Indicate if building or structure is in' an historic district)
This 'small post office/war memorial is 'located on Main
Rd., historic King's Hy.,ry. Medium density residential,
surrounded by houses of historic and architectural sig
nificance. Fire Dept. building to the east. '
OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if known):
It story, J bay gable roof building with center entrance ,
flanked by 6/6 windows. Wide frieze with , dentils. Interior
includes decorated post boxes and 2 ~bay counter assembly.
BUiLDER: ____~'--______~__~__~~~~--~~----------
HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE : ' .
"This post office is believed to ,be the first in
states to be built as ,a ,War Memorial •.. Residents
money to dedicate the 'building as a rrie.morial to WWII
service people from East Marion. They raised mo~e than ,
$7,000, which with ' a $1,000 bank loan was suffic~ent to
construct this building. It has since been dedicated to ,
those in East Mari'on who have served in consecutive wars."
21. SOURCES:
NY Times, 6/14/1987
, Yeager, Around the Forks, 1985
THEME :
Form prepared b~ Kurt Kahofer,
East Marion.Post Office/War Memorial EM-31Main Rd., East Marion
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f. . r,:,.~ ;t . CJ 1...3 !/J-J-('tL J PUll. BY C. R. AUKER
Postal View, 1923, Col1. Suffolk County Historical Society.