HomeMy WebLinkAboutEM38 Chapel East MarionFOR OFFICE USE ONLY
BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVA TION
NEW YORK STA TE PARKS AND RECREA TlON
ALBANY, NEW YORK (51 R) 474-0479
UNIQUE SITE NO . __---,__~
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YOUR NAME : Town of Southold/SPLIA DATE : September 1987
YOUR ADDRESS: Town Hall, Main Rd. ' TE LEPHONE : 516 765 1892
Southold, LI, NY 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town Community Development Office ..... . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . ... . '.. .
IDENTIFICATION
I. BUILDING NAME(S) : East Marion Chapel '
2. COUNTY: Suffolk TOWN/CITY : Southold VILLAGE : East Marion
3. STREET LOCATION : Maln Rd. (NYS Rt~. 25), east of ' Oemetery Rd.
4. OWNERSHIP: a..:...public 0 . ' h ,...1>rivate eg ,
S. PRESENT OWNER~st Marlon (;omm. Ch'ADDRESS : Main Rd.
6. USE: Original : chapel P~esent: c",h:-::a"'"'p=-e=-r..----..:.:----::=:-:=
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: ' Exterior visible from public road : Yes 89 . NoD
Interior accessible : Explain by appol~tment
DESCRIPTION
8" BUILDING
MATERIAL:
9. STRUCTURAL
SYSTEM :
(if knONn)
10 . CONDITION:
II. INTEGRITY:
a. clapboard ~
e. cobblestone 0
b. stone 0
f. ~hingles 0
c. brick 0
g. stucco 0
a. wood frame with interlocking joints 0
b. wood frame with Ii&ht members Q9
c. masonry load bearing walls 0
d. metal (explain) --:;-_~---;~' _____~=--:-=----__:___::_:=
e. other stone foundation
a . excellent KJ b. good o c.fair 0
a. original site Q9 b. moved 0 if sO,when?
c. list major alterations and dates (if known) : ~~~~--------
12. PHOTO: neg: KK 11-13, fm NW 13. AP)~YS Dot comp?s i te' ~reenport and Orlent quads
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING : a. none known (29
d . developers 0
b. zoning 0 c. roads 0
e. deterioration 0
f. other : ___ --:-::-____,....,-_~~__'_=_=:_:=_-__:=
15. RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY : .
a. barn 0 b. carri age house 0 c. ga rage 0
d . privy 0 . e. shed 0 f. greenhouse , 0
g. shop 0 'h . gardens 0
i. landscape fea tures : ~_---'-__-:--_---:-:--_---::-__-:-:
j.' other: East Marion Cemetery
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary) :
a. open land rn b . woodland 0
c. scattered buildings 0
d. densely built-up [J e. commercial 0
f. industri al 0 g. reside~tial ~
h. other: _ _ ___.:.-.._--,-~:=...--'-.:::::::~~~~~~
17. INT ERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS:
(Indica.te if building or structure is in an historic district)
Main Rd. -the 2 lane State Rte. 25 -was the historic
Kings HWY. This road in East Marion 'might well be called
an historic district because it is lined with old houses.
18. , OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features if kn own):
Small It story, "Stick style" structure, gable end to -the
street. Steep gable roof with small brackets under over
hanging eaves and a shed roof dormer. Side entrance on
front facade under 1 story shed roof extension. Clipped
shingles in upper gable peak supported on heavy console
SIGNIFICANCE (see continuation sheet) ,
19. DATE OF INITIAL CONSTRUCTION : 1886 --~~--------~--------------.~'
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAUMPORTANCE:
"This interesting chapel is ~ an ,exceptionally fine
Style structure~ It adds greatly to the ambience
historic East Marion streetscape. ' ,
~n 1886 the E. Marion Reform Association deeded thei~
Temperance Hall and land to the East Marion Baptist Church.
In Sept. 1886 it was decided to build a Hall "on" the same
lot upon which .the Temperance Hall now stands." , The old .
building was sold · at auction on Oct. 2,1886 and moved to
the east of the old site. The new building ~~s ready 'on
May 4, 1887. It was decided to call1 the ne~~~uilding: ~
SOURCES: (continued on attachment1,) \ _. . ,', ' " ,
Long Island Sound Study, Cultural Inventory Subregions
6, 7, 8, & 9. July 20, 1973.
Hyde & Co., Atlas of Long Island, 1897.
IX XJ.'iHCm.X ,
Historical information supplied by Mrs. Edna Brown, Box
, Main Rd., East Marion.
EM 38
Continuation Sheet
18. brackets over a bank of four small diamond paned
windows surrounded by "stick work". Small central
gable adjacent to front entrance also with "stick
work", a trefoil of sunbursts, and the date AIl 1886.
20. Temperance Hall, now (1987) the Chapel which is
used by various oranizations. ·