HomeMy WebLinkAboutEM5 Oyster FactoryALllANY, NEW YORK (51 H) 474-0479 NEG. NO.
BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVA TlON
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATioN
YOUR NAME : Town of SOl1tho, 'd /SPT.TA ' IL
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
pNIQUE SITE NO . ______
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SERIES ___-:-:-____--'-_
DATE : September 1987
YOUR ADDRESS : Town Hall, ' Main Rd. TELEPHONE: 51 6 765 '892
Southold, LI, NY 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any) : Southold Town Community Development Office
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IDENTIFICATION
I. BUILDING NAME(S) : Long Island Oyster Farms
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2, COUNTY: Suffolk , TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE : East Marion
3. STREET LOCATION: end of Shipyard Ln.. east side I at Cleaves pt.
4. OWNERSHIP ; a.,public 0 h private ~.
S. PRESENT OWNER : Neted of America ADDRESS : Patchogue. LI. NY
6. USE : Original: proc ess ing plant Present: _--"v.!:a"-"c~an=,,,-t-,,=___--==----,__:
7 . ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC: Exterior visible from public road: Yes OC] , No 0
DESCRIPTION
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MATERIAL :
9. STRUCTURAL.
SYSTEM :
(if kno.vn)
10 . CONDITION:
II. INTEGRITY :
, Inter,ior accessible: Explain ' privatly owned
a . clapboard 0 . b'. stone 0
e. cobblestone 0 'f. shingies 0
c. brick Kl d . board and batt en 0
g. stucco 0 ' other: cement
a. wood frame with interlocking joints 0
b. wood frame with light members 0
c . masonry load bearing walls ex
d. meta I (expla!.n) _____.......:;..:.=-'-::-'--~-_:_'-------~
e. other, _ _ --'-_--::::::-___________ _ -___,..:;,
a. excellent 0 b. good OCJ -c. fair 0 d . deteriorated 0
a. original site Ot b. moved 0 if sO ,when'/
---------~ c. list major ' alteraiions and dates (if known):
12. PHOTO:neg: KK 1I-2, fro W 13. ~AP: NYS DOT composite
Greenport Orient uads
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14. THREATS TO BUILDING': a. none known 0 b. zoning~ -c. roads 0
C-l marine resort .-d.developers ~l e. deteriora \ion 0
z on e d • r. oth e r : ----..ll>P.Ta;yn~d~a~l i~s.u.mL__-----'-___:_:_:_--"---'=---7"_:::.._:_==_:''';;_....... -~
15 . RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND ' PROPERTY: .
a. barn D . b. carriage house 0 ' c. ga rage O .
d. privy 0 ' e.shed Or.greenhou se 0
g, shop 0 _h. garde n s 0 .
i. landscape features : property ad joins Orient Hat-bor ;
j.other: Warehouse, boat launch smokestack.
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more than one if necessary) :
a. open land !XI . b. woodland 0
c . 'scattered buildings 0 _ .
,d. densely built-up 0 . e. commercial 0
E indu strial [] g. re sidential ~ , '
h.other : conaominiumcomplex directJy west.'
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17. INT ERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS :
(I ndicate if building or 'structure is .in an historic district) _
Located at the end of Shipyard Ln., south of Main Rd. bet
ween Greenport ·and Orient Harbors. Open land to north and
east, with recently constructed condominiums west of Ship-'
yard Ln. " .' , )
18. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including interior features ifknown :
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Main structure is a 2 story, ·flat-roof rectangular buiJ,ding
with central stepped gable flanked by 1 story flat-roo~
wings. Casement windows wrap the corners of the main fac
ade. Adjoining large warehouse to south, tall brick smoke
stack to the north.
SIGNIFICANCE
19 . DA T E 0 FIN ITIA L CONSTR UCTI ON: -----=-¥bf''V----------'-'---'''--'-.,.-'-'-'--'-'-
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20 , Hi 'STORICAL AND ARCHitECTURAL IMPORTANCE:" . " ,"
!1 Built by General Food Corporation as a wholesale plant for
processing and paCkaging oysters, this is one' of 'agricul
turaL East Marion's few industrial buildings. While this
building is of archite~tural interest as an example of
early Modernism, it is also of historic interest because
it relates to the once-thriving oyster industry. ",
. 21. SOURCES : Suffolk Times,
"Landpaper", 9/87.
LI Traveller-Watchman, Vol. 116,
Suffolk Times, 4}16/87. n . 1HUIE :
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Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research assistant.
Long Island Oyster Farms EM-5
East Marion
Overall view from NW
neg: KK 1-4.
50 Years Ago
February 21, 1936
Gent~J FoocU Plans Seafood
Plant: If the present plans of the Gen
eral Foods Corporation Inc ., of which
the Long Island Oyster Farms, with an
openilll .nll shipping plant at Green-pon, is 'a branch, materialize, there will
in the near future be erected in the vi
cinity of Greenporl one of the most com
plete and modern plants for the handl
ing of sea food in the country.
The General Foods Corporation, it is
reported, has purchased a tract of land
. , of about fifty acres at East Marion with
. shore frontage . The property which is Suffolk Times,familiarly known as the "Wind Mill " 2/20/86.property , is located east of the Fish es
. tate.
A large brick building of modern type
-construction, will be erected on the ·
property . A portion of this building will
be utilized as an oyster opening and
shipping plant for the Long Island Oys
ter Fanns ofwhich Capt. Chris. Jensen
of Greenport, is the local manager. The
present oPening shops of the company
. which have for a number of years been
located on the property of the H.W.
Sweet Ship Yard, have outgrown their
~~esent location.