HomeMy WebLinkAboutEM50 Rackett-William Horton House• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
neg: KK 111-6, flnSW
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
. UNIQUE SITE NO. _....,....,......:....:.:::~~-=-
QUAD ________~~~~~~
SERIES __________~~~~ __
NEG. NO .
DATE: September: 1987 '
TELEPHONE: 516 765 1892
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Community Development Offic'e
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Southold VILLAGE: East Marion
east of Truman's Path
S. PR ES ENT OWN E R: -=-=""'--"r::-:-~:-------;-------ADDRESS: ---:-::--::-=~~-:-::-",--_______--"':,
Present: ____r_e_s_,l_d-::e=n_c_e__---==__..:...:.:.~
Exterior visible from public road: yes Qg
Explain ..:.p:....r_~_v__a_t_e___________
c, brick 0
g, stucco 0 other:
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(explain) ---------------'::i-------:-----------
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fair 0
if sO,when? ----------
-13. MAP:NYS DOT' .composi te
Greenport and Orient quads '
,BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
DlVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVA TION
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREA TlON
ALBANY, NEW YORK (SIR) 474-0479
YOUR NAME: Town of Southold/SPLIA
YOUR ADDRESS :Town -Hall, Main Rd.
Southold, LI, NY 11971
ORGANIZATION (if any): Southold Town
IDENTIFICATION
2, COUNTY :S_u_f_f_o_l_k--::-::--oy----=--.:-TOWN/CITY:
3. STREET LOCATION: Main Rd., north side,
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public 0 h private E9
6. USE: Original: ___r_e_s_l_d_e_n_c_e_____________
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC:
b. wood frame with light members 0
(if knlWn)
SYSTEM:
c. masonry load bearing walls 0
d , metal
12. PHOTO :
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DESCRIPTION
8 . BUILDING
MATERIAL:
9. STRUCTURAL
10 , CONDITION:
I L INTEGRITY:
Interior accessible :
a. clapboard 0 b. stone 0
e. cobblestone 0 f. sh,ingles G
a .. wood frame with in terlocking join ts !!l
e . other __----:-::=-
a, excellent [1g b. good ' 0 c.
. a. original site Q} . b . moved 0
c . list major alterations and dates (if known) :'
1.4. THREATS TO BUILDING: .a. none known ~
d. developers .0
b. zoning 0 .c. roads 0
e. deterioration 0
f. othe r : ____.,----,-___..,---_-:--_---:-:----=----,;~=:_:=~"."<;.
15 . RELATED OUTBUilDINGS AND PROPERTY: . . . O'
a. barnO b. carnage house O . c .. garage
d. prfvy 0 . e. shed 0 f. greenhouse 0
g. shop 0 . h. garde,ns 0 .
. j. landscape fea t u res :__--=:...::..:~=--.:~..::.:..:;;:.::....~::=_:::::;---~
j. other': '.
16. SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUilDING (d';~ck more than one if necessary) :
a. open land [3[ b. woodland fJ
c. scattered building's 0 .
d. densely built-up 0 e. commercial 0
f. industrial 0 g. residential iii
h. other: --...,....----..:..----.,.-~:-::-:---==¢::~~::_7.~~~::=:=::=_:~
· 17 . INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING AND SURROUNDINGS :
(Indica~e if building or structure is in an historic district)
Low density residential, wooded to the east and open
towards the south. Surrounded by residences of pre
dominantly later, though historic date. The house is
18 . ~~H~~t~T~~LE FrlfuR~leo·F ~~LD~~sl~g~I~EK~~fu~linr%~erior features ifk~own):
It story, 3 bay, side ent'rance plan, gable 'roof house with
central chimney. 3 small fremze windows with Greek Revival
sash~~~'\<tSl'~ £aves with thin, decorated brackets. .
Small gable roof wing on west. 6/6 windows.
SIGNIFICANCE
1<). DA TEO FIN IT IAl CONSTRUCT!0 N : __.£P~r...biJ.<oc.!.r~tL.!.oL.....IL.l8.J..3.lJ8'-L-_~':"'-':-=-:----:-:c~~=-7:"":="':-:
20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE :
., The house was ovmed by a Rackett ' in 18.58 and 1873,
William Horton in 1909. . .
This well preserved house is an important component
the historic East Marion streetscape." .
21. SOURCES : U.S. Coast Survey, T-.5.5, 1838/Chace, Map of ·Suf
folk County, 1858!Beers, Comstock, Atlas of Long Island ,;
1873!E. Belcher Hyde, Atlas of Suffolk County, L.I., Vol.
2, North Side, Sound Shore, 1909. n. THEME:
Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research assirtant •
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EM 50
Rackett/Nilliam Horton house
Main Road, East Marion
Photo ca. 1940's
Herbert S. Pratt photo album
Collections SPLIA
EM 50
THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT
VOL. ex \VED~ESDAY, DECEi\IBER 13, 1916 :\ L\l l:3ER ~138
SOME POST-COLONIAL REMAINS ON EAS RN
LONG ISLAND
By RALPH S. FANNING
SO MANY of our foremost architects classed with those WOl' of study and
have been working in the so-called even imitation. Speci is it a delight
Colonial style of architecture during apparently to d and claim for a
the past fe,," yem's and so many of camera's record an altel'ed example of
the original examples of this unique style this charming s ome early settled
have been repro
duced in publica
tions t hat t his
country may al
most be said to be
undergoing a col
onial revival. The
revival, ho\\"ever,
has the merit of
progression, for
much of the con
temporary ,,"ol'k
l'ivals in beauty
and execution the
,,"ork done by the
colonists, hancli
capped a s the y
""ere by lack of
means and tl'ain
ing. The original
e x amp I e s that
have survived the
destl'uctive agents
of time and com"
mercial progres~;
are \\" 0 l' thy of
study and never
fail to arous e the
intel'est of student
a ncl ~\l'chj tect.
Many interesting \yorks
but unmolested
coun tryside.
Such a treat re
paid the wri tel'
for a trip along
the country road
I e a din g through
the early settled
farming section
on the Eastern
End of the North
F 0 l' k of Long
Island. H 0 use
after house, fac
ing the g e n t I y
curving old coun
try turnpike
might boast of
doorways t hat
look out upon the
man y scurrying;
automobiles with
as much dignity
as the y looked
upon the olrl. stage
coach in its bi
\veekly tour of the
same route in the
EAST }IARIQN. LONG ISLAND .gF l l' I y eighteen
·Ylundl'eds.
that do not While the western end of Long Island
elate as far back as colonial times but possessed a colonial al'eh i tecture of the
which \\"el'e executed ',vith much the same Dutch type which has been most success.!"
spirit, though dating in the early half of fully revived and charmingly modernized
the nineteenth century, may well be by one of our most pleasing home design··