HomeMy WebLinkAboutEM8 Grandma Davis HouseBUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM
DIVISION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
NEW YORK STATE PARKS AND RECREATION
ALBANY, NEW YORK (51 H) 474-0479
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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IDENTIFICA TION
I. ' BUlLDING NAME(S): Grandma Davis House
2. COUNTY : Suffolk TOWN/CITY: Southold VILLAGE : East Marion
3. STREET LOCATION : Main Rd •. north side. east of Gillette Dr.
4. OWNERSHIP: a. public 0 h private !Xl
S. PRESENT OWNER : A Halsey Brown ADDRESS: . 6285 Main Rd., East
6. USE: Original: -----=-r-"e'--"s"---'i=--:d"'---""e...,n""c-"e'------___________ Present: office/residenc e
7. ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC': Ext~rior visible from public road: Yes !Xl No 0
Interior accessible: Explain offic e wing only
DESCRIPTION
H. BUILDING , a: c1apbo~rd rn b. stone 0 c. brick 0 d. board and batten 0
MATERIAL: e. cobble~t o ne 0 ' f. shingles 0 g. stucco 0 other : ___________
I): STRUCTURAL a. wood frame with interlocking ioints ~
SYSTEM: b. wood frame with light members '0
(if kno.vn) ' c . masonry load bearing walls 0
d . me ta I (exp la in) _______'-'----'''----'----__--.:..:.::.---'---=----=---=----:.:.= .-:....:.::.::..:.!.:;...!..
.e. other ___________---'_______.....:.____--,-_-!.-~'.
10 . CONDITION : a . excellent ~ b. good 0 c. fair 0
I \. INTEGRITY: a. ori'ginal site:g] , b. moved 0 if so,when? __________:.!..:........:....::=.;,;,._
,c. list major alte ~ations and dates (if known):
12. PHOTO: 13. MAP: NYS DOT composite
Greenport and Orient quads
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
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rQUAD ________________----. EM-8SERIES _____________________
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. 14. THREATS TO BUILDING: a. none known []J
d. developer~ D
f. othe r : __'-----'---:-:-:= ::-__~......::.:.;:"-=-""-~--'--'-.:=:;:::_:.:~-
15 . . RELATED OUTBUILDINGS AND PROPERTY : .
. a. barn D . b . carriage house D c . garageD
d. privy D' e. shed D . f .. greenhouse 0 .
g; sh9P D ~h. gardens 0 , .'
i. landscape features : cast iron hitching
j. other: ____---.:...----,,--___'-___----.__--=-_~
16, SURROUNDINGS OF THE BUILDING (check more 'than one if necessary) :
a. open land!J _ b. woodland IKl
Co scat tered buildings 0
d. densely built-up 0 e. commercialD
( industrial 0 g . resideniial 0
. h. other : -'-----~---------'-----_=~c,
,17 . INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING-AND SURROUNDINGS :
(Indicate if building or structure is in an historic district) •
Located on Main Rd., historic :Kings HWy. (NYS Rte.25),
the east-west route through East Marion • . It is !3urrounded
by houses that line both sides of Main <I Rd. ,predominantly
of later though l':listoric date .. Similiar examples exist here.
18. OTHER NOTABLE fEATURES OF BUILDING AND SITE (including intt::rior features if'known):
It story,~ 3 bay, side entrance plan , gable roof house .,. wi th
high roof plate. 1 story gable roof wing on west. Small
under-eave windows on main facade. Denticulated entrance ·
with pilasters'· and narrow sidelights. 6/6 windows.
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. SIGNIFICANCE . _
19. DATE OF INlTl A L CONSTRUCT! ON :___B_e_t_w_e_e_n,,--,=1::..!7-,9<-O~a..;;:n;.::..d~1=-8-=-=Q=1_*-,----:-:=:~~
, 20. HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE ~ .
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,. Although boxwood obscure~ th~ facade, this early hotise
contributes to the character of ~ainRd., lined w{th
other examples or siciiliar ~ge ~rid type. '
This handsome entrance with its louvered door and white
porcelain knob is ·very·similiar to others in the ' area ·
that were the subject of an illustrated article ·in The ·
American Architect in 19l6.r; ~-
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21. SOURCES: "Some Post-eolon'i ~Remains on Eastern Long
Island", by Ralph S~ Fanning, in The American Architect:
Vol. ex, No. 2138, Dec~ 13 1916, pp 367-371. .
*Summer of History, Town of Southold, 1965 , map no. -3.
22 . THU1E;
Form prepared by Kurt Kahofer, research