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Historic Building/Places Inventory
Town of Southold
54375 Route 25, P.O. Box 1179
Southold, NY 11971
Name: Town of Southold/Mark S. Tweedie Date: April 2012
Organization: Town of Southold Landmarks Preservation Commission
Inventory Update:
1. Building/Place Name/Date: Lopped Tree, (Eighteenth Century)
2. Tax Map Number/Address: N/A, North Side of New Suffolk Avenue
3. Town of Southold Identification Number: MK-90
4. Current Status of Historic Building(s) or Place(s): -Extant
5. Evidence of Structural Modifications: -N/A.
6. Notes: -Culturally Modified Trees (CMT), were often used to demarcate land
or territorial boundaries during Colonial Era (and in prehistory). Also
called “living fences,” these trees are extremely rare and significantly
contributes to historic landscape of Mattituck.
Photographic Record of Historic Building(s) or Place(S) - April 2012:
View is Northeast (both images).