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Southold Town Landmark Preservation Commission
,To , p$m-9g gmownlFf Thursday, January 23, 1886
The Southold Town Landmark Preservation Commission met Thursday,
January 23 at 7:30 pm at Town Hall, with all five members present. John
Stack presided for the first time as chairman.
Winifred Billard of Cutchogue was a visitor, and presented the Commission
with a listing of the stones in the Cutchogue cemetery on Main Road . The list
was originally compiled by Josephine C . Frost and copied by Julia Wickham.
In 1979 Lois B. Allen and Winifred Billard copied the list from the Brooklyn
Museum files . They checked it against existing stones and added stones
overlooked in the original lis and notedl stones lost since the list was
compiled . This document will bb kept in the Landmark archives, and a copy
given the Southold Town Historian.
The program of the evening was the re-examination of the goals and duties
of the Landmark Preservation Commission, as outlined in Southold Town Local
Law #1, 1983 . In this document the Commission is charged with locating,
designating and conserving buildings of architectural and historical
s ignif icance .
Ralph Williams was asked to give a simplified explanation of the various
designations and benefits available to owners of eligible houses :
11 . NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. The age and history of the
structure is researched . It is listed on the State Register and finally the
National Register. A tax credit of 25% is allowed for restoration work done,
provided the building is reused for a profitable purpose .
2 . CERTIFIED HISTORIC STRUCTURE. The age, and a brief history of the
structure, is researched, but owners need not go through the time-consuming
and relatively expensive process of placing it on the National Register. A
25% tax credit is allowed here also.
3. OLD BUILDING REHABILITATION. A building 40 years old, or older, is
allowed a 20% tax credit if the building is rehabilitated for commercial use.
John Stack suggested that the Commission design and print certificates,
and purchase markers, to be given all owners of buildings designated by the
Commission - or through the on-going SPLIA town inventory - as Landmarks .
The Commission listed the following priorities :
1. The Commission should establish a reward system for owners who are
preserving their landmark properties . Each should be given a handsome
certificate and a marker to be displayed on the exterior of the building.
2 ,The Commission should continue to search out and list eligible buildings
through the efforts of its members and through SPLIA's inventory.
3. The Commission should continue its educational programs . These effort:
benefit the Town and also enlarge the various commissioners ' acquaintance
with Southold Town's architectural heritage.
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4. The Commission should develop a budget for all its- activities,
including 1) programs; 2) certificates and markers; 3) the publication of a '
book or booklet; 14) conducting classes for adults and in the school system; a
5 ) installing displays in public places in Southold Town and beyond -
displays which exhibit our architectural- and historic heritage .
Bill Peters was asked to contact Jim McMahon regarding the progress of
SPLIA's inventory of the Town, and to report at our next meeting.
The Commission will continue the inspection of houses whose owners
request the evaluation. This material will be written up, photographed, and
filed in the Landmark archives, and a copy with the Town Historian.
Please note, this change in date : The Landmark Preservation Commission
will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, February 26. The speaker will be
architectural historian Nicholas Langhart, who is curator of Hallockville,
and is the restoration consultant and property manager of the Smithtown
Historical Society. This program will be just for Landmark Commission
members, but a possible. public forum with Mr. Langhart as speaker is
envisioned in the future .
For the next meeting Bill Peters. and Joy Bear were asked to bring
designs for certificates, and for plaques which will be given to owners
of homes designated as Landmarks .
The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 pm.
Joy Bear, Secretary
LATE NEWS FLASH:
The February, 1986 issue of the Long Island Forum carries a story that
should be of interest to Southold residents . It is about the mile markers
that Benjamin Franklin laid along Route 25 (King's Highway) in the mid-17501 :
while he was postmaster general of the Colonies . The stones started at the
Post Office in Riverhead, and marked each mile to Orient Point. Postal
rates were determined by the location, of these markers .
The cover photograph in the February 186 Forum is of the 7-mile marker,
and the article is the Forum's lead story of the issue . The Southold Town
Landmark Preservation Commission and the Southold Town Historian are
mentioned .
If you do not subscribe to the Long Island Forum, and wish to obtain a
copy, call Diane Perry at the 'Suffolk County Historical Society, 727-2881: