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Long Island Produce Company Building in
Southold,
Located on Youngs Avenue, 1930s, No longer extant
~ HOUSES 2000 ~
(Updated 11/2012)
Over a decade ago the Society began an ambitious
project to document the history of many houses and
buildings within Southold and Peconic Hamlets.
This information has been sitting in our archives and we
have decided to now make it available to a wider
audience on-line. Over the next several months we
will be adding histories and images of the buildings
that were included as part of this project, as well as
adding others that were overlooked, and still others
that are no longer standing. Check back soon to
learn more about the many historic buildings in Southold
Town!
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HISTORIC BUILDINGS - COMMERCIAL - SOUTHOLD
Name: Horton Point Lighthouse
Tax ID Number: 50-1-11
Street Address: Lighthouse Road
Hamlet: Southold
Built: 1857
Status: Extant
Although the Horton Point Lighthouse was commissioned
in 1790 during George Washington’s Presidency, the first
letter requesting a fixed light at Horton Point came in
1853 from William Brown, Master of the steamer Bay
State. In 1854, the Light-House Board received 2
petitions, from Connecticut Congressman Nathan Belcher
and L. E. Daboll of New London Connecticut. On August 3,
1854, Congress appropriated $4,000 for the construction
of the lighthouse, which was deemed inadequate by the
Light-House Board. Another $3,500 was appropriated on
August 18, 1856. William Sinclair, a Scottish
immigrant who obtained US citizenship in 1823, oversaw
and documented the construction, beginning on May 19,
1857. Sinclair was well suited to the job as he was
formerly an engineer in Brooklyn Navy Yard. His first
entry is noting the arrival of the first delivery of
bricks, 90,000 in all, on May 16, 1857. On June 9,
1857 the cornerstone was laid in the cellar. A second
shipment of bricks, 60,000 in number, arrived on June
23, 1857 from the contractor, E. N. Huble, to be used
for the tower. On July 7, the first brick was laid on
the dwelling. On September 25, the masons finished work
on both the tower and dwelling and on October 5, the
Third Order Fresnel lantern was raised into place All
work was completed by October 12, 1857 and the light was
first lit on October 15, 1857. The total cost of the
construction was $12,412, itemized as follows: $3,875
for labor, $6,437 for materials, and $2,100 for lens and
apparatus. The Depression, the availability of
electric, and the absorption of the US Lighthouse
Service of the US Commerce Department into the US Coast
Guard all led to the automation of lighthouses in the
1930’s. In 1933 a 50 foot high skeletal metal tower was
erected 50 feet north of the tower, and on June 30, 1933
a revolving green electric light was lit. The
Southold Park District acquired the property from the
Department of Commerce for $1. Keeper Ehrhardt continued
to live in the dwelling and commuted to the Shinnecock
Lighthouse, from which he retired in 1935. During
years of non-use, the iron balcony was removed for
scrap, the ten bronze drain gargoyles disappeared, and
the wood porch was removed. In 1970-71, the Southold
Historical Society urged the Southold Park Commission to
do some work so that the keeper’s dwelling could be
occupied by the society’s curator/director. For five
years nothing happened as money was scarce. Finally, as
a 1976 bicentennial project, a $40,000 restoration
effort addressed wiring, heating and plumbing. It was
also at this time that the first Nautical Museum was
established at the lighthouse through the efforts of
George Wagoner, the Society's director. The new
museum opened in July of 1977. The Daily News reported
that "Most of the museum's exhibits are of marine and
nautical objects, paintings and documents." Of special
interest was the first exhibition of the Horton Point
Lighthouse log books dating from 1890-1918. In addition,
Newsday noted in a feature article that a number of
important objects had joined the museum's displays: "The
new museum is currently exhibiting multi-colored
scrimshaw, a lapdesk made on board a whaling ship by
Capt. Francis Sayre of Southold, and his sextant and a
spyglass made by Ben Fitz . . ." In 1978 the museum
hosted a special one-man exhibition of marine paintings
by noted nautical artist Len J. Pearce (b. 1932).
A studio apartment for rental was created on the second
floor, and public restrooms for the Park were built. In
early 1988, the Park District and the Historical Society
volunteers Cliff and Eunice Benfield, Don and Doris
Bayles, and Bob Pettit planned and effected the
restoration of the tower and lantern room. The tower was
re-commissioned by the Coast Guard on June 9, 1990, and
the light was again lit after many decades of silence.
In a 1993 agreement between the Historical Society and
the Park District, the Nautical Museum retains perpetual
occupancy as long as it maintains its exhibition
function for the tower and museum space. The US Coast
Guard maintains the operation of the light and the Park
District maintains the grounds, restrooms and apartment.
The Historical Society and the Park District share in
cooperative maintenance and restoration activities. In
2006 the entire interior of the Nautical Museum portion
of the lighthouse was revamped with new historical
objects and documents, labels, and displays.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 52-4-2.2
Address: 64755 Main Road
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Larry Tuminello was an owner of this commercial
property. In 2000 the building became a realty.
Name:
Reichert Family Center (AKA Sherburne Beckwith Store)
Tax ID Number: 61-2-7.2
Address: 54127 Route 25
Hamlet: Southold
Date: c. 1840s
Status: Extant
The Reichert Family Center and Cosden Price Gallery
was known locally as the Beckwith store. It is located
on the north side of State Route 25 in the hamlet of
Southold, Suffolk County, New York. Located on property
once owned by early 17th century Southold settlers John
Conklynge, Richard Cark, and John Salmon, the building
was built by the Lester family before 1850. The Hon.
Thomas S. Lester Sr. (1782-1817) was a prominent local
resident and states attorney whose son, Col. Thomas S.
Lester Jr. (1811-1885), amassed a fortune and donated
the first clock for the steeple of the Southold
Presbyterian Church. The store building was sold
by Thomas S. Lester, Senior’s widow, Mary H. A. Lester,
to G. P. Horton in 1858 along with eight acres of land.
George P. Horton was a master builder in Southold during
the mid-19th century and was responsible for many
important structures, including his own mansion which
was later known as the Albertson House, located on the
corner of Youngs Avenue and Route 25. In April of
1864, the building and four acres, were acquired by
Capt. Sherburne Beckwith (1822-1896), who hired local
carpenter William H. Corwin in 1867 to build his new
home just west of the store building. Beckwith came to
Southold from Connecticut in 1849 to run a ship
chandlery in Greenport, located east of Southold. He
retired to Southold in the 1860s where he ran a small
dry goods business from his store building. His
descendants would own the building until 1984.
Following Beckwith’s death, the store was leased to and
occupied by Frank T. Wells, who ran his own dry goods
enterprise from the building in the early 20th century.
The building was leased by Arthur F. Gagen for his
insurance business in later years. During the mid-20th
century, part of the shop was subdivided into two
spaces, with Capt. Beckwith’s grandson, Joseph Beckwith
Hartranft (1890-1982), using his portion as painting
studio and gallery. Hartranft was a very successful
local painter, continuing a tradition that began with
the arrival of many other artists during the 19th
century.
Following his death in 1982, the building and
neighboring Beckwith house were sold separately, the
store being acquired by Robert W. Gillispie, III.
Gillispie ran his “North Fork Real Estate” business from
the shop for almost thirty years until his own death in
2009. He was a life member of the Southold Historical
Society, and it was from his estate that the Society
purchased the building in 2011.
Name: Henry W. Prince Building (AKA: The Brick Store)
Tax ID Number: 61-2-10.3
Address: 54325 (54255) Route 25
Hamlet: Southold
Date: 1874
Status: Extant
The Prince Building was built in 1874 for Henry Wells
Prince (1839-1925) and G. Frank Hommel. Hommel
occupied the west side of the building where he ran a
shoe store and Prince occupied the east where he ran a
successful dry goods business. The building was twice
home to the United States Post Office - first in 1893
and again from 1932 through the 1950s. The
building contains approximately 29,475 bricks
manufactured by the Brenan and Graham brick companies.
Construction began October 26, 1874 and was concluded on
or about February 2, 1875. Those who helped construct
the building included Thomas Quarty, D. Glover, and S.
A. Prince (Carpenters); T. Donahue, Harrison Reeve, John
Whitney, T. Topping, J. Cogan, Joe Sidor, O. Corwin, and
a Horton and a Terry (Masons and Laborers). By the
late 19th century Prince had bought out Mr. Hommel and
taken over the entire establishment for his business
activities. The basement, at that time, housed a popular
Oyster Bar and candy store, which was entered through a
door cut into the basement on the front of the building.
In February of 1881 the Southold Grange voted to accept
the offer of space on the second floor of the building.
The International Order of Odd Fellows also used this
space. In June of 1890 a large opening was cut through
the center wall dividing the two rooms on the second
floor. The building housed a number of stores
following Prince and Hommel, and the second floor was
converted into apartments after 1940. Though the correct
order and time spans are not known, these businesses
included: W. A. Williams Clothing Store; Fred
Fickeissen's Grocery Store; Chris Grattan's Butcher
Shop; Rothman's Department Store; Smitty's Fruit &
Vegetable Storerooms; Jimmy's Restaurant (1950s); a
Television and Radio Store; Lambert's Clothing Store;
and Gossner's (printing/stationary). The building
was badly damaged in August of 1954 during hurricane
Carol when the east side roof and upper portion of the
front wall gave way (see below). The original round
attic story window was never restored, and instead a
demi-lune window was placed in that position. At that
time, the U.S. Post Office occupied the west side and a
restaurant occupied the east side. By 1989 the
building was in a bit of disrepair, the remaining
portion of the original porch having been removed after
1954. The Society purchased the building that year from
Arthur and Millicent Gossner and began an aggressive
restoration and rehabilitation effort. Today, the
building is fully restored and houses the Maureen
Ostermann Administrative Center, Archives, Museum Gift
Shop, and the Treasure Exchange Consignment Shop.
Name: Cleveland-Glover-Gagen Blacksmith Shop
Tax ID Number: 62-2-5.2
Address: 55200 Route 25
Hamlet: Southold
Date: 1845
Status: Extant
Currently located on the grounds of the Southold
Historical Society.
Name: Southold Yacht Club (First Building)
Tax ID Number: 81-1-24.3
Address: End of Robinson Road at Paradise Point
Hamlet: Southold
Date: 1948
Status: No longer extant
The Southold Yacht Club was organized in March of
1938 to serve the growing community of professional and
amateur yachtsmen. For many years, the club used the
town pier at Founder's Landing and other locations,
including Indian Neck, from where they hosted many of
their annual events. From 1938 through 1947 the club
examined thirteen different sites for a permanent club
house, finally settling on property at the tip of
Paradise Point in August of 1947. Construction of the
building began in early 1948, and may have included
portions of at least two old barrack structures from
Camp Upton, which were brought by barge to the site
(this has not been confirmed). The new clubhouse was
dedicated and opened for business on July 4th, 1948,
with over 400 people in attendance. The building was
open during the early 1950s, from Tuesday thru Sunday,
including evenings, and served "...sandwiches, salads,
hamburgers, and the proverbial hot-dogs at fair prices."
Increasingly dangerous currents eventually made the site
of the clubhouse too dangerous to use for sailing
purposes. The club moved to their new site, near the
Goose Creek Bridge around 1969. That year, they
purchased a portion of the dock from the Silver Sands
Motel to install at the new site. The old clubhouse
building was sold to be converted into a private home
and was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy on October 29,
2012.
HISTORIC BUILDINGS - COMMERCIAL - CUTCHOGUE
Name: Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library (AKA
Ind. Congregational Church)
Tax ID Number: 109-6-2.2
Address: 51225 Route 25
Hamlet: Cutchogue
Date: 1862
Status: Extant
The Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library was built as a
church by the Independent Congregational Church and
Society in 1862. The society was formed by a group of
people who split off from the Cutchogue Presbyterian
Church. They built their church on land donated by one
of their members and financed through member
contributions such as a wooded lot, 4 shares of stock
and one woman’s gold beads. By 1913 the building
was not in use and the members had returned to the
Presbyterian Church while still keeping their religious
society active. The Trustees voted to refurbish the
building and grounds for use as a library. In 1914 the
Trustees approved the rental of the building for a
dollar a year. The library was opened and staffed by
volunteers and then granted a charter in 1917. A furnace
and electricity were installed in 1920. In 1927 the
Cutchogue Methodist Church burned and the Congregational
Society closed the library to allow the Methodists to
use the building for worship while they were building
their new church. The library was reopened when the new
Methodist church was completed. The library continued to
operate in the Church building for a nominal rent with
free standing shelving and no permanent furnishings so
that it could be returned to a place of worship with
little problem. Today (2012) the building is only
a library, and is no longer used for worship purposes.
HISTORIC BUILDINGS - RESIDENTIAL - SOUTHOLD
Name: William Russell House
Tax ID Number: 50-2-7
Street Address: 605 Soundview Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
Date: 1800s
Status: Extant
According to the most recent owner, the house was built
in the 1800s. The original structure is of wood over
which at some later date brick walls were erected. There
is a rather large cistern located in the cellar.
It is circular and built of bricks stuccoed inside. Rain
water was collected from which it was hand pumped into
the attic and was dispensed by gravity. Chimney
and foundation are constructed from beach-stones. It had
a “secret” compartment in the attic which contained an
old metal cot, ammunition, a gun powder bottle and part
of a still together with some old bottles. There is a
beautiful stained glass window mounted between two
interior rooms. It is signed “James Baker, NY
1879.” The old kitchen has been modernized with
150-year-old white pine from a tobacco shed. The
garage/workshop was converted into two bedroom guest
house (no kitchen). Chimney has a shape of the
letter “S.” The home was first owned either by a
man named William Russell (b. 1825), a preacher, or his
son, William F. Russell (b. 1855). Later it was
owned, c. 1909, by Simon Fillmore Peavy (b.1884), who
was John D. Rockefeller’s lawyer. Thereafter a man
named Applegate owned it. During the 1960s-70s it
was owned by John O’Connor, TV critic of the New York
Times. It was purchased by Stanley J. Ciaputa, the
present (2012) owner in the 1970s.
Name: Alfred H. Cosden Stable (AKA:
'Eastward' Stable)
Tax ID Number: 51-3-2.10
Address: 1750 Mount Beulah Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Completed by 1916
Status: Extant
Alfred H. Cosden was a wealthy pharmaceutical executive,
originally from Delaware. He and fellow friends Edward
Cahoon and Joseph Marshall built large estates here in
Southold. The architect hired to design the estate
was James L. Burley, a well respected New York City
architect, and designer of Cahoon’s nearby mansion,
“Over-the-Sound-Villa.” In addition to being a
successful businessman, Cosden was a famous horse
breeder and racer and his stable won many important
competitions, including the Belmont Stakes in 1928. That
year his racer “Vito,” beat out other horses to claim
the top prize on Long Island. Between 1905 and 1935
Cosden owned dozens of horses and won an equal amount of
competitions and prizes up and down the East Coast. In
1916 the large house and estate - christened 'Eastward'
- were completed and that summer the Cosden family moved
into their new home. Unlike many such houses, this one
was not a vacation house. It was to be the year-round
residence of the family. The Cosden estate was
large by any standard. It was composed of more than
forty acres of woodlands, pasture, and gardens. The
house sat opposite a specially designed golf course that
was established by Cosden. The mansion lot was four
acres, overlooking the bluffs and Long Island Sound and
from the house there was an elaborate ninety-eight step
staircase down to the private beach below. The grounds
were designed to be comfortable and to encourage
visitors to stroll and examine the magnificent variety
of trees, shrubs, and flowering plants. Across
from the main house on Mount Beulah Avenue were a number
of the service buildings. First, there was the complex
that contained the stable, garage, pump house, and barn,
which was designed to house horses, to provide an area
for milking the cows, and to provide a place to protect
the family’s vehicles. Behind this complex was the large
tractor shed that stored the equipment used to maintain
the grounds. South of the complex were two houses,
the Superintendent’s Residence and the Gardener’s
Cottage. A pair of Georgian Revival brick structures,
the northerly one served as the residence of William V.
Cosden, Alfred’s brother and superintendent of his
estate. In the southerly located one, the gardener and
other servants were housed. The estate itself was
sold and the mansion demolished in 1940. Today several
of the outbuildings survive as private homes while the
surviving ornate iron fences and gate posts mark
portions of the estate. The Stable passed into the
ownership of Clement Booth and later to Herbert Ernest,
who renovated it into a summer home. It was sold
c. 2010 to a new owner.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 51-3-3.17
Address: Burgundy Court
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Steven Sprengel was an owner. Nancy Palahnuk was the
owner in 2000.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 51.3-9.1
Address: 49975 North Road
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Before 1860
Status: Extant
Grace and Laura Ann Prince were the owners in 1860. John
Thompson was the owner in 1861. Cacola Salvator was the
owner in 1999. Antonins and Elizabeth Elenis were the
owners in 2000.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 52-2-2.5
Address: Ruch Lane
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Margaret Rose was an executor. Ann Clements was the
owner in 2000.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 52-5-3.2
Address: 25 Bayview Avenue Extension (on Hashamomack
Pond)
Hamlet: Southold
Date: c. 1950
Status: Extant
Peter and Rita Byrne were the owners from 1970 to 2001.
Helen & Philip Didriksen became the owner in 2001.
The house was apparently originally a one-story cottage.
The Byrnes put on the second story, making it one big
room. The Byrnes also filled in the site yard which had
been a swamp.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 52-5-5.5
Address: Albertson Lane
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Horace P. Tillinghast was the owner in 2000.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 54-2-3
Address: 13725 Sound Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Robert Lerner was an owner. William Woodall became the
owner in 2000.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 54-9-5
Address: 245 Hickory Road
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Zoumas Contracting was an owner. Andrew Wineberger
became the owner in 2000.
Name: Albert J. and Mary Prince Tillinghast House
Tax ID Number: 55-01-03.2
Address: Old North Road
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Before 1833
Status: Extant
Albert and Mary (Prince) Tillinghast were the owners in
1833. Mary (Prince) Tillinghast was born in 1814
and died in 1880. She was a descendant of Capt. John
Prince. This house on Old North Road with its commanding
view directly down Youngs Avenue was probably built by
Albert and Mary Tillinghast about the time of their
marriage. Though quite overgrown and neglected in 1970,
its former bustling farm activities were apparent by the
many and varied buildings behind the house. A grindstone
acted as a doorstop at the side door and sidelights at
the front door whet one’s curiosity enough to peek
within. The simple lines and charm of the house with its
rambling additions were somehow enhanced by a fear for
its future.
Name: Prince/Grigonis House
Tax ID Number: 55-2-1.4
Address: Youngs Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Before 1839
Status: Extant
Thomas E. and Mehitable S. Prince were the owners from
1839 to 1864. Antone Grigonis became the owner in 2000.
This two-room house had a mostly stone cellar with a
high brick cistern from the dirt floor to the ceiling
which was possibly used to collect rain water.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 55-2-3
Address: 5720 Youngs Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Before 1860
Status: Extant
Albert Salmon was the owner from 1860 to 1923. Albert
(Bill) and Helen Salmon became the owners in 1921.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 55-2-8.5
Address: 44002 Old North Road (Youngs Avenue)
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Owners included Thomas Edward Prince and Antone Grigonis.
Name: William and Mary Prince House
Tax ID Number: 55-2-15
Address: 4000 Youngs Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Before 1855
Status: Extant
William and Mary Prince were the owners in 1855. John
and Janet Harris became the owners in 2000.
Name: Wedgwood Shop (Presently 1670 Furniture House
store)
Tax ID Number: 55-2-23
Address: 47025 North Road
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Before 1853, possibly 18th c.
Moved: 1960
Status: Extant
Michael Kenny was the owner in 1853. Mrs. James Tait was
the owner in 1960. The Kaller Family were owners for
awhile. As taken from the Southold Historical Society
Guide to Historic Markers: “Who was the first owner of
this attractive little “Half Cape Cod” with its
hand-hewn timbers, its “borning room” and random width
floors? Unanswerable because of baffling questions in
research and conflicting data. It would seem to be a
twice, or possibly thrice, moved house, and it mayhap it
will be found to be another “much-moved” house. In
middle 19th century Michael Kenny and his wife Mary
Cassidy who were married 1853 lived in it and brought up
their children, John, Rose, Mary, Kate, James, Michael.
For over 100 years it was in Kenny ownership, during the
time it stood on a previous North Road site where now
Kaelin’s Farm Equipment in located. The initials “J. H.”
are carved on a hand-hewn rafter. Strange enough, they
could stand for both the Joshua Horton and the Jonah
Horton Halsey, a century apart, who are in question. An
early Wells, Phillips. Harvey, Glover, Corwin, Hallock,
another Horton and Barnabas H. Booth, as well as others,
have appeared at various points in the research work.
Before the answer comes forth with the first owner
established, several other houses involved with this one
have to be identified.”
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 55-3-8
Address: 48000 North Road
Hamlet: Southold
date:
Status: Extant
Linda J. Wheeler was an owner. In 2000 Jeannette
Prostowich became the owner.
Name: The Robert-Mirchel House
Tax ID Number: 55-4-16
Address: 2485 Yennecott Drive
Hamlet: Southold
Date: 1974
Status: Extant
Mr. & Mrs. Roberts were the owners in 1974. Dr. and Mrs.
F. H. Mirchel became the owners in 1986. This
three bedroom, two bath house features a den,
living/dining area plus an enclosed porch off the living
room. The kitchen appliances were replaced in 1995. Off
the living room is an enclosed porch. There is a full
basement with access to property and garden area,
one-car garage, plus a back porch with new studs etc.
and new stairs to the ground. A new roof was installed
in 2001.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 55-5-4
Address: 3460 Youngs Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Linda Bertani became the owner in 2001.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 55-5-5
Address: 3400 Youngs Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Judith Berglund was owner in 2001.
Name: Windsong Craft Store (unoccupied as of 2012)
Tax ID Number: 55-5-9.1
Address: 46770 North Road
Hamlet: Southold
Date: 18th c.
Status: Extant
House is a full cape that dates to the 18th century and
has exceptional interior woodwork. It has been
moved more than once. Bill Smith and Hazel King
were among the owners. Patricia Miloski was the owner in
2000.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 55-6-2
Address: 260 Yennecott Drive
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Owners: Zoumas Contracting. Manfred Brusseler was
the owner in 2000.
Name: Jeremiah Vail House
Tax ID Number: 56-3-5
Address: 59405 Main Street
Hamlet: Southold
Date: 1653
Status: Extant
Jeremiah Vail was the owner in 1653. John Booth was the
owner circa 1850. Addy Astin was an owner. Erich Haesche
was the owner in 2000. This house is thought to
contain the 17th century house given to the blacksmith
Jeremiah Vail who was enticed to come to Southold from
Southampton, as we had no blacksmith. It stood on
Tuckers Lane on land formerly owned by John Budd. In the
1850s the house was purchased by John Booth for $100 and
moved to its present location on the corner of Main Road
and Laurel Lane. It is a Cape Cod house with
ceilings about 7 ˝ feet high; the windows have 9 over 6
panes. The large fireplace, a copy of the original, has
a built-in oven. There are four belly windows under the
eaves (the position you assume in order to see out.).
The west section of the house is mysteriously known as
“Eel Pot.” The present owner, a gas enthusiast and
member of The Rushlight Club, has installed gas lighting
in the birthing room, the room at the back west of the
kitchen.
As of 1996 the Jeremiah Vail House is a Designated
Landmark.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 56-4-17.1
Address: 63745 Main Road
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Owners: Therese Schwartz and David Haseltine.
Name: unknown
Tax ID Number: 56-5-26
Address: 325 Willow Point Road
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Owners: Judy Teeven and Thomas Maniuszko.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 59-2-5
Address: 9955 Soundview Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Owners: Joseph McCaffery, Richard Klein and Margaret
McConnell.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 59-4-5.2
Address: 1540 Tucker Lane
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Owners: John D’Angelo and Katherine Fisher.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 59-5-4
Address: 2045 Lake Drive
Hamlet: Southold
Date:
Status: Extant
Owners: Priscilla Zimmer and Paul Mauro. In 2003 Lillian
Hall became the owner.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 60-1-1
Address: 1975 Youngs Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Before 1920
Status: Extant
The Butler Family owned this house in the early 1920s.
Owen and Mildred Averette were the owners in the 1930s.
Inez Meyers Kaelin was an owner. Ernest and Gen Maier
were the owners from the 1950s to the 1970s. Mr. and
Mrs. Maher were owners. Lynne Lambert was the owner in
the 1980s and 1990s. Mary E. Kelly was the owner in
2000.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 60-1-2
Address: 1925 Youngs Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
before: Before 1930
Status: Extant
Alice Salmon was an owner. Owen and Mildred Averette
were the owners from the 1930s to the 1960s. Daniel
Averette was the owner in the 1970s. David O. Averette
became the owner in 2000.
Name: Unknown
Tax ID Number: 60-1-3
Address: 1865 Youngs Avenue
Hamlet: Southold
Date: before 1920
Status: Extant
Horton Point Lighthouse keeper Robert Ebbitts was the
owner in the 1920s. John and Lil Kaelin were the owners
in 1927. Dan and Lucille Jones rented the house in the
1990s. Barbara Celatka owned the house in 2000 as did
John A. Clarke. In 2004 George Kokkinos became the
owner.
Name: Lucretia Glover House
Tax ID Number: 60-1-4
Address: 1805 Youngs Avenue (Railroad Avenue)
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Before 1811
Status: Extant
Lucretia (Prince) Glover was the owner from 1811 to
1901. Mary Purcell was the owner in 1918. Emily Purcell
was the owner in 1945. Gilbert and May Miner were the
owners in 1958. May Miner wrote: “There was a
(Mrs.) Lucretia Glover – an old lady – who lived in a
house next to Long Island Produce on Railroad Avenue.
Alvah Salmon used to love to see the Glovers every week.
Lew (then in John Kaelin’s house on Railroad Avenue) at
that time lived right next to (Mrs.) Lucretia Glover.
Lucretia was much older than Alvah Salmon.” There
is a brick cellar under the main house with a brick
floor and an early bath with a footed tub upstairs.
Name: Abram F. Lowerre House
Tax ID Number: 61-1-3
Address: 260 Horton Lane
Hamlet: Southold
Date: c.1860s-1870s
Status: Extant
Abram Folk Lowerre (1844-1918) was a prominent local
businessman who served on the board of the Southold
Savings Bank. He married Caroline Matilda Peck
(1848-1926), one of the six Peck sisters, who were the
daughters of wealthy nursery and racetrack owner, Israel
Peck (1814-1881). Lowerre was originally from
Newtown, Queens, the son of Helen Rapelyea Folk (b.
1809) and Thomas Baldwin Lowerre (1806-1849), who
operated a well know hotel in Newtown named "Lowerre's
Hotel." During the Civil War, Abram Lowerre served
in the 47th New York State Militia. Between 1873 and
1874 he served as an officer (Second Assistant) of the
Flushing Fire Department. He married his wife in
1870 and by the late 1870s they were living in Southold.
In the early 1880s his older brother, Thomas B. Lowerre
Jr. (1836-1892), was shot in the head and miraculously
survived the wound. In 1891 Abram Lowerre was
elected as a director of the Southold Savings Bank,
where he would later serve as assistant treasurer until
his resignation due to ill health in 1914. The
house he and his wife occupied, located on the east side
of Horton Lane, was probably built during the 1860s/70s
(possibly for Lowerre), and is of a simplified Greek
Revival style that was once very common across eastern
Long Island. For many years the house was occupied
by the North Fork Parish Outreach thrift store, until
its closure c. 2009-10 in the wake of a financial
scandal. The building itself has been owned for
many years by George C. Stankevich of East Hampton, New
York. The building is currently (2012) in a state
of disrepair.
Name: Carpenter House
Tax ID Number: 61-3-2
Address: 52650 Route 25
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Unknown construction date
Status: Extant
Name: Brown-Clark House
Tax ID Number: 63-5-17
Address: 325 Horton Lane
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Unknown construction date
Status: Extant
Name: Moses Conklin Cleveland-Charnews House
Tax ID Number: 63-6-8
Address: 52180 Route 25
Hamlet: Southold
Date: c. 1832-34
Status: Extant
Built before 1834 to the design of noted local
architect and builder, William D. Cochran. It is
known that in the fall of 1834 Cochran and his
apprentice, Richard Lathers of Georgetown, South
Carolina, began construction of the fence in front of
the house. This same fence was demolished in 1902
by Cleveland's son, N. Hubbard Cleveland. Deacon
Moses Conklin Cleveland (1795-1883) was a long serving
deacon in the Southold Presbyterian Church. He
made a notable boat trip with three other prominent
businessman up to Niagara Falls in June of 1831,and his
account is preserved in a journal held at the Suffolk
County Historical Society in Riverhead. During the
middle of the 19th century, Cleveland served as one of
the overseers of the poor. He also served on the
board of the Suffolk County Mutual Insurance Company and
was one of the founding trustees of the Southold Savings
Bank. A portrait of Moses Cleveland painted by Sag
Harbor artist Orlando Bears is held in the collection of
the Southold Historical Society. Following his
death, his home passed to his son, N. Hubbard Cleveland,
and later to the Charnews family. The house, with
its Doric columns, tracery sidelights, corner-board
pilasters, and segmental-arched dormers, make it among
the more elegant houses in Southold. The current
(2006) owner is Cement J. Charnews of Southold.
Name: Conklin-Terry House
Tax ID Number: 70-1-2
Address: 51225 Route 25
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Unknown construction date
Status: Extant
Name: Cleveland-Gagen-Ichabod ? House
Tax ID Number: 70-1-5
Address: 50915 Route 25
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Unknown construction date
Status: Extant
Name: Burnett-Williams House
Tax ID Number: 70-1-9
Address: 50495 Route 25
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Unknown construction date
Status: Extant
Name: Craftsman Style House
Tax ID Number: 70-2-2
Address: 51470 Route 25
Hamlet: Southold
Date: Unknown construction date
Status: Extant
Name: Allen Tobey Carriage House (AKA
L'Hommedieu Estate)
Tax ID Number: 70-6-20
Address: 3295 Pine Neck Road
Hamlet: Southold
Date: c. 1910
Status: Extant
Name: Bayles-Tuthill-Corey House
Tax ID Number: 70-7-7.1
Address: 50705 Route 25
Hamlet: Southold
Date: c. 1657-1667
Status: Extant
Name: Abidjah Corey House
Tax ID Number: 78-9-30.1
Address: 7365 Main Bayview Road
Hamlet: Southold
Date: 1726
Status: Extant
Name: Deacon James Horton House
Tax ID Number: 88-1-5
Address: 10585 Main Bayview Road
Hamlet: Southold
Date: 1711
Status: Extant
HISTORIC BUILDINGS - RESIDENTIAL - CUTCHOGUE
Name: Buckingham-Case-Richmond House
Tax ID Number: 97-3-5
Address: 26960 Route 25
Hamlet: Cutchogue
Date: c. 1845
Status: Extant
Name: Benjamin M. Young House
Tax ID Number: 109-1-36
Address: 25425 Route 25
Hamlet: Cutchogue
Date: Before 1860
Status: Extant
HISTORIC BUILDINGS - RESIDENTIAL - ORIENT
Name: “The Early Wells House”
Tax ID Number: 13-3-4
Address: 1115 South View Drive (Brown's Hills)
Hamlet: Orient
Date: 1600s
Status: Extant (moved twice)
This house originally sat on the Wells Land Grant
located at Tax Map Number 61-2-12.2 along its very
western boundary. Its first move was from there to
Traveler Street in 1885 when Henry W. Prince needed a
larger house. His youngest child, Edith W. Prince,
was born in the old house in 1882. She remembered
sleeping upstairs in the brick store (Henry W. Prince
building) and spending her days in the barn while the
new house was being built. She was quite proud of
the fact that she was the last child to be born in the
old house (at least while it stood on its original
site). Its next move was in the 1960s to Browns
Hills in Orient by Beva Eastman who still owns it
(2000).
Name: Capt. Marcus Brown House
Tax ID Number: 18-5-6
Address: 130 Village Lane
Hamlet: Orient
Date: Built in the early 1800s
Status: Extant
Name: Capt. Frederick King House
Tax ID Number: 24-2-15
Address: 1570 Village Lane
Hamlet: Orient
Date: Built before 1824
Status: Extant
Name: C. B. Havens House
Tax ID Number: 25-1-13
Address: 690 Village Lane
Hamlet: Orient
Date: Unknown construction date
Status: Extant
Name: Capt. George R. Vail House
Tax ID Number: 25-3-2.1
Address: 1495 Village Lane
Hamlet: Orient
Date: c. 1862
Status: Extant
HISTORIC BUILDINGS - RESIDENTIAL - GREENPORT
Name Unknown House
Tax Map Number: 34-04-03
Street Address: 1050 North Rd
Hamlet: Greenport
Built: 1750 (altered 1900)
Status: Extant
Owners included Louis Leeb (c. 1961-62); Roland G.
Levy.
Name: Woodhull House
|Tax ID Number: 34-1-10
Street Address: 1215 Main Street,
Hamlet: Greenport
Date: c. 1920
Status: Extant
Around 1920, owned by Christian Jenson.
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