tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205702512158784182012-01-29T09:58:18.008-05:00A blog about architecture and preservation in the village of Southampton, NY.Sally Spanburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04848390348999224336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2081100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020570251215878418.post-32723626085778401562011-12-19T00:15:00.000-05:002011-12-19T00:15:14.021-05:00

Over the past couple of years my pereservation instints have become more fine tuned, and something tells me to be very suspicious of whatever's in the works for the east end of Gin Lane. Last May I wanted to take a better photo of #436 (Halcyon Lodge) for a friend, so I drove by and saw a dumpster out front. Hmmm. It's not every day someone decides they have that much junk to get rid of,

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To my precious readers and fans, I am not neglecting you intentionally. I am finishing up a book about historic architecture in our beloved village and unfortunately the deadline coincides with the holidays! Argh! I should pick back up the posting pace about February. Stick with me!

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Here I am again posting about a house that is not in Southampton Village, but I just can't help try to save some of these historic treasures that will be torn down before year's end.  Unfortunately, the demolition of historic architecture is a natural part of the evolutional change of the Hamptons environs, at least thus far, but it pains me so nonetheless. 186 Crescent Lane is a historic home

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The New York Times recently posted a great article about the rising popularity in the country of relocating existing buildings! Click here to read: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/garden/the-cash-and-carry-house.html?_r=1&ref=garden.

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This property is immediately north of The Mallows (with striped awnings, currently owned by television news anchor Chuck Scarborough) and immediately south of Mocomanto, two of at least 10 summer cottages built by the Betts family in the late 1800s. It was located at 484 First Neck Lane and known as "Hedge Rows" but no longer survives. Another home enjoys the site today (beige stucco),

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The image above is of a rare and valuable 1740s home named "Antiquity" at 9 Quantuck Lane in the Village of Quogue. Unfortunately, this historic structure's days are limited. Any old house lovers out there with some vacant land? According to the Southampton Town Historian, Zachary Studenroth, "Deacon Thomas Cooper (1710-1782) built the original house in the 1740s at the northeast corner of

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In January of 1888 Mrs. Sarah Lewis purchased property at 134 Wyandanch Lane from Mr. & Mrs. James A. Hildreth and had a fine home built which still exists today. It is a beautiful two-and-a-half story Shingle style home painted white with cedar shingle siding and a Colonial style entry with paired Tuscan columns and an elliptical gabled arch. The fanlight (transom) over the entry door mimics

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This beautiful Shingle Style home, at 409 First Neck Lane, is currently known as “White Fence” and was designed by McKim, Mead, and White for Samuel L. Parrish in 1889. Featured in the monograph of the well known architectural firm, “The Parrish house illustrates the synthesis of American federalist, Long Island vernacular, high Victorian, and Greek revival elements typical of the later wood

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There used to be a summer estate named "Hawthorne House" (pictured above) right where a new home has been constructed on Meadowmere Lane. The new home is a virtual copy of an historic estate named "Ten Acre" which still survives and is located just north on Ox PastureRoad (photo below). Hawthorne House, which obviously no longer exists, was built in 1920 (coincidentally the same year as

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I have always admired this house, sandwiched between Claverack and Westover at the top of Halsey Neck Lane. Driving by dozens if not hundreds of times, I have found it to be such a stately home with a grand but not fussy presence. The owners over the years have seemed determined to keep up with its endless maintenance requirements, but they must have given up, or other circumstances arose,

Sally Spanburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04848390348999224336noreply@blogger.com181 Halsey Neck Ln, Southampton, NY 11968, USA40.8825122 -72.408827440.8810117 -72.4112949 40.8840127 -72.40635990000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020570251215878418.post-42778546892741922372011-10-12T08:40:00.010-04:002011-10-12T10:28:14.437-04:00

This lovely Shingle Style home was built in 1899 for Alonzo Castle Monson (1822-1902) and named "Mon Repos" which means "my place of rest" in French. Alonzo C. Monson was a Yale and Columbia Law graduate. At the age of 23 he was a postal clerk in New York City where his brother-in-law, Robert H. Morris, was the postmaster, and his brother, marcena Monson Jr., was the assistant postmaster. Four

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The latest historic preservation scandal in our lovely Village is that the First Presbyterian Church of Southampton wants to, in essence, put a cell phone tower in its steeple. This historic structure was built in 1843 and is one of the most well known icons in the community. So far there have been two or three public hearings regarding this proposal in front of the Village's Architectural Review

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Just after I wrote the post about 207 Meetinghouse Lane, I discovered two other houses that look just like it.First, one Saturday while out perusing garage/yard sales (a great way to tour historic architecture), I came across 187 Meetinghouse Lane, just two doors west of #205. Huh. Almost an identical twin, except that its porch hasn’t been altered, the panes in the triangular window are slightly

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Here are three before and after projects for you. I'm not going to scrutinize them ad nauseam but let you judge them for yourself instead. I will offer brief opinions though, of course. This is still my blog after all. The first is 67 Layton Avenue. Above is the 'before' image, taken almost exactly one year ago; below is the 'after' image, taken last Sunday. I have great difficulty in accepting

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Just east of the house featured in my last post, this home was built circa 1910. In 1909 Mrs. E. J. (Marie) Corrigan purchased 33 acres from Almon L. Drake at what is now the northeast corner of Hill and Corrigan Streets. Almon Lawrence Drake (1834-1921) was a farmer, "marketman," and "huckster" which meant a sort of peddler. Back then, Corrigan Street was named Halsey Street because one of the

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This quintessential two-story Colonial style cottage in the middle section of Hill Street (short for "the road to Shinnecock Hills") was built circa 1910 for Oswald Hanhausen. It sits on a lovely piece of property, with a nice set-back from the road in front, and a nice swath of yard in the back; a far cry from those properties currently maxing-out their square-footages and leaving little real

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This house is on the northwest corner of Meetinghouse Lane and Lewis Street. It is currently used as apartments but was originally built circa 1900 as a residence for the Linderskold family, of Sweden. It is around the corner from the hospital, and some think it now houses some of its employees.The house is a two-story Queen Anne style structure with some key embellishments dressing up its front

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Hildreth's has said it best, "Don't be mean, Irene!" Southampton is doing its best to 'brace for impact' as hurricane Irene approaches. I am praying she 'peters out' and leaves us, our farms, our natural resources, and our wonderfully historic architecture alone. I took some photos of some of the shop-keepers' preparations while out and about this morning. People seem to be in good spirits and

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After a bit more digging I discovered the following: The house was built in 1915 for Michael & Beda Komm, German immigrants involved with the private gardening business. When it was acquired by the Komms in 1914 from Willis Van Brunt & John Goodale, Wooley Street was called Willis Street (after Mr. Van Brunt), and the deed included a restriction that the property can never have anything to do

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This is only the fifth time I have done a “Before and After” and most of the time I haven’t really been a fan of the outcome. But this time I am showing you an example of a ‘Before & After’ that, in my opinion has had a positive outcome. Not perfect, but positive nonetheless. Located on the northeast corner of Wooley Street and Hampton Road, this eclectic Colonial style home was built circa 1910

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This lovely colonial house was originally built in the mid-1700s for the Halsey family and still survives today. While the house has been added onto over the years, and small details have changed via maintenance and repair work, its integrity and purity of form are intact and it continues to be a vital contributing historic resource in Southampton Village. The two story Colonial style house

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This is a photo I took today from Coopers Beach. Gloomy weather leads to gloomy photos, but that's the mood generated by two enormous homes looming over Halsey Neck Pond. First there was the facsimile of "Tenacre" (on the right) which must now be nearing completion, and now there is the amazing height of the new house rising on Meadowmere Place (on the left). Whether these houses are

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I was recently perusing the book South Fork Place Names by Sag Harbor native William P. Mulvihill which is filled with interesting historic morsels about how some of the roads and areas in our Village, and other places on the South Fork of Long Island, have received their various names. Some of them you may know, others you may have assumed, but I’m sure, like me, you don’t know

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Have you ever heard about, or noticed, “the house with the blue roof” in Southampton Village? Well it exists, on lower First Neck Lane, and it’s really not so far-fetched. It could have been fuscia afterall. The house’s name, at least for the past 50 or so years, has been “Blue Haven.” “Blue Haven…was …a fixture on the Southampton social scene in the 50s and 60s, when Lisette and Frank Hunter (

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Rumor has it, the lovely old brick building pictured above at 200 North Main Street, may become a new restaurant! The building is on the northeast corner of North Sea Road and Prospect Street and has really great old character. It was built before 1902 and used to be one of the Suffolk Light, Heat & Power Co. locations. If you look closely, you can see the lintels in the brickwork identifying

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Many of you may not realize this, but behind the defunct building at 22 Windmill Lane, near the bicycle store, is an amazingly intact 18th century residence built by Henry Rhodes circa 1760. It was originally located on the northeast corner of Main Street and Hampton Road but was moved in the early 1920s, just before the new Southampton Town Hall - or as we know it, the Saks building - was built

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The gas station on Hill Street turns 98 today! Happy Birthday Enstine’s! It is wonderful to have such a thriving family business survive in our Village after all these years.The Milton P. Enstein & Son Inc. gas station may have been in business since 1913, but the property, at 635 Hill Street (just west of Captains Neck Lane, on the north side of Hill Street), has been in the family longer than

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Sorry about the snowy pictures. With all the lovely and warm summer weather we have been enjoying, maybe the winter images will cool you off and make you relish every moment of the warm weather even more, before it passes by so quickly.I took this property’s photos during the winter because I have always admired it and have been planning to write about it for some time. It’s also a street I

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I was visiting the Southampton Village website recently to reference a section of the village building codes and noticed, on the home page, the invitation to take a survey regarding the future of the Parrish Art Museum. Have you noticed this? Have you taken the survey? You should! (http://www.southamptonvillage.org/ ) The Parrish Art Museum was the first cultural institution built in the

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"It is forbidden to disfigure external decorations on private buildings through modern additions, and to spoil historic buildings in an important town out of avarice and the desire to make money." Theodosius, Valentinianus, Arcadius [309 AD]Quoted by Anthony Crosby in the APT Bulletin [1987]

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Completing this series of excerpts from the articles published by The Southampton Press titled “Southampton Sixty Years Ago,” in 1927-8 by Benjamin C. Palmer, here is the seventh and final segment. It describes additional “fun” pastimes of the youth then, and how one resolved various health issues and ailments. “…the young people of that day had a sense of humor precisely as the young people

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I got an interesting comment on my blog on Friday, but rather than to just let it quietly sit there, I thought I could be more elaborate in my response by turning it into a follow-up blog post to the recent one about “Darena” at 195 Ox Pasture Road. Here is the comment: “There is no point in speculative homebuilders looking at the proportions of this house, because the massing and arrangement of

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This gorgeous Shingle Style home, with a gambrel roof whose proportions should be studied by all the speculative home builders on the East End, dormers with sunburst patterned trimwork in their gable ends, third story eyebrow windows and extensive porches, was built circa 1900 for Thomas G. and Mary B. Cauldwell.Mary Britton (1837-1912) married Thomas Garniss Cauldwell in 1854 in Brooklyn. She

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I'm not sure about the Village of Southampton, but in many places across the Town, the signature of all owners of a property are not required. Read about it here on Patch:http://southampton.patch.com/articles/spanburgh-its-hard-to-designate-but-easy-to-demolish.

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Have you ever driven by a house and wondered if it's old or new? Happens to me all the time. Read about it on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/houses-whose-ages-are-not-obvious#c.

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I have often been critical of the decisions of the Southampton Village ARB but I am incredibly appreciative that our Village has such a board and has historic districts providing a valuable layer of protection over its historic resources.Other incorporated Villages in the Town of Southampton have the same: Sagaponack and Sag Harbor, and yet the Town of Southampton does not have any historic

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Ever since an estate sale took place at this historic property back in October 2010 I have wondered about its history. Read about it on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/circa-1790-homestead-survives-largely-intact.

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Three modest applications are on the ARB's agenda for Monday June 13, 2011 at 7pm at Village Hall. Read about them on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/three-modest-applications-added-to-architectural-review-agenda.

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I know I say this often, but one of the things I love most about this blog is how often relatives of owners of historic houses here in the Village contact me! This happened recently and proved to be very fruitful!Previously, I wrote about the history of 30 North Main believing it to have been built for L. Emory Terry. Nope. Because the 1894 map showed a smaller structure, I wrongly assumed the

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The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. ~Benjamin Disraeli

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Here’s another look at a before and after construction project here in Southampton Village. I just love before and afters. Unfortunately I often show you examples at what I consider to be negative results…..I’ll have to post a nice result one of these days! They exist too after all.So this is 32 Henry Street which used to be an adorable little yellow house on the southeast corner of Henry and

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Curious about the new applications scheduled for this Monday's Village ARB meeting? Read about them on Patch, here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/guest-cottage-addition-proposed-at-1892-claverack-estate.

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Matt Chaban must have really wanted to catch the attention of preservationists lately when he wrote his column for the New York Observer titled, “Rem the Destroyer: Prada Patsy Plans Preservation’s Eviceration.” Well, he did catch my attention, but I was suspicious from the start. As a former practitioner of architecture, I am of course a fan of Rem Koolhaas, but this article wrongly portrays Mr

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Over the last several months I have been contacted by a significant amount of village residents upon their realization of how large of a house can be built on a not so large size property here, and how much of that parcel can also be covered with other “improvements,” such as a pool, pool-house, shed, patio, garage, pool equipment, driveway, parking, etc., leaving very little yard remaining, and

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As usual, you can follow the activities of the Southampton Village ARB via Patch. Here's a recap of their most recent public hearing: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/review-board-wants-changes-to-wooldon-manor-wall-plan. A summary of new applications will follow shortly.

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Again, I find myself the bearer of bad news. One of the original eight Quimby compound homes in Bridgehampton will be May's "Demolition of the Month." So sad. Read about it on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/demolition-of-the-month-quimby-compound-house-on-chopping-block.Image of the Charles Wiley House courtesy the Bridgehampton Historical Society.

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I still follow the applications in front of the Village ARB every other week. Here is a summary of what's on the agenda this Monday. The one on Little Plains is of particular interest to me. Read about it here on Patch: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/new-home-on-north-sea-road-and-additions-on-little-plains-road-proposed.

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I thought Michael Wright’s article in the Southampton Press on April 14th, analyzing recent census data, was really interesting and completely related to our built environment, which is obviously a main interest of mine. I did think the title of the article was crumby though (“Census Confirms Building Boom”) but that wasn’t necessarily Mike’s fault. Editors often change titles, and anything to

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While taking a short cut not too long ago, I discovered another gorgeous old farmhouse, and this hidden gen is for sale! Read about it on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/historic-dimon-estate-goes-on-the-market.

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Continuing along with this historic series, here are excerpts from the sixth article published by The Southampton Press titled “Southampton Sixty Years Ago,” beginning in December of 1927 and written by Benjamin C. Palmer. (In other words, the series, written in 1927, was describing life in this village circa 1867.) This one focuses on youth amusements.“A little further back say about 70 years

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There are so many lovely homes on Lewis Street, a street with a lovely scale and character, more or less still intact. I think the symmetrical shed dormers must have been added at some point as they seem to interfere with the symmetrical hipped dormers on either side of the front facing gambrel. Oh well. I especially love the enclosed porch and that this gambrel-roofed house has so much more

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As the Canoe Place Inn restoration/renovation slowly works its way through the permitting process (initial PDD review was April 8th) it occurred to me that part of that process will (or at least should) include the completion of a Historic Structure Report for the building. Yahoo! Those are terrific resources. Read about them on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/

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A friend of mine, and fellow preservationist, was recently rhumenating in response to the disappointing public hearing that occurred in Town Hall regarding amending the current landmarks legislation. With their permission, I am delighted to share. Some time ago, I read a book called "The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Art Treasures Under the Nazis," and sometime after that viewed the

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Vincent Camuto, who also owns our village's very own Wooldon Manor, or what's left of it, wants to tear down the original 1887 Red Gables accessory structures on the Villa Maria site. And here I thought he was a lover of historic structures. Read about it on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/the-next-two-go-villa-maria-accessory-structures-threatened. Maybe I should start a

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I’ve been very tardy in perusing the blogs I follow. I have been working like a dog without much time for anything else, barely meeting deadlines moments before things are due. But finally life has calmed down a bit and I am starting to catch up. Preservation in Pink has recently posted the seventh in a good series of blogs that are a must read for anyone acquainting themselves with the field of

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Better late than never! Read my take on current ARB happenings on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/village-architectural-review-board-considers-thanet-house-and-littlecote-alterations.

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Did you hear the recent proposal by the Southampton Garden Club? They wanted to donate cherry trees and have them planted in Agawam Park. But the proposal wasn’t to plant them randomly, but rather to line the inside of the low-hedged oval-shaped clear grassy area. It sure is a well-intentioned and generous offer, but it hasn’t received much positive response. Ouch. First reactions were that the

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The important public hearing regarding amendments to the Town Landmarks codes occurred last Tuesday. I wrote a difficult but positive recap of it for Patch which you can find here: www.southampton.patch.com/articles/town-landmarks-codes-public-hearing-closed. I'd love to expand upon it one of these days...............Photo above is an historic water tower on the Nash property in Water Mill,

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Wouldn't it be great if our Town had the same degree of [supposed] protection of historic architecture as our Village does? Tomorrow there will be a public hearing regarding this very subject in Town Hall at 1pm in which I am very involved. Read about it on Patch here: www.southampton.patch.com/articles/why-do-we-preserve. FYI: The image above is a glorious house in Eastport that could be torn

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As usual, you can read about the new ARB applications on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/village-architectural-review-board-considers-two-applications-in-the-historic-district. There are only five and nothing super sensitive in my opinion, but the agenda is still long because of the 17 new applications two weeks ago.

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While was watching the permitted “restoration” of the house across the street at #67 (I use quotes because only a small fraction of original materials exist …something I will surely be writing about once it’s completed) I became smitten with this adorable cottage and just recently looked into its history. I especially love its eyebrow window. Aren’t original eyebrow windows so much nicer with

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Once in awhile, especially when it seems I am too often bombarded by bad news on the preservation front, I will peruse the internet for some good news in order to become re-inspired, refreshed, re-invigorated, and re-committed to this endeavor locally.Thankfully one of my favorite blogs, Preservation Nation, easily satisfied this need, providing me with a whole host of inspiration via a series

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I have always thought it would be interesting to have brief walking tours from time to time but which focus on the interesting dialog that comes up when drastically different architectural styles are next to one another rather than about a structure's history. Read something along those lines on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/new-next-to-old-neighbors-from-different-eras.

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Yesterday I elaborated on the "harmoniousness" of the 94 Bishops Lane application. Here's the rest of the results of that long and interesting ARB meeting: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/spanburgh-lengthy-architectural-review-board-meeting-has-lots-of-action-and-some-disappointments

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Last Monday, at the Village ARB public hearing, a house at 94 Bishops Lane was reviewed: the existing house will be demolished and a new house built. Happens all the time. Now you think I’m going to harp on why the existing house shouldn’t be demolished right? More that the proposed house is inappropriate, but for the opposite reasons you think. The photograph of the proposed front elevation of

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It looks like this blog may have actually helped save a structure!! Yipee! Read about the last African American house in Sagaponack here at Patch:http://southampton.patch.com/articles/spanburgh-historic-african-american-home-might-be-saved-from-demolition. Stay tuned for results from tonight's ARB meeting too. With 17 new applications, there is sure to be a lot to talk about.

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As usual I have looked into the new applications scheduled to be heard at the next ARB public hearing. There are lots of them, some very sensitive. Spring has definitely arrived and the bulldozers are revving up! Read about it on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/new-arb-applications-for-march-28-2010.

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This house was built for the Post Family sometime before 1858. There were so many Posts then on Long Island it is easy to get confused amidst all the genealogies, and this house was Capt. William Post’s. There were so many Williams……….Where did all the east end Posts go?Anyway, this is a lovely quintessential farm house, of which there are many still existing in Southampton that share the same

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So sad. This house will be the next historic structure to be lost in the Town of Southampton, at least officially. One of the owners is Marya Martin, the founder of the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival. It is disappointing that someone who has brought such a great cultural endeavor to Bridgehampton would be so insensitive to the hamlet's heritage. Read about it on Patch here: http://

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Continuing along with this historic series, here are excerpts from the fifth of a series of articles published by The Southampton Press titled “Southampton Sixty Years Ago,” beginning in December of 1927 and written by Benjamin C. Palmer. (In other words, the series, written in 1927, was referring to conditions in this village circa 1867.) This part focuses on religion rather than buildings.“We

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Monday's ARB meeting was pretty straight forward; Wooldon Wall discussions continue. The next meeting on the 28th will be lengthy and interesting. Here's Monday's recap on Patch. Stay tuned for new applications, 75 South Main Street among them!http://southampton.patch.com/articles/plans-for-wooldon-manor-wall-coming-along-historic-district-expansions-on-the-horizon

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"There can be no tradition without innovation."- Earle Hitchner, Irish music journalist

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The Town of Southampton has 7 villages: Westhampton Beach, Westhampton Dunes, Quogue, North Haven, Sag Harbor, Southampton, and Sagaponack. Ever wondered why there aren't more? Me too: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/spanburgh-why-doesnt-southampton-have-more-villages. Postcard courtesy Eric Woodward Collection.

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As I am often going on and on about ancestry and genealogy, I thought I’d share a little bit of my own. This is my maternal great-great-grandfather, Abraham Bagely. Born on January 2, 1870, “Abe” Bagely came to the United States in 1889 from the “Munsterberg” settlement in Switzerland. Abe settled in Berne, Indiana where his uncle, Laban, started the first sawmill and was one of the founders of

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Adjacent to the long gone historic "Gernda" estate, this charming little cottage always catches my eye. Read about it on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/a-history-156-church-lane-bridgehampton.

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This is a gorgeous estate house just south of Boyesen on the east side of Captains Neck Lane. Designed circa 1900 in the all too common northeast Shingle Style, the house has a symmetrical design with bay window dormers, pedimented porte-cochere, fluted Tuscan style columned front porch, and jerkin-headed north and south projections. There is also a barn, greenhouse, and carriage house, all of

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There are five new applications scheduled for the next ARB Public Hearing. Read about them at Patch: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/five-new-applications-on-architectural-review-board-agenda-for-march-14.

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Maybe it’s me, but as spring approaches I seem to be aware of more and more activity. Lately, three projects in the early permitting process have caught my attention. If I had time I’d go to more of the various board meetings, but at least one can always watch them after the fact via the village’s website. Polo Club (52, 54, 58 David White’s Lane): Awhile back (before the creation of this blog),

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As usual you can find my recap of the latest ARB meeting for Patch by clicking on this link: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/wooldon-manor-wall-mortimer-property-considered-at-arb-meeting-monday. The Wooldon Manor wall near the Bathing Corp. was reviewed, and I learned a little bit more about the house near the south end of Coopers Neck Pond.

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While perusing new ARB applications recently, I came across a house with window shutters that had a crescent moon pattern cut-out. I couldn’t help but chuckle. Shutters are lovely adornments to homes which come in a variety of patterns and styles, and yes, with a lot of little cut-out embellishment options. Anchors, clovers, horse heads, acorns, apples, pine trees, and many more profile choices

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There are more than two structures that evoke the agricultural past of Southampton along County Road 39, but I've highlighted two of my favorite barns in this next post written for Patch: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/remnants-of-agriculture-along-county-road-39-remain.

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Numbers 78 (above) and 74 (below) Moses Lane used to be joined together to make one house. Someone who used to own #78 told me this once and I am finally getting around to looking into it. They were split sometime between 1916 and 1932 according to various maps. Interesting, huh? Houses used to get split more often than you’d think. I’ve recently become aware of at least three houses in

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The Town Landmarks Board is launching a massive public education/outreach campaign across Southampton with which I am very much involved. Read about it here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/town-landmarks-board-offers-presentations.

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This adorable little pink cottage with gingerbread trim detailing and decorative shingle patterns seems to have been built about 1895 by and for Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Tooker. It has always caught my eye when passing by because of its quaintness of scale and character in comparison to the larger structures on Little Plains. It is refreshing to have smaller structures retain their usefulness and

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Check out the new ARB applications on Patch here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/arb-considers-wooldon-manor-wall-application. Included is one for repairing and reinforcing the property boundary wall of the well known Wooldon Manor House property, near the Bathing Corp, as well as a curiously historic house at the south end of Coopers Neck Lane.

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Continuing along with this historic series, here are excerpts from the fourth of a series of articles published by The Southampton Press titled “Southampton Sixty Years Ago,” beginning in December of 1927 and written by Benjamin C. Palmer. [In other words, the series, written in 1927, was referring to conditions in this village circa 1867.] “The adjoining property north of Capt. Charles Howell’s

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I still follow the ARB meetings. See what happenned on Valentine's Day here: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/southampton-village-arb-approves-three-additions-during-valentines-day-meeting, and stay tuned for new applications.

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Is this a new house or a renovation? I just wrote about this house for Patch. Check it out here:http://southampton.patch.com/articles/151-sagg-main-street-new-or-old

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Happy Valentine’s Day! I have the perfect Valentine for you! How about a unique, one-of-a-kind historic home?If you’ve always wanted to live in a historic home, and if you’ve always wanted a home in the Village of Southampton, both of those dreams could come true! Now’s a great time to pursue a historic Southampton Village house, for a great price. I myself am envious of anyone able to scrape

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Patch just posted my review of new applications scheduled for the next Village ARB meeting on Valentine's Day. Here's the link: http://southampton.patch.com/articles/six-new-applications-on-village-architectural-review-board-agenda-monday.

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This exquisite home on the northwest corner of our beautiful Elm Street and Post Crossing was built in 1893 for Frederick H. Thompson (b.1851) who purchased the property from Albert J. Post. It is so iconic with the character of Southampton it, in my opinion, sets the bar for period architecture in the community. Albert Jessup Post (1832-1907) owned a lot of property in the Elm Street

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One of the things I love about writing for Patch is that I can broaden my focus beyond this beautiful village. Yesterday Patch posted this article, about the demolition of a historic house on Halsey Lane, right in the heart of the triangular common in Water Mill. It wasn't the most beautiful architectural creation on the east end, but it sure was a surviving piece of that hamlet's history. Not

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Did you know there used to be a house in the middle of Bowden Square? The image above is a detail of the 1902 map showing this little bit of land fully developed. Who were the occupants of this home? I would love to know but my research proved quasi-fruitless. The names associated with the property on all the available historic maps are Mrs. Sayre (1873), M. C. Hallock (1894), Richard A. Dawson

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Believe it or not, the photo above is of the FRONT of a house. I have been so curious about this house and am finally getting around to commenting on it. It is located near the top of Halsey Neck Lane, across from the infamous Claverack, and adjacent to an Italianate sort of house that is for sale to its north. A friend of mine said she even used to live in it (rental) which just refreshed my

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[This is revised from being originally posted January 31st. I did some extra fact checking and have included many footnotes as a result, but it’s not much different. SS]This lovely home was built prior to 1873 for Henry Augustus Fordham (1836-1901). It was enlarged in 1875[1] and has been modified and expanded over the years since. Small details that are no longer present include a railing over

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We sure are having a snowy winter thus far and that’s fine with me; it beats just plain greyness. I enjoy the imagery that goes along with the changing of each season, and during winter every fresh snowfall brings beautiful scenic corridors and wonderful white nuances with it. During our last snow day, I took a stroll around my neighborhood photographing beautiful snowy sites and views.The house

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Last night the Village Trustees unanimously approved the Local Law 1 of 2011 which introduces a substantial civil penalty for the illegal demolition of historic structures. All parties involved in the demolition will be required to pay up to the estimated cost of restoration or replacement of whatever is demolished to the maximum practical extent. Take that! In addition, part of the building

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Continuing along with this historic series, here are excerpts from the third of a series of articles published by The Southampton Press titled “Southampton Sixty Years Ago,” beginning in December of 1927 and written by Benjamin C. Palmer. “In our last article we stated that Southampton was discovered and placed on the map by Dr. T. Gaillard Thomas and Salem H. Wales, Esq. To make that plainer

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Lately I seem to be getting really caught up in the history of the village and various homes, so I thought I’d take a break and post about something more contemporary. This is the Southampton Village Police Headquarters and Justice Court, completed in 2002. It is a fine piece of architecture and civic pride located up on a hill on Windmill Lane behind Waldbaum’s grocery store. But if I had

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At long last I have an update for all of you loyal readers and petition signers regarding new village legislation pertaining to stronger illegal demolition consequences. Bonnie Cannon was nice enough to email me a heads-up that the next Village Trustee meeting’s agenda included discussion about this very subject. (After eight months I admit that I was beginning to feel a little blown-off;

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