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L -, ~tt!lttknn jlaunr iltntnrtral ~nrtrt!J MONTAUK HIGHWAY • WEST BAY SHORE LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK April 25, 1914 New York state Historic Trust Office of Parks and Recreation, Alhaby, New York 12201 Some time ago I sent an Inventory Form and set of pictures to you, incorrectly I ~ow gather, by way of Mrs. Barbara Van Liew. I guess I assumed that if Mrs. Van Liew wanted to keep a copy she would photocopy it. Apparently it doesn't work that way so I am forwarding another set directly. Not long ago I sent an application to be considered for nomination to The Natianal Register af Historic Places through your office, which included a much more detailed description of Sagtikos Manor. I am hoping that will reach its proper destination more expeditiously than the Inventory Form. Carl A. starace P.o.Box 215 President West Islip,L.I.,NY 11795 PSP-20 (2/67) NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC TRUST •.~' Sites and Structures Survey Preliminary Listing (Please type or print in ink. ) .Site or.Structure -'-_--":.=...~~=;....;:;:..=~o:...::.=~__ County_--.;:::..;:;;.::.::;......=:;::;.::.....S11i1'o lIe ,....-_ r ~~~ J~e* Date Or' period --------"""""'-----1692 or City ---...,.------"""""'-- Check one: Slteonly __ Visable ruins Iritact historic structure ~. ~ Interpretative .relationship (check as applicable): Archeological Architectural Biographical Agricultural Indian .....;;;;;.---X Business or industrial 'Transportation Mass media ..,...----- Military Polfttcal Religious _~__ Educational x _ Literar:y Performing arts Scientific Creative .az-ts~- Folklore.lL- Other (specify) __,.,:....__.....;;.;. -..,.;.. ..;........-"..;::"..--__ henry u~Linton :,S -;h.eSIll .n!~ GO The s show the· :fu:cnJ srn, Sources for further historical information: O .f " , '" Vio{1"t :;:) G"'t.J\.,~, l i il Photographs attached: Yes ~.c No (over) 'I il ~:-_ ....._-_._-------------...__..._-------------------= 103·-05 ~OO)O . ~• NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC TRUST STATEWIDE SURVEY OF HISTORIC SITES AND BUILDINGS 1. Name (Common and Historic) _--lllE.-J$A ~ r/KOS nAf\lo~ Location 2. SuFFOLI<.. 3. ISL.IP 4. ~S'IIClIfE CIJffl6l1ml4rElts) County Town Vi ge or City ("o,.."t~tltc 5. Addr-ess or Location No SUIt OF:. N:1. :l?8 ..... HWY'.J c. 11,. "Ie,S $ wasr t!>f: ,,/4YSHOIfc. "U,"Ol"c;lIIIIl't""'«( ftolfO .. , 6. Type t'CJt.ONI.' (,I/p.( tlNr) ht,A,S' 7 • Sub ject or Theme MrHI7"""e...."""'fltf;f ' 8• Date of Construction ',?;t." 9. Architect (If Known) _ Builder (If known) 11. Original Owner Sr£PH~I'I"S \'AN l'e>tlrLtt",,,r 12. Original Use rreSIQ£N( Ii :U. Present Owner lfo"6!T t:.AtfOIN,gl SA"rl «oS f1ANtI(( MiSe SOC/tiN Name r'" "Rt4Nrwar'I(S, N ,Y, 11711' Address rs , Physical Condition Htl4f:.. 'Il. ..Rt,&t'1 (0,,,,..,,11 L r"tN$/Ot'J, "{(I4IHIII L '~e.POlt,.O 11(,)"~ftN __ .. B"''', INr"cr, eXTENSiVE AnfJlrltJN$ l5uu.r If.r ~I1S, .W/it+111EI2I!xJ19~QEQ __."0""" EAsr J,. W4fsT WClUQ.F-""''1Lv , l6. Sur-veys 17. Futur-e Action ts. Surveyed by ~-c.tIf/~~ Date If!urveyed -----".--------------------------------------- '\ ~ '\ -t., VC>,tJ '" ~""~\J\ '.. ( NICK) ~!):;I '\" History and Significance: 1M THE: 11''''1. rltl... W/~It' TI'lI4CcT" 01\ ''I'1I4~(J/( II '~\i.VJ.M,(.\\ - r: "," IJWAN r ItM V4N (dugTI,,/4.Nt:lrI A IV.V, "USINIiS"$I'1IfN," IN /~?z J 'tAI1fY./ J4. ... '~rfN r 70 #11'1 ,,~ WI""""" JJr IN 1'97. Ac9tAlftEo /j1\II?S8' 13.., 77JI'IA7HItIN .. J.~. ".",,,.0 1'"Ho,..Psol'l fort HIS to"" IJ19I4C ,,4 IC'SVOLU7IOl'llflle:t, Pl'r/floT :'ha•• f1Y TH£ "R,rISM· t'Ol'(~r.ft.' 01' lJ.voAc~, WI/7-t If TN/It! S*r~/P 1'0 rH£. SEP. 'IS,,'" "" fllftW''''f fJ~tfIN" "'~O""TlON"ff';:l OCCu(Jl4rto,,/ 01= I.o/ll-/J/ANI':J. 0,+/.£ R:c»'~ (Plll$f,tC.II&D) 1,.IWHU~ SIll. ·/.ISItI~X'C"~'1O/V.sUPr. Pl16 A S"/OI'PINIJ,- ,"~ ). r., "'.'J.., 1.<;'<I(:"'01~' 0""_,,, l .", Sources of Information: ""AlQft HWSCS.1 H'srortu. ,"III" 0'" "fr. j £bC~,O'" (inr) ,""tSa>rttf"'" '~6- lS't-I4NO j srsu:», "&WIS (19~~) Photograph: Date Direction of View I Map Location: GS Coordinates l03- 05- 00\0 .. 4654 SUFFOLK COUNTY - BAY SHORE SagtikosManor A small portion of this white clapboard structure dates from c 1692. The heavy timbers and wide-throated chimneys along with paneling and other interior trim place the date of construc- tion at the late 17th century. Around it has grown a Georgian building with features of the Colonial Revival style of the early 20th century. The early portion now constitutes the left front wing of the present building. An addition in 1758 doubled the size of the original house. It is now the mid-section of the structure at present. A buttery sits back of the 1758 addition and probably dates from the 18th century. In 1906, the addition of two large wings with 25 rooms, piazzas, gambrel roofs, and dormers dominated the older dwelling and gave it its present appearance. The additions did not greatly affect the original construc ult\ltfC\.L tion details, and neither 0=' iJeel heating nor electricity have been introduced into the 1690 and 1758 sections. The original patent for "Saghtekoos Manour, or Appletree Neck Wicke" was given by Governor Benjamin Fletcher to Stephen Van Cortlandt on June 2, 1697. Van Cortlandt's original purchase was made in 1692 so the house was apparently built soon after. Van Cortlandt's domain never had judicial jurisdiction. It was about eight miles long but only a few hundred feet wide. -t,--..,-------------------------------------------- ... " -2- Van Cortlandt disposed of his property by 1712. In l758~ when the first addition was made, Isaac Thompson acquired the site. He owned it during the upheavals of the Revolutionary War period when as many as 300 British troops were quartered there. Sir Henry Clinton visited it frequently. Following the war, Washington stopped at the manor on his 1790 tour of Long Island. Thompson's descendants retained the manor and intermarried with the Gardiners of Gardiners Island to merge two prominent ~ \4 e: dJ. ~ Ct'M~A,,;;t 0 r 't"". families of Long Island landowners. The present owner, B l·Jst: t~t« EN;.\\)~ l\fllpf~"UM~ t:f t)~ v..~\- be-~ ~'ftJ~\<\h.."1 ~ I.'j1H1J!dI~, allows the Sagtikos Manor Historlcal Society to use it as headquarters. The association, development and use all qualify this site for nomination. _'--,"I. __~"------------------------------------------__ - 2 - Physical Description (include date and extent of major changes): of ::to'LlYteen .rooms, YO 0 TIE] vvere Colon; 21 Built of -f+.;...,..foM.,..,..,.--------.......~ IEl:;ro e:Jl]m;1!rtt ehallf ': e f) been rna(18 the orln;lnal I<2,norl~:O'LWe. Current use (specify): ------'---fi~~'Hfi'l_---------------------rUGOllffi: Name of owner: ___.....1...J..4';;'-J.-U...-l-lA-l.I.4-J..l:.<;j...l-l.J..J-,u.::;'-.L-..... Owner's address: 990;:1fth Avenue, NeVI :Carl,.:? IT. Y. Is immediate existence: Assured Doubtful Now threatened -'>. ~1"fiiC 2~~iri~2~l;~~ ~~1f~~)~i;1~~~~~~~~~~§tr~!~"al~j- .~~(:: l~~~; t~, ::~:~.t~ f""'t.lr..:G,.,·~~~r;E-t,;{j+··:-7"\(}.:-~_· unique example o f 01.1X A.mer:ican Eerltai'-iP. Presently mar-ked to designate significance: Yes A ~ No AdeQtll3:tely (Yes or No): Accuracy X Location, X ~," '-"'-", "-'.. -," .....-'" ',. •.. ' ....~._ ...._.." -.~---_._."_ ..."--_..__._.. _'~_._-_._._--,_._--- --'- Breoted Is local (public or private) action to mark or preserve: doubtful-L. proposed now in progress completed 'It) wn o f I Tn Comment: --.,...".""......,..,,-----------'------------------,--.- Information furnished by: (name) ----~~..;;..;~----:~ ~.......~.:...-'"'----------- ....... 0 •. ," • Sl.1fFO conntJT ~; 1)0 J::l an, (title and organization) ,oJ_DO Pro uident o f tlle (address) l5 F:i.J:"ct .J.\"J errrre SJJ.ore,L.I.,IT.Y.11706 Continuation Sheet WB 10 Sagtikos Manor Neg. KK VIII-9, fm. N, view of north facade and buttery. Neg. KK VIII-5, fm. SW, view of wing designed by I.H. Green. 1 4) No. l-B-:roO. ",0- \\-<". :j Nt,'LD SIAILS DEPA KTrvlLNT Of· TilL INTLRIOK FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE fATIGNAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES RECEIVEO INVENTORY·· NOMINAnON FORM DATE ENTERED ----------- SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS D~JAME HISTORIC Sagtikos Manor --;-i~D/ORCOMMON IIl:OCATION STREET & NUM BER Montauk Highway NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT . West Bay Shore (N.Y. 2nd STATE CODE COUNTY CODE _. New York 36 Suffolk 103 DCLASSIFICATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE _._DISTRICT _PUBLIC _iIOCCUPIED .-AGRICULTURE x'-MUSEUM _.JtUILDINGIS) -.XPRIVA TE _UNOCCUPIED _COMMERCIAL _PARK _STRUCTURE _BOTH _WORK IN PROGRESS _EDUCATIONAL _PRIVATE RESIDENCE - ._SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE _ENTERTAINMENT _RELIGIOUS ._OBJECT _IN PROCESS ~ RESTRICTED _GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC ..KaEING CONSIDERED _ YES: UNRESTRICTED _INDUSTRIAL _ TRANSPORTA nON _NO _MILITARY _OTHER DOWNER OF PROPERTY NI~ME __Hr. Robert D.L. __Gaf'dJ_I)er - _ STREET & NUMBER 990 Fifth Avenue CIfY TOWN STATE New York VICINITY OF New York IJLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC Suffolk County Courthouse STREET 8< NUMBER CITY TOWN STATE _. Riyerhead New York DREPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE -'---::3tate Inventory of Historic Resources DATE _:b...:::9:...!.7..."SL------------ -----"-.:------------_FEDERAL *STATE _COUNTY _LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS - _.-----~N.........Y....S'--'Parks and Recreatj 00, OJvj s j on for Hi~ic Pres.ervation CITY. TOWN ST-A1'~ ----1\] baoy New York - B DESCRIPTION WB 10 CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE _EXCELLENT _DE TERlORA TED _UNALTERED x-"ORIGINAL SITE XGOOD _ RUINS X-ALTERED _MOVED DATE. _ _UNEXPOSED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The house presently known as Sagtikos Manor is a large rambling frame structure located in the Village of West Bay Shore.