Unless indicated below, this is a transcript of the original Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities/Town of Brookhaven survey form. Since most of the surveys were conducted in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, much of the information reflects that time period.

Corrections to obvious typographical and spelling errors have been made. Corrections to factual errors in the original surveys, and updates or comments on the information are either enclosed in [square brackets], or are clearly indicated as updated material from the context of the comments.

Sites with an Inventory Code suffix of “S” are supplemental sites not included in the original surveys.

BUILDING-STRUCTURE INVENTORY FORM

Miller-Pizzichemi-[Blume] house [The Oaks]

 If checked, this is a Supplemental Form, not in the original surveys.

Inventory Code:   Br26 
Prepared Date:   1982-08-16 
Last Modified:   1970-01-01 
Original Submitter
Submitter Name:   Town of Brookhaven/SPLIA
Submitter Address:   Town Hall
205 S. Ocean Ave.
Patchogue, NY 11772  
Organization:   Brookhaven Community Development Agency
Identification
1-Building/Site Name:   Miller-Pizzichemi-[Blume] house [The Oaks] 
2a-County:   Suffolk    2b-Town:   Brookhaven    2c-Village:   Hamlet of Brookhaven
3-Street Location:    
Ownership
 4a-Public    4b-Private
5a-Present Owner:   Dominick Pizzichemi 5b-Address:   281 Beaver Dam Rd., Brookhaven
Use

6a-Original:   residence

6b-Present:   residence

Accessibility
 7a-Visible From Road

 7b-Interior Accessible
7b-Interior Comment:   by appointment
Building Materials
 8a-Clapboard

 8b-Stone

 8c-Brick

 8d-Board & Batten

 8e-Cobblestone

 8f-Shingles

 8g-Stucco
8-Other:   
Structural System
 9a-Wood Frame Interlocking Joints    9b-Wood Frame Light Members:   9c-Masonry:
 9d-Metal
9d-Metal Comment:   
 9e-Other
 9e-Other Comment:   
Condition
   10a-Excellent   10b-Good   10c-Fair    10d-Deteriorated
Integrity
  11a-Original Site  11b-Moved If so, when?
11c-Alterations:   Cement Block foundation under front porch  «»
Photo & Map
12-Photo Photos and images
13-Map
Threats
[Threats were not evaluated in the original South Shore Estuary Survey.  They are an evaluation by J. Deitz]
  14a-None Known:   14b-Zoning   14c-Roads
  14d-Developers   14e-Deterioration
14f-Other:   
14-Comment:   
Related Outbuildings and Property
 15a-Barn  15b-Carriage House  15c-Garage
 15d-Privy  15e-Shed   15f-Greenhouse
 15g-Shop  15h-Gardens   15i-Landscape Features
15i-Landscape Features:   
15j-Other:   
15-Comment:   
Surroundings of the Building
 16a-Open Land  16b-Woodland  16c-Scattered Bldgs.
 16d-Densely Built-up  16e-Commercial  16f-Industrial
 16g-Residential 16h-Other:   
Interrelationship of Building and Surroundings
17-Interrelationships:  This house is located on Beaver Dam Road, which as first opened in 1735  
Other Notable Features of Building and Site
18-Notable Features:      «»
Significance
19-Initial Const Date:   before 1902, c. 1890  
19-Architect:  
19-Builder:  
Historic and Architectural Importance
20-Importance:   Large, 2 1/2 story, Gable roof, asymmetrical, Queen Anne style house with main gable roof section to the street. Gables with dentils. Wraparound porch with turned posts and lattice-like fascia. Original porch railing remains, partly broken. Original, double-leaf, paneled front doors and storm doors. Multi-paned square window in entrance hall next to front door. Large 1/1 windows throughout, and 6/6 windows in attic. Glass-enclosed, solarium on second floor east side projects over front porch. Large lawns on two sides of house, and carriage house in rear.

This house, reminiscent of some on Shelter Island, is the only one of its type in Brookhaven Hamlet.

A post card, dated 1912, names this house "The Oaks."

[A note on a photograph at the Post-Morrow Foundation Historic Archives indicates that the house was built in 1903 by Thomas I. Morrow (Sr.), and occupied by members of the Morrow family until 1947. However, recent research raises questions on the validity of this note. Numerous newspaper accounts indicate that Louis and Melita Blume were residents of The Oaks from perhaps as early as c. 1914 until 1941. The main Morrow house was located a short distance east. One NEWSPAPER account indicates that the property was owned by the Blumes; deed research on the property has not yet been conducted. Mrs. Louis Blume was Melita Blume, a well-known local artist. Melita had a small studio/store on the southwest corner of their lot. Originally built as a corn crib, it is no longer extant.]

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Sources
21-Sources: Atlas of the Ocean Shore of Suffolk county, L.I., New York: E. Belcher-Hyde, publishers, pl. no. 3, 1902. Atlas of Suffolk County, L.I., easterly section, Vol. I, New York: E. Belcher-Hyde, publishers, 1915. «»
Theme
22-Theme:   residential  
Prepared By: 
  Ellen Williams, research assistant.  
Supplemental Material:
  A Guest House? There is some little evidence that this residence was a Guest house operated by Mrs Melita Blume in the early part of 20th century. A post card of the residence, then called "The Oaks," postally dated Aug 10, 1912, was mailed by a Mrs. V.A. Taylor, having been sent there "for two weeks by my husband," An article in the Patchogue Advance of 28 Feb. 1928, pg. 3, indicates "Brookhaven–Mrs Julia Loomis of New York and Brookhaven arrived at the Oaks Monday and was a guest of Mrs. Melita Blume." No other evidence has been found that the Oaks was one of the many commercial Guest Houses in Brookhaven hamlet in the early 20th century.