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South Shore Estuary Survey Form

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The information in this form is based on information in the original South Shore Estuary Survey. Corrections to obvious typographical and spelling errors have been made. Corrections to factual errors, updates or comments on the information are enclosed either in [square brackets] or are clearly indicated as updates in the text.. Since the surveys were conducted in the Summer of 2004, the information reflects that time period unless otherwise noted. Because the South Shore Estuary Survey report format is not entirely consistent with the original Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities/Town of Brookhaven survey formats, there are a few additional fields on this page not found on the original forms. The original South Shore Estuary Survey Report is available as a PDF document by clicking on the below.

South Shore Estuary Survey Form

Murdock-Grodeski House

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

Br16.1.5-S

06-02-2004

01-01-1970

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Submitter

Submitter Name:
Jayme Breschard
Submitter Address:
382 Main Street

Port Washington, NY 11050
516-767-8803
Long Island Traditions, Inc

Identification

Murdock-Grodeski House
Suffolk
Brookhaven
Hamlet of Brookhaven

 If checked, this site is within the Fire Place (Brookhaven Hamlet) Historic District

Ownership

4a-Public
4b-Private
David Ebner (2004)
5 Newey Ln.

Use

Residence
Residence

Accessibility

7a-Visible From Road
7b-Interior Accessible
By appointment

Architectural Style

Greek Revival, with early twentieth century and modern alteratio

Description

The building at 5 Newey Lane sits on the east side of Newey Lane. Two outbuildings are located in the rear (east) lot. The larger structure is front-gabled with a concrete block foundation, flat roof addition, and clad with painted wood shingles. It has paired one-over-one double-hung sash windows, two half-glazed roll-up garage doors, and a metal corrugated panel roof. The smaller structure has a shed roof with a dropped secondary roof, vertical board siding, casement windows, and an asphalt shingle roof.

Decorative Features

gable louvers, vertical plank shutters, and metal awnings

Building Materials

8a-Clapboard
8b-Stone
8c-Brick
8d-Board & Batten
8e-Cobblestone
8f-Shingles
8g-Stucco
painted wood shingle, sawed, coursed

Structural System

9a-Wood Frame Interlocking Joints
9b-Wood Frame Light Members
9c-Masonry
9d-Metal
9e-Other

Roof Style

cross-gabled roof with hipped-roof façade addition

Roofing Materials

asphalt shingle, plain

Foundation

concrete block

Windows

Chicago window, frieze band (eyebrow), paired one-over-one double-hung sash, and six-over-six double-hung sash windows

Entrances

north elevation and rear (east) entries, both with metal awnings

Chimneys

exterior painted concrete block end-wall chimney on rear (east) elevation

Condition

10a-Excellent
10b-Good
10c-Fair
10d-Deteriorated

Integrity

11a-Original Site
11b-Moved
There is a one-story façade (west) addition with half- hipped roof that wraps around to the south elevation of the building.

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Threats

14a-None Known
14b-Zoning
14c-Roads
14d-Developers
14e-Deterioration

Related Outbuildings and Property

15a-Barn
15b-Carriage House
15c-Garage
15d-Privy
15e-Shed
15f-Greenhouse
15g-Shop
15h-Gardens
15i-Landscape Features

Surroundings of the Building

16a-Open Land
16b-Woodland
16c-Scattered Bldgs
16d-Densely Built-up
16e-Commercial
16f-Industrial
16g-Residential

Interrelationship of Building and Surroundings

Other Notable Features of Building and Site

Significance

ca. 1880

Historic and Architectural Importance

According to the 1888 Atlas of the Towns of Babylon, Islip and the South Part of Brookhaven [and the 1915 E. Belcher Hyde map of Brookhaven Hamlet], William Murdock resided in the building presently located at 5 Newey Lane. Robert H. Lyons III, current Bellport Village Trustee, remembered Bill Murdock from his youth as a bayman.

In addition, current homeowner, David Ebner, stated that Stanley Grodeski, a boat carpenter who worked with Captain Samuel W. Newey in his shipyard, lived in this residence. Grodeski was still building boats in 1968 when Stephanie S. Bigelow’s book, Bellport and Brookhaven: A Saga of the Sibling Hamlets at Old Purchase South, was published [in 1968.]

[Current homeowner David Ebner is a well known artist specializing in woodworking and furniture.]

Sources

Beers, F.W. Atlas of Long Island (1873).

Bigelow, Stephanie S. Bellport and Brookhaven: A Saga of the Sibling Hamlets at Old Purchase South. Bellport, NY: Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society, 1968.

Gottfried, Herbert and Jan Jennings. American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940. New York: Van Norstrand Reinhold, 1985.

Lyons, Robert H. III, interview by author, Jayme Breschard. Telephone interview, 14 July 2004.

Wendelkyn & Co. Atlas of the Towns of Babylon, Islip and the South Part of Brookhaven. 1888.

[E. Belcher Hyde map of Brookhaven Hamlet, 1915.]

Theme

Residential

Prepared By

John Deitz

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