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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

Ebenezer Albin House

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

Inventory Code: Br16.1.6-S

Prepared Date: 06-02-2004

Last Modified: 01-01-1970

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Submitter

Submitter Name:

Jayme Breschard

Submitter Address:

382 Main Street

Port Washington, NY 11050
516-767-8803

Organization:Long Island Traditions, Inc

Identification

1-Building/Site Name:Ebenezer Albin House

2a-County:Suffolk

2b-Town:Brookhaven

2c-Village:Hamlet of Brookhaven

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

Ownership

4a-Public

4b-Private

5a-Present Owner:David and Barbara Copeland

5b-Address:

Use

6a-Original:Residence

6b-Present:Residence

Accessibility

7a-Visible From Road

7b-Interior Accessible

7b-Interior Comment: By appointment

Architectural Style

Organic Colonial Cottage

Description

The building at 3 Newey Lane sits on the corner of Beaver Dam Road and Newey Lane. Building Dimensions: 50’ x 36’ No. of Floors: 2.

Decorative Features

Tuscan column supports for the west façade’s entry porch and wraparound porch (extends from the façade to the north elevation), vertical plank shutters, scroll-sawn brackets under both the three-sided and squared bay windows, and gable louvers

Building Materials

8a-Clapboard

8b-Stone

8c-Brick

8d-Board & Batten

8e-Cobblestone

8f-Shingles

8g-Stucco

8-Other: Sawed wood shingle and vertical clapboards on the walls and fishscale shingles in the gable ends

Structural System

9a-Wood Frame Interlocking Joints

9b-Wood Frame Light Members

9c-Masonry

9d-Metal

9d-Metal Comment:

9e-Other

9e-Other Comment:

Roof Style

Cross-gabled roof with a half-hipped veranda that wraps around from the façade (west) to the north elevation and a shed roof entry (on façade)

Roofing Materials

Asphalt shingle, plain

Foundation

Wall cladding extends to the ground

Windows

Paired six-over-six double-hung sash, paired four-light casement, paired one-over-one double-hung sash, round arch transoms, and three-sided and squared bay windows

Entrances

Off-centered entrance on the west façade and rear (east) entry

Chimneys

Two interior concrete (stucco and block) chimneys in the rear and an exterior end-wall chimney on the north elevation, enclosed by the screened veranda

Condition

10a-Excellent

10b-Good

10c-Fair

10d-Deteriorated

Integrity

11a-Original Site

11b-Moved

If so, when?:

11c-Alterations: The wraparound porch has been screened on the north elevation. On the west façade, the wraparound porch has been enclosed. On the south elevation, a conservatory with a brick foundation has been added.

Photo & Map

12-Photo:

13-Map:

Threats

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: Two outbuildings sit in the rear (east) and south lots. At the end of the gravel east-west drive is a one-story front-gabled garage with three bays that is covered with diagonal wood siding. To the south is a steeply-pitched side-gabled outbuilding with vertical wood siding and a shed-roof entry.

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:

Other Notable Features of Building and Site

18-Notable Features:

Significance

19-Initial Const Date: About 1870

19-Architect:

19-Builder:

Historic and Architectural Importance

20-Importance:

According to the 1873 Atlas of Long Island, Elbert (Albert) Albin owned the building presently located at 3 Newey Lane (Newey Lane is not shown on the map). The building sits on the south side of Beaver Dam Road (then known as South Street). The same map portrays Elbert (Albert) Albin in possession of the building currently at 6 Burnett Lane. Elbert Albin appeared on the 1870 census in Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet) in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York as a fisherman. He later appeared on the 1880 census as a bayman. The 1888 Atlas of the Towns of Babylon, Islip and the South Part of Brookhaven depicts Elbert Albin still residing at 3 Newey Lane. According to both maps, Elbert Albin’s brother, Robert S., owned and operated a grocery store in the building presently located at 340 Beaver Dam Road.

[While the 1873 Atlas shows an E. Albin as being the owner of this property, 1860 and 1870 census evidence indicates that it was Ebenezer Albin, not (James) Elbert Albin. Also living nearby (probably next door) was an Albert Albin; because of his age he clearly was not Elbert. Both were baymen/fishermen, as was Elbert. While I suspect all the Albins were related, I have not yet established the connection. J.D.]

Sources

21-Sources:

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

Deitz, John B. 2000 - 2004. Brookhaven, New York; available from http://prometheusli.com/hamlet/history/BuildingInventoryForm.asp?InventoryCode=Br18B.2-S; Internet; accessed 2 July 2004.

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

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

Theme

22-Theme:

Prepared By

Jayme Breschard

Supplemental Material

Starting about 1927, Alex and Bobbie de Hond of New York City rented this cottage as a Summer/weekend home. It was then known as Waters Edge Cottage. Sometime in the mid-1940s, the de Honds purchased the Swezey house (Br32A) on Locust Rd., and moved there.

Patchogue Advance, 15 April 1927, p. 8:
"Mr. And Mrs. de Hond of New York City have rented Water's Edge Cottage on the Corner of Beaver Dam Road and Railroad Avenue [actually Newey Lane] for the season. Mr. de Hond is an interior decorator."

Patchogue Advance, 8 July 1927, p. 11:
"Mr. And Mrs. Alexander de Hond entertained over the holidays Artist Vincent Garafallo of Greenwich Village.".

Patchogue Advance, 1 Jul 1927, p. 16:
"Mrs. Alice Bargeman of New York spent the week-end with Mrs. Bobbie de Hond at Waters Edge Cottage.