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2-1/2 story dwelling built 1888, with wrap-around porch completed in 1889. Double hung windows with ornate and pedimented caps; oval window, stained glass window, multipaned window; slightly hipped roof. An earlier cedar shake roof is under the 50 year old "tin" roof.
The house's architect and builder was Charles H. Corwin (1855-1937), a famous Greenport builder. He is best known for designing and building the auditorium and movie theater. Most of the houses he built were in the other end of the village.
The house was built for the Burns brothers. They were merchants, with a horse shoeing business. Presumably they were shoeing the horses of Charles Corwin. To distinguish the house as a merchant's house, stunning medallions were installed. Now all gone.
The house was built to use electricity. The electric company was formed in February 1887, with the plant on South Street between First and Second Streets. The house appears on the 1889-1890 Sanborn map, but the porch was not completed in time to appear. In 1901, the house was converted to the shingle style architecture by Jacob Markell. As seen in the first picture at the right.
Desiring to have historical purity, we are returning the house to its original Late Victorian design. Fortunately, we can copy a Mirror Image Twin House, that was built simultaneously, in the part of the village where Corwin usually built.
History of the House - my research on prior owners
House Pictures:
- Listing Pictures - November 2022. For when I bought the house.
- Before Construction Pictures, which include the water damage between the contract signing and the closing.
- After Demolition Pictures - July 2023
- During Construction Pictures - August 18, 2023 - current
- All Walls Before Insulation - August 2, 2024
- Yard Pictures
Inside Lighting: Fixtures and Shades
Information:
- My Personal Greenport Village Information Page
- Saw-Cut Balusters in Greenport Village
- Village Historic Preservation Commission:
- The 1977 building surveys are at CRIS. Use Control-Click to open in a new window. Click agree. Click Proceed as Guest. Click Search along the top. Click Spatial. Select Suffolk for County, then Greenport for Municipality. Click Zoom. Zoom into map, look for the house you are looking for, then click the square you want to look at. Another page will pop up, click Atts. (1). Download Attachment.
Maps:
- Map of Greenport Village Historic District
- Early Greenport Map (showing before landfill)
- Flood:
- Flood Map from Climate Central (has inland flooding)
- Greenport FEMA Flood Map (only waterfront flooding, no inland). From FEMA and PropertyShark websites
- Nautical Chart of Greenport Harbor. Need to zoom in. An extract from that chart.
District: 1001 – Section: 4 – Block: 3 – Lot: 6
Owner: Don Wiss