Guest Cottage Addition Proposed at 1892 Claverack Estate

Six new applications will be reviewed at the next public hearing of the Southampton Village Board of Historic Preservation and Architectural Review.

Applications within an Historic District:

FKA Claverack, LLC: 129 Halsey Neck Lane: build a 518-square-foot addition to the guest cottage. Will Schulz is the architect (local). Eight neighbors were notified. This is “Claverack,” built for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Barber in 1892, and is considered to be one of the most prominent historic estates in the village. The guest house is a lovely miniature version of the house, just like Samuel Parrish’s mother’s house on First Neck Lane. The addition proposes to add a wing to its north side to match the existing wing on the south side, making its composition even more like the main house and completing its symmetry.

Applications Outside of an Historic District:

John Murtha & Charlie Buck, 191 Hampton Road: build 292-square-foot screened porch addition. Fred Smith is the architect (local). Fifteen neighbors were notified. The proposed screened porch will be on the back, not visible from the street. Even so, the design is simple, timeless and tasteful.

Elizabeth Battle, 76 Pierpont Street: driveway gates.

Heather McCallion, 160 Elm Street: build one- and two-story additions, convert garage to pool house and build accessory shed. I can’t tell you how relieved I was to review these drawings. Back in 2008 the same owners received permission to tear down their precious Queen Anne-ish farmhouse built for Fred Green circa 1905 and replace it with a very experimental reinterpretation of the local vernacular style. But, alas, it never happened! Now the owners seem to be in the hands of the capable, and much more contextually sensitive, Water Mill architect Debbie Kropf, who has designed modest additions and improvements to 160 Elm Street so that it will remain suitable for inclusion in our eventually expanded historic district boundaries.

Madeleine James, 209 Little Plains Road: build a 400-square-foot pool house. This is a lovely home and property on the northwest corner of Little Plains and Post Lane.

Ian Schrager, 550 Meadow Lane: driveway gates.