Building Address: 3 Newey Lane
Section / Block / Lot:
Surveyor’s Name: Jayme Breschard
Survey Date: June 2, 2004
Building Type: residence
Owner’s Name: David and Barbara Copeland
Building Name:
Date of Construction: ca. 1870
Architect:
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
Siding Material(s): sawed wood shingle and vertical clapboards on the walls and fishscale shingles in the gable ends
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 Material(s): asphalt shingle, plain
Foundation: wall cladding extends to the ground
Window Style(s): 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
No. of Entrances and Placement: off-centered entrance on the west façade and rear (east) entry
Chimneys and Placement: 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: good
Architectural Integrity: 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.
Architectural Style: Organic Colonial Cottage
Description:
The building at 3 Newey Lane sits on the corner of Beaver Dam Road and Newey Lane. 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.
Historical Information:
According to the 1873 Atlas of Long Island, Ebenezer 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).
Source:
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.