...WHAT YOU'LL FIND. OF COURSE I'M NEVER PREPARED!
WAS OUT DRIVING AROUND AFTER SHOOTING THE 1760 SCHOOL (I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO CALL IT) IN MATTITUCK AND MY TRAVELS TOOKS ME FURTHER EAST TO THE NORTH SHORE OF SOUTHOLD NEAR THE SOUND. I WAS TOOLING ALONG ON A BACK ROAD HALF WATCHING THE ROAD AND HALF WATCHING THE SIDE WHEN I SPOTTED WHAT LOOKED TO BE A SANDY TRAIL. I KNEW I WAS PRETTY FAR FROM THE SOUND BEACHES, SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A NICE HIKE. I PARKED THE CAR AND WALKED BACK ONLY TO READ A SIGN THAT SAID IT WAS SOUTHOLD TOWN PARKLAND. SO THAT FELT REALLY GOOD.
I JUST RANDOMLY WALKED ALONG HILLS AND VALLEYS IN THE WOODED DUNES AND EVEN JUMPED A SMALL CREEK FEEDING OFF A FRESH WATER POND. I MEANDERED SOMEWHAT WEST AND OUT OF NOWHERE WITH NO HINT OF IT COMING I SPOT THIS WEATHERED SMALL BARN:
THE ROOF WAS ROTTING AWAY, BUT THE DOORS AND WINDOWS SEALED WITH PLYWOOD AND DECK SCREWS VERY WELL. THERE MUST'VE BEEN ANOTHER PART OF THE BUILDING TO THE RIGHT SIDE SINCE I DETECTED A FLOOR AND FOUNDATION WHERE IT WAS.
I ALSO NOTICED ELEC POLES AND WIRES HEADING OFF TOWARDS THE BEACH. SO I FOLLOWED THEM THINKING THERE WAS A PARKING LOT TO A TOWN BEACH OR SOMETHING. AS I GOT CLOSER TO THE BEACH I SPOTTED A BUILDING THAT THE POLES ENDED AT. STILL TOO EARLY TO SAY WHAT IT COULD BE, BUT STILL THINKING A BEACH CLUB HOUSE OR TENNIS CLUB?
AS I APPROACHED THE BUILDING, I WAS STILL NOT 100% SURE WHAT IT WAS. IT LOOKED LIKE A HOUSE OR RESIDENCE OF SOME KIND. THERE IS NO REAL BLUFF AT THIS POINT LIKE MOST PLACES ON THE NORTH SHORE.
THE HOUSE ITSELF WAS BUILT VERY CLOSE TO THE WATERS EDGE AND HAS A VERY STURDY FAIRLY NEW BULKHEAD
BUILT AROUND IT JUTTING OUT INTO THE SOUND WATERS. I GUESS WHEN IT WAS BUILT, THERE WAS ALOT MORE BEACH THAN THERE IS NOW. IT WOULD PUT THE STRUCTURE IN THE 1950'S-60'S ERA.
WHERE I WAS STANDING TO TAKE THIS SHOT WOULD BE IN THE WATER IF THE BULKHEAD WERE NOT PRESENT:
SAME LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, THIS APPEARED TO BE A GARAGE WITH A ROOM OVER THE TOP:
WALKED AROUND TO WHAT I ASSUME IS THE BACK AGAIN. THIS MUST BE THE FRONT DOOR? BACK DOOR?
I THEN NOTICED IT ALSO HAD AN IN GROUND POOL ADJACENT TO THE DRIVEWAY. LOOKS AS THOUGH SOME ONE WAS TAKING THE PAVERS AROUND THE POOL AND POOL HOUSE:
THERE WAS A DECK THAT MET WITH THE PAVERS BY THE HOUSE THAT HAD A STAIRWAY GOING DOWN TO A LOWER LEVEL OF THE HOUSE. THIS KIND OF SHOCKED ME....A HOUSE BUILT INTO THE BEACH SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO THE SOMETIMES RAGING WATERS OF THE L.I. SOUND. THIS IS WHERE I WASN'T PREPARED...NO FLASHLIGHT AND NO BOOTS SINCE THERE WAS A FEW INCHES OF WATER AT THE BOTTOM OF THESE STEPS:
EVEN THE POOL HOUSE (2-CHANGING ROOMS AND A BATHROOM) HAD A BASEMENT:
IT APPEARED THAT ALL THE POOL MECHANICAL STUFF WAS UNDER THERE:
HERE'S A FOUR SHOT PANORAMIC OF THE WHOLE POOL YARD SIDE:
LATER WHEN I GOT BACK TO MY CAR, I ASKED A PASSERBY WHAT THE DEAL WAS WITH THAT PLACE. IT WAS APPARENTLY A PRIVATE RESIDENCE AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THE TOWN BOUGHT IT AND TURNED IT INTO A
PARK AND/OR PRESERVE. THE HOUSE IS SLATED FOR DEMO. I HAVE NO DATE FOR THAT. NEXT TIME I BRING BOOTS AND A FLASHLIGHT! SMART MOVE, HUH?
~DOC
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