Orange Webb House
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Orange Webb House
Backstory and Context
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Built in the first half of 1700s, this structure is believed to be the inn erected by Captain William Booth around 1720. Originally situated in Greenport the Inn was moved to another property along what is now Route 48 in 1786 when Orange Webb purchased the structure.
In 1954, the house was slated for demolition. A number of concern citizens unsuccessfully attempted to raise the money to save the structure and turn it into a museum. Just before the wrecking ball fell, in the summer of 1955, George Latham stepped in and purchased the house. He decided to move it to Orient to house his collection of antiques.
In 1981, he gave the house and most of its furnishings to the Oysterponds Historical Society in his will.
Sources
Antiquities, Society for the Preservation of Long Island's. Historic House Inventory - Southold Town. Survey for New York State , unpublished, 1976-1987.
Folk, Amy Kasuga. images of America, Oysterponds, East Marion and Orient. Charlestown, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2015.
Society, Oysterponds Historical. Historic Orient Village. Orient, New York: Oysterponds Historical Society, 1976.
"Town Historian's Files." Town Historian's Office, Southold, New York , n.d.
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