Smith-Taylor Cabin

Smith-Taylor Cabin

Taylor Island on Shelter Island, October 2008
Location Taylor's Island, Shelter Island, New York
Coordinates 41°4′17″N 72°17′55″W / 41.07139°N 72.29861°W / 41.07139; -72.29861Coordinates: 41°4′17″N 72°17′55″W / 41.07139°N 72.29861°W / 41.07139; -72.29861
Area less than one acre
Built 1937
Architectural style Adirondack log cabin
NRHP Reference # 07001016[1]
Added to NRHP September 28, 2007

Smith-Taylor Cabin is an historic Adirondack style log cabin located in Coecles Harbor on Taylor's Island (Cedar Island) at Shelter Island in Suffolk County, New York. The original cabin was built around 1900 by Francis Marion Smith of 20 Mule Team Borax fame. In 1937 S. Gregory Taylor (Soterios Gregorios Tavoulares) added a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, foyer and landmark tower with catwalk.[2]

It was added to the New York State and National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

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