- This is About Southold Mount Beulah Avenue -

By Danny McCarthy
"Wouldn't You Know It? - I'm NOT Barking Up the Wrong Tree!"
{June 27 - July 4, 1988 New York (Magazine)} “From downtown Southold, ride north from Main Road along Youngs Avenue to Lighthouse Road, and either continue straight ahead to the lighthouse and blufftop park at Horton Point or turn right onto Sound View Avenue and roll into the shade of the old trees, which form a perfect tunnel, and round the corner to Mount Beulah Avenue.”
One hundred trees {or so} {known as Maple Trees/’Tree of Choice} on Mount Beulah Avenue were almost cut down due to having been aged. They have stood for over 100 years. I believe some of the 100 Maple Trees were taken over by mites. The property is basically located where the old Cosden Estate rested.
They Had to Get to the Root{s} of the Situation!
I do believe the below link is of some assistance:
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/maple-wilt-63125.html
Here’s something that is truly not that far from a missing link regarding a June 23, 2010 entry of the Ever Eastward: Alfred H. Cosden and His Estate at Southold event:
Former Southold Historical Society Director Geoffrey K. Fleming researched and authored the book Ever Eastward… Here’s a link from the Southold Historical Society website carrying the availability of that hardcover:
http://www.southoldhistoricalsociety.org/product-page/ever-eastward-alfred-h-cosden-and-his-estate-at
“Let’s Keep It in the Family!” ~ Really!
I met Greenport resident Caroline Ciochetto through various outstanding theatrical productions. She happened to get in touch with me back on March 28, 2011 where she shared some relative connections:
“Mrs. Fred Bridge (my grandmother... my father’s mother) {-} Mrs Edward Cahoon was her sister, and Mrs. Joseph Marshall was her mother (my great grandmother) {,} and the Cosden was someone who had one of the mansions on the sound next to my grandmother’s. Now you must know this from the Historical Society and the library, but the Cahoons had a daughter, Edna, who was at one time married to a Booth, of Mt Beulah lane, and she was the mother of Whitney Booth, and when her father gave her the property of the Southold Library, she donated it to the town to be used as a library.”
I contacted Caroline Ciochetto recently and she quickly reminded me that Dr. Joseph H. Marshall {who was originally from Brooklyn}, is her great grandfather.
Now Here’s Something …
In Geoffrey Fleming’s Ever Eastward … on page 20 it is written, and I quote: “The Cahoon and Marshall families had, for years, vacationed here in a group of small and later large houses located up at “Breezy Bluff” along the north side of Sound View Avenue.”
Caroline let me know that yes, her great-grandfather, Dr. Joseph H. Marshall, had one of those houses on Breezy Bluff; and when “the good doctor” left the house, his wife would go right on ahead and have the house absolutely remodeled even fancier than it was so that it would be done before he came back home.
"Out of {E}state, Out of Mind!"
The Southold Historical Society website carries a link about the Cosden Estate listing the following information: "The house {the Cosden Estate} was demolished in 1940 and the remaining portions of the house were sold."
Speaking in General Terms
I thought to go ahead and exchange some items I came across about Mount Beulah Avenue November 21, 1940 Long Island Traveler Mattituck Watchman: “FOR RENT -Cottage – 7 rooms with bath. Mount Beulah Avenue, Southold. C. W. Booth”
April 19, 1951 Long Island Traveler Mattituck Watchman: Fifty Years Ago Column – “Isaac B. Remsen was having two cottages built by Boss Ruland, one located on Sound View road and the other on Mt. Beulah Avenue.”
August 18, 1955 Long Island Traveler Mattituck Watchman: “Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Booth and son, of Baltimore, Md., spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Booth of Mount Beulah Avenue.”
July 4, 1963 Long Island Traveler Mattituck Watchman: “Mrs. Clement W. Booth was hostess to the Minnepaug Club at her home on Mt. Beulah Avenue on Thursday, June 27th.”
"The Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library maintains the archive for the Minnepaug Club.” -
https://cutchoguelibrary.org/library-info/local-history/minnepaug-club/
September 3, 1964: “Miss Paula Chizzini, who is a nurse at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Miss Barbara Chizzini, who is employed by the American Export and Isbransen Steamship Line on the ‘Constitution’ and their brother Lt. John Chizzini have been visiting with their mother, Mrs. Helen Chizzini, at her home on Mt. Beulah Avenue. John left on the 24th to return to his base in California and then will proceed to Japan.”
October 1, 1964 Long Island Traveler Mattituck Watchman: “Mrs. W. Bradford Wiley and son, William, of Summit, N.J. spent the week end with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Clement W. Booth at their home on Mt. Beulah Avenue. Bill is a senior at Columbia University.”
February 13, 1969 Long Island Traveler Watchman: “Mr and Mrs George Koch, Jr. of Bayside visited with her mother, Mrs Jack Chizzini of Mt Beulah Avenue over the weekend and were detained by the severe snow storm on Sunday. Mrs. Koch is the former Barbara Chizzini.”
November 30, 1972 Long Island Traveler Mattituck Watchman: “Mr. Robert Olsen and daughter, Karen of Darien, Conn, spent the holidays with Mr and Mrs Clement W Booth Sr on Mt Beulah Avenue, Southold.” “Mr and Mrs W Bradford Wiley of Summit, N J and Miss Helen Booth of New York City were guests of Mr and Mrs Clement W Booth on Mt Beulah Avenue for the holidays.”
August 22, 1974 Long Island Traveler Watchman: “Capt. and Mrs. George Koch of Mt. Beulah Avenue proudly announce the arrival of a daughter, Krista Leigh, at the Nassau Hospital in Mineola on Saturday, August 10. Mrs. Koch is the former Miss Barbara Chizzini, of Southold.”
April 15, 1976 Long Island Traveler Mattituck Watchman: 75 Years Ago Column – “Isaac B. Remsen was having two cottages built by Boss Ruland. One cottage was located on Sound Avenue and the other on Mount Beulah Avenue. It is believed Mr. Remsen used one cottage for himself and the other for summer rental.”
Dutiful Thanks!
I'd like to not only pay tribute to Caroline Ciochetto but also to Southold Historical Society Board of Trustees Member Chris Wruck. Mrs. Wruck gave me a true Treasure Exchange about the Mount Beulah Trees and for me to go ahead and “write about this in my own clever & creative style!"