Smith-Taylor Cabin

Smith-Taylor Cabin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Taylor Island on Shelter Island, October 2008
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Location	Taylor's Island, Shelter Island, New York
Coordinates	41°4′17″N72°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 No.	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]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Virginia L. Bartos (June 2007). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Smith--Taylor Cabin. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 27, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)