It is the smaller parcel of land, north of East Broadway and its Main Street intersection, with which we are concerned at this time. On this site stands the subject of this article, the Captain Jacob Mott Kirby Storehouse, and the Kirby-Sammis House which also is described in this Tour Guide. Both probably are shown on the Walling Map (1859) although this is, as usual, somewhat vague concerning the specific locations of buildings. The Beers-Comstock Map (1873) is quite specific and shows the Kirby Storehouse in its present location and the early part of the Kirby-Sammis House at its original site alongside the East Broadway curb.

The Landmark Society is fortunate in owning a number of Kirby photographs taken, according to Virginia Applegate Sammis, by two young women, members of the Kirby family, who operated an early photography studio in the early part of the Kirby-Sammis house at its original, curbside location. However, it seems likely that some of the photographs were taken by Ralph Kirby around 1900. These photographs confirm that the Kirby Storehouse has stood on its present site from the time it was built and that the early part of the Kirby-Sammis House was moved to its present site sometime after 1908, when New York and North Shore Traction Company trolley tracks were installed. This is the last part of the "Kirby's Corners" to have remained in Kirby ownership. The 8 1/3 acre parcel on the west side of Main Street was sold by Mrs. Virginia Roe Applegate to Mr. and Mrs. George J.G. Nicholson in 1937. She retained the parcel on the north side of East Broadway for the remainder of her life.

After her death, in 1971, it was conveyed by her estate to Mrs. Muriel Friedman, in December 1972, who later sold it to Robert and Daryl J. Nelkin. Robert Nelkin's parents sold the parcel which included the Kirby Storehouse and the Kirby-Sammis House, to the Roslyn Preservation Corporation on November 9, 1983. The Roslyn Preservation Corporation repaired the major rot problems of the Kirby-Sammis House and then divided the property. The larger parcel, which included the Kirby-Sammis House, was conveyed, under architectural preservation covenants, to Mr. Donald Kavanaugh, the present owner, on March 23, 1984. The smaller parcel, which included the Captain Jacob Mott Kirby Storehouse, was retained by the Roslyn Preservation Corporation so that the building could be carefully studied, evaluated and appropriately restored. According