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- There are now nine cobblestone houses* in Yates County. George R. Young built with fieldstones from 1834 to 1848. Barron and Lamoreaux were builders with lake washed stones at a slightly later period. South of Rushville there was a round cobblestone one-room school. house which burned in 1920. South of Himrod is the Dr. Spence House which has always been in the Spence family. In 1848 Br. Henry Spence had lake-washed stones gathered along Lake Ontario shipped by boat from Sodus Point to Starkey Point, about forty-five miles. The stones were then hauled overland thirteen miles by ox team. Because of the difficulty in securing a large supply of these stones, the rows are farther apart in this masonry than usual. Yates County, by Guy L. Hobart, excerpt from "Notes from other Cobblestone Centers", page 9, "A Heritage of Cobblestone", a product of the Cobblestone Society, printed and published as a supplement to "The Orleans Republican American" circa 1966.
* Editor's Note: As of 12/11/2021 there are 15 known cobblestone structures in Yates County.
- "Historic Yates Area Homes", Geneva Daily Times, Monday, February 2, 1955.
- Cobblestone Buildings in Yates County, By Richard F. Palmer
- "Gateways To Cobblestone Houses of Yates County", by Crooked Lake Yorkers, Penn Yan Academy, 1967.
- "A Brief History of Cobblestone Architecture in Yates County, New York", By Richard F. Palmer
