Building date: 1840
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Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°10'07.62"N 77°09'52.55"W. Current owner of record, Johnston as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Marion and Wayne County Maps
Roudabush Survey gave the address as 4685 E Marion-Williamson Rd., whereas the current address is 4685 E Williamson Rd.
This house at 4685 Marion-East Williamson Road was built in 1840 by Samuel Barrett according to the date stone. This family resided there for several generations. Richard Palmer blog.
"The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease. Research done in collaboration with Hazed B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt, 1941. Reference the ninth paragraph on page 37.
Kurt and Jane Feuerherm [sic] acquired [house] 1953 from a man who had it for about four years and did a very extensive restoration job on very badly dilapidated walls. Handwritten note card by Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum, circa 1955.
"The Welch's have a thing about... Cobblestones", text and photographs by Talis Bergmanis, Upstate New York, and supplement to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, pages 9 and 11, 7/26/1970.
First floor plan, Cobblestone Farmhouse (Thomas Welch House) from "Restoration & Preservation", (Of Early Armerican Architecture) 1976 by Carl F. Schmidt.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Barrett Cobblestone
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Thomas Welch House 10th Annual 06/06/1970, Mrs. Sydney Welch House, Marion Homes Tour 12th Marion Heritage Festival 09/10/1988.
 Mar-18 Welch 4.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins 1928. |  Mar-18 Welch 5.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins 1930. |  Mar-18 Welch 6.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins 1930. |  Mar-18 Welch 7.jpg ¹ |
 Mar-18 Welch 2.jpg ¹ |  Mar_18_1.jpg |  Mar_18_2.jpg |  Mar_18_3.jpg |
 Mar_18_4.jpg |  Mar_18_5.jpg |  Mar-18 Welch 3.jpg ¹ |  Mar-18 4685 E Williamson Rd 1.jpg ² |
 Mar-18 4685 E Williamson Rd 2.jpg ² |  4685 Marion-East Williamson Road.jpg ³ |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum. Editor's Note: Best effort image restoration was done in Photoshop for the very poor Charles Hopkins' original photographic prints.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
