Building date:
Original use:
Corner structures: Quoins are uniform
Mortar application and content: Grouted. The mortar is abnormally white and both horizontal and vertical are unusually wide, giving the stones the appearance of being rectangular.
Types and uses of stones: 3 rows of stones at each quoin. Stones are large and somewhat smoothed.
Types and choice of windows: No lintels on many windows. Stone lintels on some windows. See photographs below and Errata.
Structures with similar masonry details: Ale-4 Leibingers
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°02'59.03"N 78°20'07.52"W. Current owner of record, Scarborough as of date (YMD) 190318.
Town of Alabama and Genesee County Maps
This is a 12 story house at Ledge and Maple Rd.. It has an addition on one end and above the original roof. Quoins are uniform with 3 rows of stones at each quoin. Stones are large and somewhat smoothed. The mortar is abnormally white and both horizontal and vertical are unusually wide, giving the stones the appearance of being rectangular. The mortar appears to be grouted. The stones and mortar resemble those in Ale - 4, and appears to be grouted. Page 50 Roudabush Survey.
"Cobblestone Examples Noted in Genesee Recall Construction Over Century Ago
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¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.