Building date: Very late 19th century.
Original use: Storage structure, detached from main residence, to house acetylene gas system for gas lights in the residence.
Corner structures: Medina stone quoins.
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Types and uses of stones: Field cobbles.
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'00.06"N 78°11'29.86"W. Current owner of record, Martin as of the 2024 Tax Roll.
Town of Albion and Orleans County Maps
Overlooked Cobblestone, By Bill Lattin, Trustee, "The Cobblestoner", Summer 2024 Edition, Vol. 47, No. 3. Page 7.
Pictured here are the walls of an overlooked cobblestone building, and it has been right under our noses for years at 55 Caroline Street in the Village of Albion. I first became aware of this in the early 1960s but didn't give it much thought. At that point in time it still had a roof on it. Emma Hughes told me that her father, Patrick Hughes, had it built to house the tanks for the acetylene gas system used in lighting their home. According to her, he was afraid of explosion if the tanks were placed in the basement of the house. That is where most acetylene systems were located. One of the living rooms in the house still retains a ceiling gas fixture that would have used acetylene piped from the little building.
Naturally this cobblestone structure was built sometime in the very late 19th century, outside of the cobblestone era, 1825-1860. It is constructed of field cobbles laid in rows with Medina Sandstone quoins. Most recently this property has been sold, revealing the unique utilitarian cobblestone structure with one door and two windows.
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¹ Photography courtesy Bill Lattin, Trustee, Cobblestone Museum. "The Cobblestoner", Summer 2024 Edition, Vol. 47, No. 3. Page 7.
