Building date: 1830s
Original use: Schoolhouse
Corner structures: Red sandstone
Mortar application and content:
Types and uses of stones: Field cobbles
Types and choice of windows: Lintels wood
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°13'08.32"N 78°13'33.34"W. Current owner of record, Ellis as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Albion and Ontario County Maps
This is the old District 8 school house at 13883 County House Road, built in the 1830s with field cobbles. It has been a private residence for many years. Richard Palmer blog.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 3, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, No. 8 Schoolhouse
- Page 116
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
