Building date: C. 1845, demolished c. 1895
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Types and uses of stones: Field cobbles
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Location is Google Earth confirmed; 43°14'58.99"N 78°11'38.56"W. See map inset below from 1857 J. H. French map of the Village of Albion.
Town of Albion and Orleans County Maps
About 1845 Hiram Curtis had a large cobblestone building built north of the Canal in Albion to house his foundry. In this building he operated a business of making plows and, later, mowing machines which serviced most of Orleans County. By the turn of the century the building had been torn down and today the Lake Country Pennysaver building occupies the site. "Chapter III Cobblestone Buildings", by Delia Robinson, "Architecture Destroyed in Orleans County, New York", by C. W. Lattin, Orleans County Historian, November 1984. Published by the Cobblestone Society.
About 1845 Hiram Curtis built this foundry of field cobbles on the southeast corner of Main and Orchard streets in Albion north of the Erie Canal. The firm manufactured farm implements. It was torn down about 1895. Richard Palmer blog.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 7, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
 Curtis Foundry, Albion.jpg ¹ |  Hiram Curtis Foundry 1857 Map.jpg ¹ |  Alb-5 Hiram Curtis Foundry 2.jpg ² |  Alb-5 Hiram Curtis Foundry 1.jpg ¹ |
¹ Image courtesy Richard Palmer blog. From 1857 J. H. French map of the Village of Albion.
² "Chapter III Cobblestone Buildings", by Delia Robinson, "Architecture Destroyed in Orleans County, New York", by C. W. Lattin, Orleans County Historian, November 1984. Published by the Cobblestone Society.
