Building date: 1846, razed in 1959.
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Masons who worked on building: Cyrus Witheral
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Exact location has yet to be determined. 1860 map shows the approximate location of the Cobblestone School District No. 5.
Town of Albion and Orleans County Maps
Out of the past, Cobblestone School District No. 5, by Cary H Lattin, former Orleans County Historian, Orleans Republican American and weekly news, Albion, N.Y., 11/27/1968.
Editor's Note: Cary Lattin's notes for this article were found in the Cobblestone Museum archives. Following is an entry in the trustees minutes that was not included in the article:"Sept. 4, 1849, resolved to dig a well deep enough to furnish durable water for school purposes and to put a "Cope [& Co.] pump" of good durable material and platform of hewed cedar timbers, well framed and fitted to well and pump. Resolved to raise $10.00 for purpose of buying and putting in pump in will and cleaning same." Source: Trustees Minutes (1823-1849) book of School District No. 5, Town of Barre (Riches Corners School, see Editor's Note: below), found with Cary was cleaning out Cousin Mary's home.
Bethinking of Old Orleans, "Architecture Destroyed, Part IX, Riches Corners School", Vol. 5 No. 26, by Cary H Lattin, former Orleans County Historian, The Journal Register, Medina New York, 6/29/1983.
"Architecture Destroyed in Orleans County", "Chapter III Cobblestone Buildings", by C. W, Lattin, Orleans County Historian, Page 11, Published by the Cobblestone Society, November 1984.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 5, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
Editor's Note: The Town of Albion was created in 1875 by the division of the Town of Barre. Initially the Cobblestone School District No. 5 was in the Town of Barre and renamed Riches Corners School District, when the Town of Albion was created.
 1860 Niagara Orleans Counties Alb-6 Excerpt Map.jpg ¹ |  Alb-6 Cobblestone School Dist 5 1.jpg ² |
¹ 1860 Niagara Orleans Counties Alb-6 Map Excerpt courtesy Library of Congress.
² Image courtesy Orleans Republican American and weekly news, Albion, N.Y., 11/27/1968 article "Out of the past", by Cary H Lattin, former Orleans County Historian.
