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Corner structures: Square cut gray limestone. Variable - the corner in the right rear has quoins made of irregular stones. Tooled
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment
Types and uses of stones: Large, irregular and rough.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels are gray limestone
Structures with similar masonry details:
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°03'43.76"N 77°06'04.06"W. Current owner of record, Newark Wayne Community Hospital as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Arcadia and Wayne County Maps
At 240 W. Pearl St., the two story section parallel to the road has a wing added to the back. The front section appears to be the original building. The quoins on the front wall are square cut gray limestone, while the corner in the right rear has quoins made of irregular stones. The rear addition has repaired or reconstructed west and southwest walls. Stones are large, irregular and rough. Lintels are gray limestone. Roudabush Survey page 108
"The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease. Research done in collaboration with Hazed B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt, 1941. Reference the second paragraph on page 27.
"Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Campbell House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 64 and 65. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.
Article in "Historic Homes in and Around Arcadia" regarding the Newark, Wayne County cobblestone written in 1982 by Arcadia Historian Cecilia B. Jackson.
Editor's Note: The emails and imagery that follow are being provided to document the preservation efforts for this structure that is in peril. Contact information for the organizations and individuals directly involved with the structure is provided where appropriate. If you have general questions, comments, content or imagery to provide relating to this structure, please contact the Cobblestone Museum.
On December 15 [2024], I presented a program about Cobblestone Masonry with an emphasis on Wayne County at the Walworth Historical Society. In attendance was John Zornow from Newark. John has been very active in the Newark-Arcadia Historical Society. He told me that he is concerned about the home listed here: https://www.cobblestonemuseum.org/CobblestoneStructuresCatalog/Arc-9%20Muth.htm [Editor's Note: This page as now displayed]
Photograph courtesy Google street view.
John tells me that the property is owned by Newark-Wayne Community Hospital at 240 West Pearl St., Newark AND that the roof is bad, perhaps leaking. He doesn't believe that the maintenance department for the hospital is interested in maintaining this structure and that it would be shame to lose it. I agree.
Also in attendance today was Cynthia Howk who we all know is passionate about saving structures of historical significance. I mentioned John's concerns to her and she said that she wished she had known about it before the "Five to Revive" Committee met recently.
SO, at this point, I'd like to get it on the "radar" for those in the preservation business.
Gene Bavis
Walworth Town Historian
Chairman, Wayne Historicans Organization
www.waynehistorians.org
Images taken by Gene Bavis on 12/17/2024 to document the condition of the Arc-9 Muth structure.
Hi Gene [Bavis],
The Landmark Society is happy to partner with local advocates to preserve this cobblestone building and explore opportunities to repair and revitalize it.
For our Five to Revive list, we typically collaborate with locals who take the lead in advocacy efforts. Our role is to support these local efforts by connecting property owners with potential funding, partners, technical guidance, contractors, etc. We also participate in, and sometimes lead, meetings with owners, potential buyers, and stakeholders to facilitate the building's reuse.
We would be happy to present this building to our Five to Revive committee for consideration this year. To move forward, we'd appreciate more information regarding the current status and any potential plans for the building. Specifically:
Do you know if the hospital has any intentions for the property, such as demolition, repurposing, or no action?
Given the building's prime location, has there been any consideration of parceling it off to sell or donate to a new owner?
If the hospital has no plans, would they be open to discussing the possibility of donating the building and its parcel to the Landmark Society? If so, we would take on the task of finding a buyer or developer and guide the process from there. This route would typically also mean Landmark Society would place a preservation covenant on the property.
If you or any local contacts have additional information, we'd love to hear it. If not, we can collaborate to identify the right person to provide these details. This will help us, and the local advocates formulate a strategy for what's possible and what we'd like to achieve.
Best regards,
Megan
MEGAN KLEM
DIRECTOR OF PRESERVATION SERVICES
Landmark Society of Western New York
Email dated 12/19/2024
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house
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¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Mary Smith.
5 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
6 Image courtesy Newark-Arcadia Historical Society. Caption handwritten on back of photograph: "The west Pearl Street cobblestone house now offices for Doctors McCusker and Muth. Picture taken in spring before small porch was added." Editor's Note: Date not provided: however, from other photographs and documentation, the porch was added between 1974 and 1980.
