Building date: 1845
Original use: Schoolhouse
Corner structures: Red sandstone
Mortar application and content: Vertical, no embellishment
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Types and choice of windows: Lintels red stone solid
Structures with similar masonry details:
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°09'27.83"N 78°09'26.36"W. Current owner of record, Brooks as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Barre and Ontario County Maps
This former [District No. 9] school house at 5283 Oak Orchard Road was built in 1845 and has been a private residence for many years. Richard Palmer blog.
"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. Reference the fourth paragraph on page 8.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 10, 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, District No. 9 Schoolhouse
- Page 119
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
