Building date: 1851
Original use:
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Mortar application and content: Vertical, no embellishment
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Types and choice of windows: Lintels red stone solid
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Masons who worked on building: Plaisted, James
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°20'15.75"N 77°19'26.63"W. Current owners of record, Schlechter and Valkenburgh as of the 2022 Tax Roll.
Town of Bath and Steuben County Maps
This home at 120 W. Washington St., Bath, was built in 1851 by mason James Plaisted for Steuben County Judge Washington Barns. Wellington Salt was the architect. It is a fine example of Greek Revival architecture. Once it was owned by Henry Hull, editor of the Steuben Courier, a local newspaper. The use of cobblestone construction was rare in this region. The porch is a 20th century addition. The walls are 22 inches thick and the house has four fire places. The large basement was once servant's quarters and is said to have been a hiding place on the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. 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, 1941. Reference the fifth paragraph on page 23.
"Blvd. Home Exemplifies Cobblestone Construction", The Steuben Courier of Bath New York, Volume 113, No.41 Pages 1, A and 8, 10/10/1957. Edited text of the same for a tour document pages 34-37.
"A Stone House with a History", by Pete Esposito, Democrat and Chronicle, 1/27/1974.
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Barnes - Hall House
- Pages 152 - 153 Editor's Note: Schmidt states the name Barnes - Hall House. Documentation mentions the name Hull and number of other owner names, but no Hall, which still could be a later owner.
- "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, Barnes House
- Pages 102 - 103
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 127. Steuben County, Barnes-Gabrielli House.
¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
