Building date: 1940
Original use: Residence
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Mortar application and content: Wide band of mortar, (probably Portland Cement) with little or no delicate trowel work around the stones. Between the rows of stones, the mortar has been tooled to form a rounded ridge. The masonry, by comparison with most of the mid-1800 constructions must be considered crude.
Types and uses of stones: variable in size, color and shape. Rows of stones are three to the quoin.
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Map views courtesyGoogle Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°08'22.29"N 77°32'04.32"W. Current owner of record, Rodems as of 2018 Tax roll.
Town of Brighton and Monroe County Maps
The house at 64 Cheswell Way in Brighton is not really a cobblestone house, but it does have a cobblestone facade on first floor front wall. Built in 1940 by Leigh Fitch, the building was the second attempt at cobblestone masonry in the 1900s to come to our attention. The previous one was Gen-1 in Livingston Co., built in 1912. The rows of stones are three to the quoin. Stones appear to have been set in a wide band of mortar, (probably Portland Cement) with little or no delicate trowel work around the stones. Between the rows of stones, the mortar has been tooled to form a rounded ridge. Stones are variable in size, color and shape. The masonry, by comparison with most of the mid-1800 constructions must be considered crude. Roudabush Study page 67.
Do not confuse this Bri-1 structure with cobblestone structure Bri-1 in Town of Bristol, Ontario County.
 Bri_1_1.jpg |  Bri_1_2 |  Bri_1_3 |  Bri_1_4 |
 Bri-1 64 Cheswell Way 1 ¹ |  Bri-1 64 Cheswell Way 2 ¹ |  Bri-1 64 Cheswell Way 3 ¹ |  64 Cheswell Way, Brighton ² |
¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
