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Editor's Note: Throughout the years the published figures and percentages of distribution on the numbers of cobblestone structures have varied quite widely. The Oct 2019 numbers include primary structures, secondary outbuilding structures and no longer existing structures known to the Cobblestone Info Base to-date. In addition are over 50 cobblestone foundation only structures included in the Cobblestone Info Base that were not added to the Oct 2019 count. A few buildings included in the count are listed as not true cobblestone which for the most part have very similar if not identical architecture, but a significant number of the stones used would not technically qualify as cobblestones.

It is important to realize that there typically is a variety of stone sizes and types used in most cobblestone structures, so much so that we must accept a more liberal point of view that there is a substantial gray area between ideal cobblestone material and not cobblestone material. Many structures had the finest stones on the most visible front wall, moderate quality on the side walls, and often much lesser quality on the rear wall. The point is there is so much variability in materials and construction that we must first judge the significance of the architecture, before being concerned about the stones used. It is not to suggest ignoring the purists, but to have a more open mind and wonder at the skill, toil and effort that created these long lived structures, and admire those owners who do make the effort to maintain them.

There are a finite number of cobblestone structures. The total number ever built will likely never be known; however, as a repository of all known and found information on cobblestone structures, the Cobblestone Info Base strives to include both existing and no longer existing structures. As shown in the above table, the count will grow, albeit more slowly over time, to eventually stop with yet a number of unknowns lost to time.