Building date: Ca. 1825 - Roudabush Survey and Schmidt state 1843.
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Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy
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Types and choice of windows: Lintels wood
Structures with similar masonry details: Can-4 Moore
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°51'10.53"N 77°17'31.38"W. Current owner of record, Zeisler as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Canandaigua and Ontario County Maps
The Ira Cribb house at 5037 Butler Road was built by A. Spencer about 1825. It was occupied by Mr. Cribb and his wife for many years. He was known as the "Father of Modern Highways," having developed the oil and stone paving process. He also purchased the first stone crusher used to build local roads. He later served as supervisor of the Town of Canandaigua as well as highway commissioner. 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 third paragraph on page 20.
Original owner: Jonas Molverton. Subsequent owners: Bheham, McNamara, Butler 1930 to present. Note in "Permanent Files of Cobblestone Structures" completed by owner Mrs Herman J. Butler, 6/18/1962.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Spencer - Cole House
- Page 92
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum. Photographs provided by Mrs. Herman J. Butler, June 1962.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
