Building date: 1836
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°18'58.76"N 78°08'08.92"W. Current owner of record, Dailey as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Carlton and Orleans County Maps
Rounded stones placed in a matrix of mortar which is depressed in the center around the stone and slopes up from the stone gives a dish-like appearance. The adjacent areas contacted by a single "dish" give the outer edge of the "dish" a hexagonal outline. This type of masonry is usually found on the side or back walls, and only one house has been found in which all walls have this type of structure. It is at 2040 Kent Rd., Carlton in Orleans County. Roudabush Survey page 26
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 17, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Gray-Sills House 2nd Annual 06/9/1962
- Front of Gray-Sills House drawing, Entrance Door askew to left of straight on view. Carl Schmidt Collection of Two-Dimensional Drawings, online access to view, New York Heritage digital collections.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Gray - Sills House
- Page 120
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
