Chi-5, Sickles-Minx, 860 Ballantyne Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date: 1845

    Original use:

    Corner structures:

    Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy

    Types and uses of stones:

    Types and choice of windows: Lintels gray cut stone

    Structures with similar masonry details: Chi-2, Chi-3, Chi-4, Rig-1, Rig-2

    Masons who worked on building:

    Unique features:

    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°04'11.19"N 77°44'44.47"W. Current owner of record, Henderson as of 2018 Tax Roll.

    Town of Chili and Monroe County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    "The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease, 1941. Research done in collaboration with Hazed B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt. Reference the second paragraph on page 12.

    Editor's Note: The Cobblestone Museum Archives includes additional handwritten notes in the Chi-5 Sickles-Minx history notes pages 1-2 that have not yet been transcribed and edited. These notes appear to contain information not used in preparation for the publishing of the 11th Annual Cobblestone Tour pamphlet 06/12/1971 linked below.

    This house at 860 Ballantyne Road was built in 1845. Richard Palmer blog.

    The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:

    Mr. and Mrs. Royal Marshall House 11th Annual 06/12/1971

    "Cobblestone Architecture", 1944, Carl Schmidt
    Page 1, Page 51

    Front of the Sickles House drawing, Entrance Porch and Door askew to right 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, Sickles - Minx House
    Page 43, Page 305

    Photographs

    Monroe Chili Chi-5_7 P
    Monroe Chili Chi-5_7 P.jpg ¹ April 1971
    Monroe Chili Chi-5_3 N
    Monroe Chili Chi-5_3 N.jpg ¹ April 1971
    Monroe Chili Chi-5_2 N
    Monroe Chili Chi-5_2 N.jpg ¹ April 1971
    Monroe Chili Chi-5_8 P
    Monroe Chili Chi-5_8 N.jpg ¹ April 1971
    Monroe Chili Chi-5_6 P
    Monroe Chili Chi-5_6 P.jpg ¹
    GP Monroe Chili Chi-5_1 N
    GP Monroe Chili Chi-5_1 N.jpg ² 1971
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    Chi_5_2
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    Chi_5_3
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    Chi_5_4
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    Chi_5_5
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    Chi_5_6
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    Chi_5_7
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    Monroe Chili Chi-5_9 P
    Monroe Chili Chi-5_9 N.jpg ¹
    Chi-5 860 Ballantyne Rd 1
    Chi-5 860 Ballantyne Rd 1.jpg ³
    Chi-5 860 Ballantyne Rd 2
    Chi-5 860 Ballantyne Rd 2.jpg ³
    Chi-5 860 Ballantyne Rd 3
    Chi-5 860 Ballantyne Rd 3.jpg ³
    860 Ballantyne Road 2 Chili
    860 Ballantyne Road 2 Chili.jpg 4

    On file duplicate or unused imagery not included above.

    ¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    ² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
    ³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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