Building date: 1848
Original use: Schoolhouse
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Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°03'05.37"N 77°43'24.17"W. Current owner of record, Town of Chili as of the 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Chili and Monroe County Maps
"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 fourth paragraph on page 12.
Built in 1840, the cobblestone school on Rush-Lima Road at Sibleyville was used as a school until 1945. It then became the private residence of the Roy Hetzler family and was later sold to James Millikens. Chili Cobblestone District #4, now a museum, 2525 Scottsville Road, Route 383. Richard Palmer blog.
- "Two One-Room Schools To Close Doors in Fall". Attribution not provided. 5/9/1952.
- "Cobblestones Still Intrigue", by Arch Merrill, "Arch Merrill's History" column, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 10/30/1960.
- "Glimpse into Yesterday, 1 Room School", by Chief Photographer Fred Powers, "Vanishing Americana" column, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 7/8/1961.
- "Chili Cobblestone School To Be Opened as Museum", by Betsy Bues, Rochester Times-Union, 2/6/1965.
- "Boy Scout Good Deed for Chili", The Rochester Times-Union, Evening 5/3/1965.
- Opening of Town of Chili Historical Museum "A One Room Cobblestone Schoolhouse", 2517 Scottsville Rd. at Morgan Rd., 9/19/1965 Editor's Note:Note contradiction of street address 2517 versus 2525. USPS address (not verified) versus tax roll property address (verified)?
- "Cobblestone School Becomes A Museum", The Times-Union, 9/20/1965.
- "Made of stone", by Darlene Finch Wright, Upstate Magazine, 6/21/1981.
- Chili District #4 School Chili, NY, courtesy the Tom The Backroads Traveller blog.
- One Room Schoolhouses, courtesy the Tom The Backroads Traveller blog.
- "Cobblestones Still Intrigue", by Arch Merrill, "Arch Merrill's History" column, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 10/30/1960.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Chili School Museum 9th Annual 06/07/1969, Chili Cobblestone Schoolhouse - Museum 11th Annual 06/12/1971
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, District School # 4
- Page 44
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 38. Monroe County, District School No. 6. This structure is not included in the subsequent book "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978.
 GP Monroe Chili Chi-7_1 N.jpg ¹ c. 1957 |  Monroe Chili Chi-7_1 N.jpg ² April 1971 |  Monroe Chili Chi-7_4 P.jpg ² |  Monroe Chili Chi-7_6 P.jpg ² |
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¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
5 Photography courtesy Chris Clemens.
