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Corner structures: Quoins variable; Gray limestone and red sandstone
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment
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Types and choice of windows: Brick horizontal staggered
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Unique features: Bee hive entrance
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'07.18"N 77°58'47.33"W. Current owner of record, Taverna as of the 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Clarkson and Monroe County Maps
Bee hive entrance. See The Cobblestone Society & Museum 7th Annual Tour below.
"Old Houses of the Village of Clarkson, N. Y. with Pictures". Old Crowell House, compiled by Miss Helen M. Hastings, Chairman, 1936, Monroe Chapter D.A.R., Brockport New York. Courtesy Cobblestone Museum. Original draft version from Helen Hasting's notebook with handwritten edits and comments. Courtesy Emily L. Knapp Museum and Library of Local History.
Miss Hastings (1871-1953) was a keen amateur historian, and a great niece of William Seymour, a key participant in the reaper industry, manufacturing the horse drawn farm implements in Brockport. NY, ca. 1840s-1880s. She wrote a number of articles about the history of the Brockport, NY area, and was a talented artist and illustrator ca. 1887-1904 whose large portfolio of art work was unknown until discovered in January of 2016 by the Emily L. Knapp Museum and Library of Local History.
"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 twelfth paragraph on page 4.
This cobblestone landmark has two very remarkable features. The stonework on the front wall is graduated with progressively smaller stones used in each row from ground line up to the cornice.
The east end wall has two bee slits, one each side of the second story window. These were especially constructed to allow bees to reach hives set into the attic, a very convenient way for the owner to satisfy his sweet tooth in any season while protecting his supply.
Inside, the main home is excellently preserved with its original stairway, woodwork, hardware and large fireplace complete with bake oven. Only the west wing, once a woodshed and summer kitchen, have been altered for modern conveniences.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Taverna have owned the property since 1966. It was formerly the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Arnold.
"The Geological Origin of Cobblestone Architecture", by Gerda Peterich. Specific references to this structure on pages 6, and 15.
"Cobblestone Architecture in the Rochester Area", by Gerda Peterich, 1953. Reference Crowell-Petrie House and figure 18. Editor's Note: This digitized version of the original typescript manuscript is reformatted for digital display, edited for errors, and includes blue tinted highlighted links to improve access within the document, to the appropriate structure pages in the Cobblestone Info Base, or to external resources on the internet. This document is one of two known typescript drafts, likely a thesis or essay bound as a book and apparently never published. One is available in the Cobblestone Museum Resource Center, the other in the University of Rochester Art and Music Library. A companion or precursor typed paper of the same title exists, perhaps used for a talk and/or photographic display of cobblestone structures.
Hand written notes for the planned Seventh Annual Cobblestone Tour 06/10/1967, Eastern Orleans and Western Monroe Counties. This home was included in the tour, see below.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Anthony Taverna House 7th Annual 06/10/1967
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Crowell - Arnold House
- Pages 44 - 45
- "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, Crowell House
- Page 54
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 43. Monroe County, Crowell-Taverna House.
 Cla-2 Crowell-Arnold 1.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins c. 1930's |  Cla-2 Crowell-Arnold 5.jpg ³ c. 1930's |  Cla-2 Crowell-Arnold 2.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41 |  Cla-2 Crowell-Arnold 3.jpg ¹ Van Houten Collection 4/21/1942 |
 GP Monroe Clarkson Cla-2_1 N.jpg ² 10/7/1957 |  Cla-2 Crowell-Arnold 6.jpg 4 1972 Bee hive opening is between the two boards in the wall near center of photograph. Click on link to enlarge image. |  Cla_2_1.jpg |  Cla_2_2.jpg |
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¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
³ Photography courtesy Miss Helen M. Hastings.
4 Photography by Elizabeth Nibbelink, courtesy of the Emily L. Knapp Museum and Library of Local History.
5 Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
6 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
