Building date: 1850 per tax roll
Original use: Schoolhouse
Corner structures: Red sandstone, variable
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment
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Types and choice of windows: Red stone, solid lintels
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°14'56.91"N 77°58'13.27"W. Current owner of record, Payne as of the 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Clarkson 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 tenth paragraph on page 4.
Originally a schoolhouse, this structure as been converted into a home by Mr. Stanley Hoffman since 1941. The owner recalls it in 1941 with its coal burning pot-bellied stove, a narrow coat room, and the large empty classroom. Behind stood the boy's and girl's wooden privies, now gone, and beside it the wooden coal shed which still stands. Lacking a well, schoolchildren toted bucket of water from the farmhouse well to the east.
The cobblestone walls were constructed with an airspace for insulation and to prevent dampness.
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:
Hoffman House 7th Annual 06/10/1967
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Schoolhouse
- Page 46
 Cla-8 Schoolhouse 1.jpg ¹ Van Houten Collection 7/10/1945 |  Cla_8_1.jpg |  Cla_8_2.jpg |  Cla_8_3.jpg |
 Cla_8_4.jpg |  Cla_8_5.jpg |  Cla_8_6.jpg |  Cla_8_7.jpg |
 Cla-8 Schoolhouse 2.jpg ¹ |  Cla-8 9410 Ridge Rd 1.jpg ² |  Cla-8 9410 Ridge Rd 2.jpg ² |  9410 Route 104, Clarkson.jpg ³ |
 IMG_3493.jpg ³ June 2019 |  IMG_3495 ³ June 2019 |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
