Building date: 1840
Original use:
Corner structures: Blue stone (Lockport sandstone)
Mortar application and content: Grouted
Types and uses of stones:
Types and choice of windows: Lintels blue stone (gray sandstone)
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building: McFarland, Alexander
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°50'54.88"N 78°03'15.85"W. Current owner of record, Bullock as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Covington and Wyoming County Maps
Mortar is apparently grouted, which is not mentioned by Schmidt. Roudabush Survey page 120
This house at 636 Pavilion-Warsaw Road (Route 19, Pearl Creek), was built by Alexander McFarland for Samuel Gorton in 1840 and is said to have taken six years to complete. Gorton and his wife, the former Betsey Hamilton, came here from Edinburg, Saratoga county. The house features Greek Revival details including a kitchen wing. Richard Palmer blog.
"The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease. Research done in collaboration with Hazed B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt. Reference the tenth paragraph on page 12, continued to page 13.
"A Cobblestone Landmark", Ewell House, Covington Observes Anniversary, Historical Wyoming, January 1953, pages 42-44.
Old Cobblestone Houses
North of Highway 19 at Pearl Creek ash the western end of the "village," stands a well-preserved two story cobblestone house build in 1840 by Samuel Gordon. Mr. Gordon's first log and frame house was located about thirty rods to the rear or north of the present cobblestone house.
The main part of the house is two stories with a "wing" to the east and one to the north. This house is considered by architects to be one of the finest examples of a cobblestone house built during this period. Historical Wyoming, page 74, January 2005.
"Genealogies of the Covington Cobblestone Houses", by Doris A. Bannister, Historical Wyoming, Vol. 61 No. 1, July 2014, pages 27-28 of pages 23-28. Copyright permission granted 10/24/2022.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Gorton - Ewell House
- Pages 203 - 204, Main Entrance Page 286, Details of Entrance Page 287
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 156. Wyoming County, Ewell-Groton House. This structure is not included in the subsequent book "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978.
 Cov-3 Ewell 1.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins c. 1930 |  Cov-3 Ewell 2.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins c. 1930 |  Cov-3 Ewell 7.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins c. 1930 |  Cov-3 Ewell 3.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41 |
 GP Wyoming Covington Cov-3 2-1 N.jpg ³ August 1969 |  Cov-3 Ewell 4.jpg ¹ 1968 Photography by Cary Lattin |  Cov-3 Ewell 5.jpg ¹ 1968 Photography by Cary Lattin |  Wyo_5_1.jpg |
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¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Larry Warren, Councilman Town of Covington.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
