Building date: 1863
Original use: Post office
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy
Types and uses of stones: Field stone of different sizes, shapes and colors
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°54'11.07"N 78°21'12.90"W. Current owner of record, Burgess as of date (YMD) 190321.
Town of Darien and Genesee County Maps
This structure at 10554 Harper Road in the village of Darien was built in 1863 as a post office. It was built of field stone of different sizes, shapes and colors. It is now a private dwelling. Richard Palmer blog.
Editor's Note: A hand written note on a Highway Map of Genesee County on the reverse of the document "Holland Land Museum" (no published date), states "Judge Riddle's Court (Home)".
"Cobblestone Examples Noted in Genesee Recall Construction Over Century Ago
Permanent File of Cobblestone Structures, Cobblestone Museum archive.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Post Office
- Page 26
¹ Image courtesy Gerda Peterich.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum. These images are likely Gerda Peterich photographs, but are not yet confirmed.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
