Building date: 1842
Original use:
Corner structures: Uniform in size
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids. Vertical mortar is depressed at the top and cut off at the bottom.
Types and uses of stones: Irregularly shaped and are mixed, some rough and some slightly smoothed. 4 courses of stones at each quoin
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°00'32.31"N 77°15'22.29"W. Current owner of record, James R Dennie Living Trust as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Farmington and Ontario County Maps
A house on Yellow Mills Rd. has a two story section with a 1½ story wing with two gables toward the front. In the 2 story section, the door is placed to one side, with two windows on one side. Quoins are uniform in size, with 4 courses of stones at each quoin. Stones are irregularly shaped and are mixed, some rough and some slightly smoothed. Vertical mortar is depressed at the top and cut off at the bottom. Roudabush Survey page 85
"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, 1941. Reference the fifth paragraph on page 25.
 GP Ontario Farmington Far-4 1-2 N.jpg ¹ August 1971 Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum. |  Far_4_1.jpg |  Far_4_2.jpg |  Far_4_3.jpg |
 Far_4_4.jpg |  Far-4 O'Connel 1.jpg ¹ |  595 Yellow Mills Road.png ² |  595 Yellow Mills Road 1.jpg ³ Exterior remodeled. |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Image courtesy Richard Palmer blog.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
