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Original use: Abandoned (Circa 1977-1978)
Corner structures: Uniform blocks of limestone with the exception of the extreme back corners, where the quoins are variable in size and shape.
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment, vertical pyramids. Mortar between stones in a row is depressed at the top and cut off at the bottom.
Types and uses of stones: Courses of stones number four per quoin in the front and sides. The back has three courses per quoin, while the back of the rear extensions lacks definite rows and is bounded by the corner with variable quoins.
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Google Maps street level view is blocked by heavy vegetation. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°57'35.94"N 77°17'07.55"W. Current owner of record, Penird as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Farmington and Ontario County Maps
On the Shortsville Rd., a large two story house sets back from the road. It has a center entrance with two windows on each side of the door. The quoins are uniform blocks of limestone with the exception of the extreme back corners, where the quoins are variable in size and shape. Courses of stones number four per quoin in the front and sides. The back has three courses per quoin, while the back of the rear extensions lacks definite rows and is bounded by the corner with variable quoins. Mortar between stones in a row is depressed at the top and cut off at the bottom. Roudabush Survey page 85
Welcome Herendeen house at 4998 Shortsville Road. He was a son of Nathan Herendeen, an early settler. It is built of fieldstone cobbles and limestone quoins. It is a typical five-bay cobblestone farmhouse of the 1830s and 1840s. Richard Palmer blog.
First Floor Plan and Second Floor Plan
First & Second Floor Plans, present condition, 1980.
- "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, Herendeen House
- Pages 104-5
- Editor's Note: The Town of Canandaigua reference is incorrect; whereas, the Town of Farmington is correct.
 Far-5 Herendeen House 2.jpg ¹ 1970 Photograph by Clyde Maffin, Ontario County Historian 1960s. |  GP Ontario Farmington Far-5 1-1 P.jpg ² August 29, 1971 |  Far_5_1.jpg |  Far_5_2.jpg |
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 Far-5 Herendeen House 1.jpg ¹ |  Far_5_6.jpg ³ |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
