Far-6, Wright, 4435 Kyte Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date:

    Original use:

    Corner structures: Tooled

    Mortar application and content: Mortar between stones is depressed at the top and cut off at the bottom.

    Types and uses of stones: Small red. Front wall is composed of small rounded red stones laid 5 courses to the quoin. The right side has the same number of rows per quoin, but the stones are variegated in color. The left wall has 4 rows of red stones per quoin. The back is composed of slightly smoothed field stones laid in a rough pattern.

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    Structures with similar masonry details: Phe-2 Baptist Church, Phe-4 Wehner

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°58'28.12"N 77°14'57.54"W. Current owner of record, Fish as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    Town of Farmington and Ontario County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    At 4435 Kyte Rd., there is a house with a 2 story main section with a wing. A porch runs the length of the wing. The entrance is off the porch. The front wall is composed of small rounded red stones laid 5 courses to the quoin. The right side has the same number of rows per quoin, but the stones are variegated in color. The left wall has 4 rows of red stones per quoin. The back is composed of slightly smoothed field stones laid in a rough pattern. The mortar between stones is depressed at the top and cut off at the bottom. Roudabush Survey page 85


    Brewster-Fish House at 4435 Kyte Road is of Greek Revival architecture. 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, 1941. Reference the fourth paragraph on page 18.

    Photographs

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    GP Ontario Farmington Far-6 1-1 P
    GP Ontario Farmington Far-6 1-1 P.jpg ² August 24, 1971
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    Far-6 Wright 1
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    ¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    ² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
    ³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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