Building date: 1841
Original use:
Corner structures: Variable, tooled
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment. Vertical pyramids
Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors
Types and choice of windows: Lintels red stone solid on sides
Structures with similar masonry details: LeR-1 Baron-Brown, Bar-1 Ernst, Bar-5 School 6, Gai-25 School 5, She-3 Boyle
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°16'05.35"N 78°16'03.61"W. Current owner of record, Conrad as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Gaines and Orleans County Maps
"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 twelveth paragraph on page 6.
Nathan Shelley house. "1841 H.S." cut into keystone of gable window. Richard Palmer blog.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, pages 52 and 53, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
1st Cobblestone Tour 06/10/1961, Stinson House
![]() Gai-14 Stinson 2.jpg ¹ 1958 | ![]() Gai-14 Stinson 1.jpg ¹ June 1962 | ![]() GP Orleans Gaines Gai-14 1-1 N.jpg ² 2/7/1972 | ![]() Gai_14_1.jpg |
![]() Gai_14_2.jpg | ![]() Gai_14_3.jpg | ![]() Gai_14_4.jpg | ![]() Gai_14_5.jpg |
![]() Gai-14 Stinson 7.jpg ¹ | ![]() Gai-14 Stinson 3.jpg ¹ 1996 Photography by A. Isselhart. | ![]() Gai-14 Stinson 4.jpg ¹ 1996 Photography by A. Isselhart. | ![]() Gai-14 Stinson 5.jpg ¹ 1996 Photography by A. Isselhart. | ![]() Gai-14 Stinson 6.jpg ¹ 1996 Photography by A. Isselhart. | ![]() Orleans Cty_Gaines_3060 Allens Bridge Rd.jpg ³ | ![]() IMG_3941.jpg ³ |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.