Building date: 1840's
Original use:
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment
Types and uses of stones:
Types and choice of windows: Lintels red stone solid
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building: Cyrus Witheral
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'42.31"N 78°13'24.89"W. Current owner of record, Lattin as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Gaines and Orleans County Maps
The Bullard-Lattin House at 3178 Gaines Basin Road was built about 1844 by noted local mason Cyrus Witherell for Brigadier and Lovina Parker Bullard. The Bullard family owned the property until 1885 when it was purchased by Bartlett Marshall Lattin. It has been in the Lattin family ever since and many of the original furnishings survive. A descendent, Cary Lattin, was Orleans County Historian for many years and one of the founders of the Cobblestone Society. The front of the house is of water-washed stones and quoins are red sandstones. Walls are 18 inches thick. Richard Palmer blog.
"Albion Smokehouses Recall Tasty Era", Vanishing Americana, by Fred Powers, Democrat and Chronicle, 7/20/1961.
"Society Seeks To Ferret Out Masons' Secret" column by Bill Lamale, Buffalo Courier Express, August 8, 1961.
"Lattin Christmas Card" illustration December 1961.
"Cobblestones of 'Pastime Farm' Once Echoed Song of Canalers" Houses of Western New York, by Ellen Taussig, Buffalo Buffalo Evening News, June 29, 1963.
Genesee Country Historical Federation Cobblestone Tour, 10/10/1966
"Home Is A Rock Pile" by Chuck Lyons. "Upstate, Cobblestone Country", a unique form of architecture rose from the rock piles of the Rochester region. People, Places, Pleasures supplement, Sunday Democrat and Chronicle, November 27, 1988. Use this link to view the printable Cobblestone Country.
House: "Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 46, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
Cobblestone and Folklore", by Doreen Scanlan, a paper for class, Folklore 460, 12/11/1975.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Bullard-Lattin House 1st Cobblestone Tour 06/10/1961, Mr. and Mrs. Cary Lattin House 17th Annual 06/4/1977, Avis Lattin and C. W. Lattin House Albion & Vacinity 06/03/1989, Lattin House Tour of Historic Cobblestone Homes 10/17/2009, Tour of Historic Cobblestone Homes 09/14/2013, C. W. Lattin Tour of Cobblestone Homes 09/30/2017, Tour of Cobblestone Homes 09/15/2018
- Front of the Bullard Lattin House drawing, Entrance Door askew to left of straight on view. Carl Schmidt Collection of Two-Dimensional Drawings, online access to view, New York Heritage digital collections.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Bullard - Lattin House
- Pages 124 - 125
- "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, Bullard House
- Page 63 #23
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 108, 109. Orleans County, District #6 School, Rt. 146.
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 108, 109. Orleans County, District #6 School, Rt. 146.
- Erie Canal Legacy, Architectural Treasures of the Empire State, by Andy Olenick (photography) and Richard O. Reisem (text), page 179: Name reference and date, none provided. Published by the Landmark Society of Western New York, 2000.
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¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
