Building date:
Original use: Schoolhouse
Corner structures: Gray limestone and red sandstone
Mortar application and content: Vertical, thin rounded
Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details: Mur-6 Applegate
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'49.44"N 78°11'37.91"W. Current owner of record, Mrzywka as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Gaines and Orleans County Maps
This former District No. 11 school house at 3147 Gaines Waterport Road was built in 1846 at a cost of $350. It is now a private residence. 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. Reference the seventh paragraph on page 7.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 31, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
"Historic Town of Gaines Early School Houses, Historic Childs: Early Education Vol. 2 No. 26, page 16, by Doug Farley, Cobblestone Museum Director.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
District No. 11 Schoolhouse (Clack House) 2nd Annual 06/9/1962, Mrs. Edwin Clack House 17th Annual 06/4/1977
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, District School No. 11
- Pages 129 - 130
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
