Building date: 1844
Original use:
Corner structures: Gray limestone and red sandstone
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids
Types and uses of stones: Herringbone anywhere
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°16'36.37"N 78°16'40.30"W. Current owner of record, McHale as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Gaines and Orleans County Maps
This Greek Revival house at 13076 Ridge Road for Zebulon Whipple in 1844. Very unique is the fact that the entire front facing the road is of the herring-bone pattern while the sides are of the standard cobblestone construction. 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 first paragraph on page 7.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 55, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
This photo was taken about 1923 of Ethel Watters Neal and her daughter, Mary Elizabeth, of Buffalo, who were out for a ride along Route 104, then known as the "Million Dollar Highway." Mary was the mother of Jean Palmer, wife of [Cobblestone] Society member Richard Palmer, email 3/8/2021.
Probate papers concerning the Will of the late Samual Whipple which include an inventory of property as of 9/6/1851.
"Cobblestone Homes: Charms and Woes.", By Sebby Wilson Jacobson, The New York Times, 12/23/1982.
"It's A Challenge", Albion Family Restoring 140-Year-Old Cobblestone, By Paula Voell, Photos, Ron Colleran, The Buffalo News 10/21/1984
First and second floor plans 1987.
Genesee Country Historical Federation Cobblestone Tour, 10/10/1966
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Whipple-Hunt, Conroy House 1st Cobblestone Tour 06/10/1961, 12th Annual 06/10/1972, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Conroy 17th Annual 06/4/1977
- "Cobblestone Architecture", 1944, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Whipple House
- Page 24, Page 54
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Whipple - Hunt House
- Pages 130 - 131, Pages 244
- "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, Whipple House
- Page 65
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 116,117. Orleans County, Whipple-Conroy House.
 Gai-19 Conroy 1.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins Collection c. 1930 |  master-pnp-habshaer-ny-ny0600-ny0635-photos-121948pu.jpg ² 9/10/1940 Front elevation |  master-pnp-habshaer-ny-ny0600-ny0635-photos-121949pu.jpg ² August 1937 East elevation |  master-pnp-habshaer-ny-ny0600-ny0635-photos-121950pu.jpg ² 1937 North east corner |
 Gai-19 Conroy 3.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41 |  Gai-19 Conroy 4.jpg ¹ Van Houten Collection 7/10/1942 |  Gai-19 Conroy 5.jpg ¹ |  Gai-19 Conroy 6.jpg ¹ August 1963 |
 Gai-19 Conroy 7.jpg ¹ |  Gai-19 Conroy 8.jpg ¹ |  GP Orleans Gaines Gai-19 1-2 N.jpg ³ August 1969 |  GP Orleans Gaines Gai-19 2-1 N.jpg ³ August 1969 |
 GP Orleans Gaines Gai-19 2-2 P.jpg ³ August 1969 |  Gai_19_1.jpg |  Gai_19_2.jpg |  Gai_19_3.jpg |
 Gai_19_4.jpg |  Gai_19_5.jpg |  Gai_19_6.jpg |  Gai_19_7.jpg |
 Gai-19 Conroy 11.jpg ¹ |  Gai-19 Conroy 12.jpg ¹ |  Gai-19 13076 Ridge Rd 1.jpg 4 |  Gai-19 13076 Ridge Rd 2.jpg 4 |
 13076 Ridge Road, Gaines, Orleans county.jpg 5 | .jpg) 13076 Ridge Road, Gaines (3).jpg 5 |  13076 Ridge Road, Gaines.jpg 5 |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Historic American Buildings, Walter H. Cassebeer Photographer Library of Congress.
³ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
4 Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
5 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
