Building date: 1830s
Original use:
Corner structures: Red sandstone, variable
Mortar application and content:
Types and uses of stones:
Types and choice of windows: Lintels none
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building: James Grear?
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°17'25.46"N 78°09'49.01"W. Current owner of record, Allchin as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Gaines and Orleans County Maps
The brick part of this house at 14799 Ridge Road at Rowley's Corners, was built first for John Hutchinson in the 1830s. The cobblestone addition came later. Hutchinson owned a nearby brickyard which may account for the fact that the main portion of the house was built of brick. The windows are not symmetrical across the face of the house. The semi-honeycomb cobblestone pattern is common in that area. Also the large wooden dormer is not original. Hutchinson was on the building committee for the Universalist Church in Childs in 1833-34. Construction may have been the work of James Grear. 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 tenth paragraph on page 5.
"The David Allchin Property (1992)" by Delia Robinson, Historian, Town of Gaines, May 8, 1992.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 28, 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:
Bacon Heard House 1st Cobblestone Tour 06/10/1961, 2nd Annual 06/9/1962
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Richard Hill House
- Page 126
 Gai-22 Hill 1.jpg ¹ |  Gai_22_1.jpg |  Gai_22_2.jpg |  Gai_22_3.jpg |
 Gai-22 14799 Ridge Rd 1.jpg ² No quoins where brick and stone meet suggest cobblestone addition was built later. |  Gai-22 14799 Ridge Rd 2.jpg ² |  Gai-22 Hill 2.jpg ¹ 1996 |  IMG_3935.jpg ³ |
 IMG_3947.jpg ³ West side, rear |  IMG_3934.jpg ³ East side of house |  IMG_3933.jpg ³ Back wall facing north |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
