Building date: Late 1830's or early 1840's
Original use: 2 Residences
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Unique features: Two cobblestone residences were reportedly built on Paradise Lane in the Town of Gaines.
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Locations of these structures are not known.
Town of Gains and Orleans County Maps
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 56, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
Editor's Note: The two cobblestone houses were used well into the 1900's, but eventually deteriorated, were abandoned and became ruins. The dead-end road Paradise Lane was abandoned and no longer exists. The excerpt below of the 1860 Niagara Orleans Counties map has Paradise Lane and 3 buildings shown in the colorized highlight. It is not known at present which two of the three buildings were cobblestone.
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
