Gai-35, Smokehouse, 3178 Oak Orchard Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date: 1830's

    Original use: Smokehouse

    Corner structures: Sandstone quoins

    Mortar application and content:

    Types and uses of stones: Field cobbles set in standard pattern.

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Street level view from Bacon Rd. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'43.75"N 78°11'37.31"W. Current owner of record, Dunn/Mackie as of the 2021 Tax Roll.

    Town of Gains and Orleans County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    "Albion Smokehouses Recall Tasty Era", Vanishing Americana, by Fred Powers, Democrat and Chronicle, 7/20/1961.

    "Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 30, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.

    Photographs

    Gai-35 Smokehouse 1
    Gai-35 Smokehouse 1.jpg ¹

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