Building date: Mid to late 1930's. South wing added 1920's
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'56.64"N 78°08'08.98"W. Current owner of record, Galley as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Gaines and Orleans County Maps
"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 7.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 25, 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:
Densmore - Chapman House 2nd Annual 06/9/1962Spruced Up For Tour Tomorrow, 6/1/1961. Attribution not provided.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Densmore - Chapman House
- Page 125
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 102. Orleans County, Huff-Densmore-Kast House. This structure is not included in the subsequent book "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978.
 Gai-8 Kast 3.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41 |  Gai-8 Kast 1.jpg ¹ c. 1959 Photograph by Wm. A. Monacelli |  GP Orleans Gaines Gai-8 1-1 N.jpg ² August 1969 |  GP Orleans Gaines Gai-8 2-2 N.jpg ² August 1969 |
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¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.