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Corner structures: Quoins are made of gray limestone.
Mortar application and content: Vertical very heavy, bold
Types and uses of stones: Irregular rough
Types and choice of windows: Lintels are made of split gray limestone arranged in a flat arch.
Structures with similar masonry details: Gal-6 Thorn
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°01'35.85"N 76°54'19.33"W. Current owner of record, Thorn as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Galen and Wayne County Maps
On Turnpike Rd., about 1 mile east of the Clyde-Morengo Rd., there is a one and one-half story cobblestone house on the north side, set back from the road. Quoins are made of gray limestone. Window lintels are made of split gray limestone arranged in a flat arch. Stones and mortar are similar to those in Gal-6 Thorn (GAL-6). Roudabush Survey page 108
Editor's note: There is no structure at the 1 mile east location described above; however, Roudabush marked a different location on the Town of Galen map where the structure was actually located, about 0.28 miles east of Clyde-Morengo Rd., with the driveway about 250 feet before O'Neil Rd. on the north. The structure stands about set back 350 feet from Turnpike Rd.
Thorn house, 10065 Turnpike Road, Marengo. The small "gingerbread" trim on the eaves is a late 1840's alteration from the Andrew Jackson Downing books. The windows were originally 6 pane over 6 pane, and the pillars on the porch were thick square tuscan style Doric columns. There seems to be a board missing from the gable-front architrave on the right side. 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, 1941. Reference the fifteenth paragraph on page 29.
A Pair of Cobblestones on Turnpike Road Clyde, NY, courtesy the Tom The Backroads Traveller blog.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house
¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
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