Building date: Roudabush 1834, Palmer 1831-32
Original use:
Corner structures: Variable. Quoins are rough non-uniform blocks of gray limestone.
Mortar application and content: Vertical, no embellishment. Mortar is fairly coarse, containing coarse sand or small stones. The mortar surrounds the stones without embellishments.
Types and uses of stones: The stones, which vary in size, shape and color, are said to have been found on the property. The rows per quoin vary from 3 to 4, depending on the size of the quoin.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels wood
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. The structure is located on a private drive about 0.2 mile from the main road and is barely visible with Google Maps street level view due to distance and vegetation. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°05'33.13"N 76°57'46.91"W. Current owner of record, Smart as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Galen and Wayne County Maps
John Robinson House, 8841 Lock Berlin Road, was built in 1831-32 and has been occupied by the same family for several generations. 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 second paragraph on page 28.
"Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, Smart House, pages 105 and 106. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Smart House
- Page 162
Editor's Note: Schmidt states that the Smart House is located on Pilgrimport Road in the Town of Lyons; however, the appearance of the Smart House structure at 8841 Lock Berlin Rd., Town of Galen just east of the intersection with Pilgrimport Road, Cty. Rt. 244, matches Schmidt's description. The structure appears to be on or very near the town line, instead of the location marked somewhat east on the Roudabush Survey map. The address is listed in the Town of Galen tax records.
 GP Wayne Galen Gal-8 1-2 N.jpg ¹ 8/25/71 |  Gal_8_1.jpg |  Gal_8_2.jpg |  Gal_8_3.jpg |
 Gal_8_4.jpg |  Gal_8_5.jpg |  Gal-8 Smart 1.jpg ² |  Gal-8 Smart 2.jpg ² At the time this xerography copy was made the home was owned and occupied by great-grandson, William J. Smart, of builders. |
 Gal-8 8841 Lock Berlin Rd 1.jpg ³ |  Gal-8 8841 Lock Berlin Rd 2.jpg ³ |  Gal-8 8841 Lock Berlin Rd 3.jpg ³ | .jpg) 8841 Lock Berlin Road, Lyons (Galen).jpg 4 |
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¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
