Building date: Sept to Oct 1910 at a cost of $10,000 - Cobblestone Museum Permanent File. Roudabush states 1912.
Original use:
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content:
Types and uses of stones: Stones are somewhat smoothed and are irregular in both shape and size. They are embedded in a mortar matrix without horizontal ridges of mortar between roughly defined rows. The front wall has 3 rows of stones between quoins, while the other walls have 4 rows.
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building: Charles and James Palermo
Unique features:
Cobblestone facing over hollow red tiles.
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°47'36.50"N 77°49'03.61"W. Current owner of record, Wadsworth, Wadsworth Homestead LLC as of date (YMD) 190415.
Town of Geneseo and Livingston County Maps
This house is on the W.P. Wadsworth property at the south end of Main St. The house is to the right of the entrance, south of the stone wall. Built in 1912, it is a cobblestone facing over hollow red tiles - according to the woman who lives in it. Stones are somewhat smoothed and are irregular in both shape and size. They are embedded in a mortar matrix without horizontal ridges of mortar between roughly defined rows. The front wall has 3 rows of stones between quoins, while the other walls have 4 rows. Roudabush Survey page 56.
Correspondence from Julius Palermo to Mr. Frasch, Chairman, Cobblestone Society, dated 10/2/1962.
Correspondence from William P. Wadsworth to Mr. Frasch, Chairman, Cobblestone Society, dated 10/12/1962.
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
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