Building date: Started in 1833 and completed in 1838
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Corner structures: Tooled
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids
Types and uses of stones: Irregular rough
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°46'26.48"N 77°00'25.64"W. Current owner of record, Cadle-Davidson as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Geneva and Ontario County Maps
With its four Ionic columns, this house at 5169 Pre-Emption Road in the town of Geneva is one of the most attractive cobblestone houses in the Finger Lakes region. It is located a short distance north of the Yates county line in Ontario county. It was built for David Barnes between 1835 and 1838 and is of Greek Revival architecture. It is built of field cobblestones. The columns and wide cornice moldings simulate the entablature of a Greek temple. Other Greek Revival features include the recessed doorway and the large lentil over the doorway. It is in a fine state of preservation and has changed little inside. The fine corner block moldings with palmettes remain in the parlor. 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 third paragraph on page 22.
"Local Cobblestone House Has Variety of Antiques", by Marion Crosier, The Geneva Times, 9/14/1967.
"Cobblestone homes, never to be built again..", by Tom Gable, The Geneva Times, 8/21/1970.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Barnes - Harkness House 8th Annual 06/15/1968"Cobblestone buffs visit historic homes in Geneva-Penn Yan area", Syracuse Herald-American, 6/16/1968.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Floyd House
- Page 95
- "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, Barnes House
- Pages 128 - 129
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 66. Ontario County, Barnes-Harkness House, and 171 Doorway: Barnes-Harkness House
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 66. Ontario County, Barnes-Harkness House, and 171 Doorway: Barnes-Harkness House
- "Geology and the Development of Upstate New York's Distinctive Cobblestone Architecture", D. Brooks McKinney Ph.D, Emeritus Professor of Geoscience, Department of Geoscience, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
- Page 92, Figure 1, Page 94, Pages 104-105
 Gen-4 Floyd 2.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41 |  Gen-4 Floyd 3.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41 |  Gen-4 Floyd 4.jpg ¹ 1968 |  GP Ontario Geneva Gen-4 1-1 N.jpg ² |
 GP Ontario Geneva Gen-4 2-1 N.jpg ² |  GP Ontario Geneva Gen-4 3-1 N.jpg ² |  Gen_4_1.jpg |  Gen_4_2.jpg |
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 Gen-4 Floyd 1.jpg ¹ |  Gen-4 5169 Preemption Rd 1.jpg ³ |  Gen-4 5169 Preemption Rd 2.jpg ³ |  Gen-4 5169 Preemption Rd 3.jpg ³ |
 Gen-4 Floyd 5.jpg ¹ 6/13/1999 |  5169 Pre-Emption Road Town of Geneva Ontario County.jpg 4 |  5169 County Road 6 Geneva NY 14456 2.jpg 4 |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Image provided by Richard Palmer blog.
