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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°49'41.49"N 77°47'27.46"W. Current owner of record, Jaycox Partners, LLC as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Geneseo and Livingston County Maps
- It no longer stands. Because it was mentioned in Schmidt's 1966 book, it's likely that it still stood then; landowner and descendant Sally Wadsworth Wood thought it may have been razed as early as the 1950s, according to a personal conversation I had with her. *
- The cobblestone was located, as described, about 2 miles north of the Village of Geneseo on a parcel often still referred to as the (Cobble)Stone House Lot; historically, it was likely on Lot 85 and always owned by the Wadsworths, but served as a tenant house. It was occupied/used at one time by Frank DiFranco, who operated the horse farm across the street, now Leg Up Stables. I'm attaching a satellite map clipping of where I believe the house stood (at the gray place-marker on the west side of Rt. 39 across from the barn driveway)[See satellite view above in "Map Location section.].
- The reason for its demise was cited as increased heavy traffic which rattled it into poor shape; Sally's father was in charge of the property and had it razed.
- I'm attaching an image of the DiFranco home, taken in 1951. It's the only one we have.
* List of Cobblestone Structures, page 2, Township of Geneseo, Item #3, in Livingston County dated 1961 (incomplete).
Courtesy Holly Watson, Deputy Livingston County Historian, Email 02/12/2020.
Cobblestone Museum Permanent File document.
Additional Resource, Karen Crandall: Livingston County - William Wadsworth House, WORKSHEET, 2 Pages, General Information. Courtesy Karen Crandall, Email 02/12/2020.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Wadsworth House
- Page 33
 1852 Livingston County Map Gen-5 Excerpt.jpg ¹ April 1951 |  B2-F65-P2025.jpg ² April 1951 |
¹ 1852 Livingston County Map excerpt courtesy Library of Congress
² Image courtesy Holly Watson, Deputy Livingston County Historian.
