Building date: 1845
Original use:
Corner structures: Tooled
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy
Types and uses of stones: v
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details:
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Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°46.43.09"N 77°11'36.02"W. Current owner of record, Barge as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Gorham and Ontario County Maps
The Roudabush Survey states a building date of 1854. The correct date is 1845 per date stone - see photograph below.
"House in Family over 100 Years". Notes Interesting Facts About Cobblestone Dwellings Only Found in This Vicinity and Northern England. Penn Yan Chronicle Express, August 13, 1936.
"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 seventh paragraph on page 20.
Clark House, 3621 Route 245, Gorham, built 1845. Richard Palmer blog.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Clark - Rex House 5th Annual 06/12/1965Historic Structures Visited, 5th Annual Cobblestone Tour Brings 1,100 to City, by Mildred Jennings, The Geneva Times, page 6, 6/15/1965
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Mapes - Rex House
- Page 97
 Gor-3 Wolfe 1.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41 |  Gor_3_1.jpg |  Gor_3_2.jpg |  Gor_3_3.jpg |
 Gor_3_4.jpg |  Gor_3_5.jpg |  Gor_3_6.jpg |  Gor-3 Wolfe 2.jpg ¹ |
 Gor-3 3621 Route 245 1.jpg ² |  IMG_1489.jpg ³ |  IMG_1487.jpg ³ |  IMG_1488.jpg ³ |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
