Building date: 1849 - demolished about 2014.
Original use:
Corner structures: Quoins are fairly equal in size on the north side, but the southeast corner has variable quoins
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy with small pyramids depressed at the top and cut off at the bottom.
Types and uses of stones: Irregular rough and slightly smoothed. Rows are consistently regular except at the southeast corner.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels gray cut stone. Row of elongated stones set with the long axis perpendicular to the ground. Note: This descriptions appears to be contradictory.
Structures with similar masonry details: Man-2 Logie, Phe-22 VanderLyke, Sen-4 Tichenor, Sen-5 Banfield
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Street level view is not available. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°47'32.49"N 77°16'27.61"W. Current owner of record from JUL2010, Maxim as of the 2019 Tax Roll. Last known owner of original cobblestone structure from 1985 to 2010 was Rogers.
Original cobblestone structure location noted.
Town of Gorham and Ontario County Maps
The 1½ story house at 467 County Rd. #11 has had a wooden addition added to the rear and a picture window added on the left side and a porch on the front. The quoins are fairly equal in size on the north side, but the southeast corner has variable quoins, although they are painted to appear equal. Stones are irregular and slightly smoothed. Rows are consistently regular except at the southeast corner. Lintels above the windows consist of a row of elongated stones set with the long axis perpendicular to the ground. Vertical mortar consists of small pyramids depressed at the top and cut off at the bottom. Roudabush Survey page 86
This house at 4880 County Route 11 (East Lake Road) was built in the 1840s. Unfortunately it was demolished about 2014 to make way for a new and much larger house. Richard Palmer blog.
There is a street address number discrepancy between 476 stated by Roudabush, versus the current and correct address 4880 stated by Palmer. 2013 Google Earth View confirmed that the cobblestone structure existed at the 4880 address provided. The above GPS coordinates show the exact location of the original cobblestone structure (center of building).
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Noble - Preston House
- Page 207, Window Lintels in Wayne County Page 269
Editor's Note: Schmidt incorrectly states location as just south of the Ontario-Yates County Line, whereas the structure matching the description is located just north of the Ontario-Yates County Line in the town of Gorham. Ontario County.
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photograph courtesy Richard Palmer blog.
