Har-1, Tripensee, 9491 Ridge Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date: 1836

    Original use:

    Corner structures: Red sandstone

    Mortar application and content: Horizontal and vertical similar, mortar looks square.

    Types and uses of stones: Various-sized fieldstone of different shapes and colors.

    Types and choice of windows: Lintels wood

    Structures with similar masonry details:

    Masons who worked on building:

    Unique features:

    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°14'44.47"N 78°29'31.92"W. Current owner of record, Mott as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    Town of Hartland and Niagara County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    This house at 9491 Ridge Road was built of various-sized fieldstone of different shapes and colors. Corner quoins are of red sandstone.

    "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. Reference the "House 3" icon in paragraph fourteen on page 10.


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Edmonds Trippensee House
    Page 77

    Editor's Note: Roudabush states the name Tripensee, whereas Schmidt states the spelling as Trippensee.

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    9491 Ridge Road, Hartland, Niagara county
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    ¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    ² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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