Har-7, Chaplin-Marsh, 7928 Ridge Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date: 1845

    Original use:

    Corner structures:

    Mortar application and content: Vertical, no embellishment

    Types and uses of stones: field cobbles in very even rows with quoins.

    Types and choice of windows: Lintels and sills of gray limestone.

    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°14'22.75"N 78°35'31.38"W. Current owner of record, Ward as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    Town of Hartland and Niagara County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    This house at 7928 Ridge Road was built by T.G. Chaplin. It consists of field cobbles in very even rows with quoins, lintels and sills of gray limestone. The stone porch is a much later addition. Richard Palmer blog.


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Chaplin - Marsh House
    Page 79

    Photographs

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    Har-7 Chaplin-Marsh 1.jpg ¹ Van Houten Collection May 1, 1946
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    7928 Ridge Road, Hartland, Niagara County
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    7928 Ridge Road, Hartland
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    ¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    ² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    ³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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