Building date: Built between 1828 and 1830
Original use:
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy
Types and uses of stones: Irregular rough
Types and choice of windows: Gray cut stone lintels
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building: Michael McCanty
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°04'07.49"N 77°34'30.33"W. Current owner of record, Town of Henrietta.
Town of Henrietta and Monroe County Maps
Tinker Homestead and Farm Museum, 1585 Calkins Road. The house was built in early 1830s by James Tinker who came here from New Haven, Conn. with his wife, Rebecca, and six children, in 1812, first living in a log cabin. The family resided here for six generations until the property was sold to the Town of Henrietta in 1991. The house was built by mason Michael McCarty. Richard Palmer blog.
"The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease. Research done in collaboration with Hazel B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt, 1941. Reference the tenth paragraph on page 15 (Count including the continuation from page 14).
"The Cobblestone Houses of Western New York page 8" and "page 11", by Richard "Dick" H. Backus (1922-2012), January 1947. A paper written for a class in the Department of Art, Dartmouth College. A copy of the original paper was returned to Mr. Backus June 12, 1963 by Hugh Morrison of the Art Department. The paper was forwarded on March 16, 2026 to the Cobblestone Museum by Carol and Steve Mackintosh who had received it from an unnamed neighbor who was downsizing. The existence and location of the original paper is unknown.
"Tinker Homestead" summary.
"Tinker Family History", compiled by Diane C. Ham, Town of Mendon Historian.
Excerpts from "Century Old Homes of Rochester and Vacinity D.A.R.", and Rochester Times Union 6/7/61.
"Glen Tinker Home: Wonderland of Antiques", by Mrs. Robert L. Holley.
"A House that Historians Love", Times Union, 9/12/1963.
"Cobblestone Home Historic", Democrat and Chronicle, 8/8/1965.
Added to the Town of Henrietta Historic Sites on 12/16/1981.
"Town plans to acquire historic Tinker homestead, 65 acres", by Dawn Bracely, Democrat and Chronicle, 3/5/1992.
Tinker Cobblestone Farmstead placed on the National Register of Historic Places 27APR1995, Wikipedia, and Tinker Nature Park.
"15 Cobblestone Structures in NY", Exploring Upstate NY, January 4, 2015 by Chris Clemens.
A look at Tinker Homestead - 186 years later Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, May 27, 2016.
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Tinker House
- Page 54
- "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, Tinker House
- Page 86
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 32. Monroe County, Tinker House.
 Tinker House.jpg ¹ As house appeared in 1912. |  Hen-1 Tinker 3.jpg ² Pease Collection 1940-41 |  GP Monroe Henrietta Hen-1 2_2 N.jpg ³ circa 1957 |  GP Monroe Henrietta Hen-1_3 N.jpg ³ 1971 |
 GP Monroe Henrietta Hen-1_1 N.jpg ³ 1971 |  Hen_1_1.jpg |  Hen_1_2.jpg |  Hen_1_3.jpg |
 Hen_1_4.jpg |  Hen-1 Tinker 2.jpg ² 9/16/2001 |  Hen-1 Tinker 1.jpg ² |  Hen-1 1585 Calkins Rd 1.jpg 4 |
 Hen-1 1585 Calkins Rd 2.jpg 4 |  Hen-1 1585 Calkins Rd 3.jpg 4 |  Hen-1 1585 Calkins Rd 4.jpg 4 |  1585+Calkins+Road+Henrietta.jpg 5 |
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¹ Image courtesy Richard Palmer. Attribution not provided.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
4 Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
5 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
