Hen-1, Tinker, 1585 Calkins Rd., Cty Rd. 39

Documentation

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 Location

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

Comments, Additional Information, References

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 Hazed 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).

"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.

A look at Tinker Homestead - 186 years later Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, May 27, 2016.

National Register of Historic Places Registration This property is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Asset Detail National Register of Historic Places effective 4/27/1995. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form provides detailed information about cobblestone structure. Tinker Cobblestone Farmstead, also known as the Tinker Homestead and Farm Museum Wikipedia article.

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"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.

Photographs

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
IMG_1942.jpg 5

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.