Building date: 1832
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:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°03'45.72"N 77°39'00.75"W. Current owner of record, Lebel as of the 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Henrietta and Monroe County Maps
Listed by Carl Schmidt as the Abel House.
Cobblestone Connoisseur", by Edmund W. Peters, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, May 3, 1940. Article features Carl F. Schmidt.
So Soon Forgotten", by E. C. P., Editor Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 22, 1941.
"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 third paragraph on page 14.
"The Cobblestone Houses of Western New York page 17 Figure 11" and "page 22 Figure 27", 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.
Description of exterior and interior features. Editor's Note: Apparently written for a Cobblestone Tour pamphlet and not used. Irrelevant text edited from original document. Date unknown. Text references Carl F. Schmidt drawing of Entrance Door which can be accessed below in the list of publication references.
Added to the Town of Henrietta Historic Sites on 6/27/2018, and was given the annual Architectural Heritage Award in 2017.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Halpin House 9th Annual 06/07/1969
- "Cobblestone Architecture", 1944, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Abel House
- Page 18, Page 20, Page 41, Page 46
- Sketch Exterior Entrance to the Abel House, West Henrietta, Page 10
- Types of Cobblestone Masonry, Abel House, Henrietta Road, Page 80
- Types of Cobblestone Masonry, House on Henrietta Road, Page 80
- Entrance to the Abel House, West Henrietta, Page 88
- Sketch Exterior Entrance to the Abel House, West Henrietta, Page 10
- Front of the Abel House drawing, Entrance Door askew to left of straight on view. Carl Schmidt Collection of Two-Dimensional Drawings, online access to view, New York Heritage digital collections.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Brainard - Halpin House
- Page 50, Types of Cobblestone Masonry Page 233
- Sections Thru Various Stone Courses, Page 255, Comparison of Cobblestones and Quoins Page 260, Details of Entrance Page 290
- Page 306
- Sections Thru Various Stone Courses, Page 255, Comparison of Cobblestones and Quoins Page 260, Details of Entrance Page 290
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
