Building date: 1832, A.P. and date cut in stone above front door.
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°02'31.88"N 77°39'38.07"W. Current owner of record, Congdon as of the 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Henrietta and Monroe County Maps
"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 second paragraph on page 14.
Original owner: Abel Post 1932. Subsequent Owners: Frank Stanton, Weider, Fred Kreszer, Vogel, as of 12/19/1961. Mr. Vogel removed front porch.
The building is currently occupied by the business, The Horizon Group, Rochester New York's retirement specialists [May 2019].
Added to the Town of Henrietta Historic Sites on March 2021.
Secret Room in Cobblestone House Found in Remodeling", circa 1961. See article for source. Attribution not provided.
Letter from Henrietta Town Historian to Arch Merrill, Democrat & Chronicle", 2/27/1963. Please do not quote any personal content.
"The Geological Origin of Cobblestone Architecture", by Gerda Peterich. Specific reference to this structure on page 16.
Post-Vogel Cobblestone Is a Legend of Long Ago", Henrietta: Living Landmarks, by Mrs, Robert L. Holley, Henrietta Post, 6/13/1968
Rough draft of content for Cobblestone Tour Guide contains more detail than actually used.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Vogel House 9th Annual 06/07/1969
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Post-Vogel House
- Pages 53 - 54
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 31. Monroe County, Post-Vogel House. This structure is not included in the subsequent book "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978.
¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
