Building date: 1840s
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Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy
Types and uses of stones: Gray cut stone lintels
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is GIS Database and Google Earth confirmed; 43°01'32.10"N 77°41'12.80"W. Current owner of record, Eaton as of 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Henrietta and Monroe County Maps
This cobblestone house at 633 Telephone Road is one of three built by Andrew Bushman, an early settler, in the 1840s. This was originally a five bay neo-classical house typical of the 1840s but modifications have been made altering its original appearance. Bushman also built two other cobblestone houses on Rush-Henrietta Townline Road for his sons. Richard Palmer blog.
Subject #27, page 18, "Survey of Cobblestone Masonry in the Rush - Mendon Area", by Richard Burton Wood (1934-1992), May 18, 1955. Essay submitted to Dr. Hersey, Art 146, Class of 1956 University of Rochester.
The Bushman house has remained in the original family for over a century. It is no the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Bushman, great grandson of the builder, Jack Bushman. The original house was gradually modified and enlarged to 10 rooms, mainly during the late nineteenth century victorian era. The wing, built of wood, was later stuccoed. Victorian details, unusual in cobblestone structures, add to its charm.
Editor's Note: Apparently written for a Cobblestone Tour pamphlet and not used. Date unknown.
Added to the Town of Henrietta Historic Sites on 12/16/1981.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Bushman House 9th Annual 06/07/1969
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Bushman House
- Pages 51 - 52
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
