Building date: 1840

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Corner structures:

Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Many of the vertical strips of mortar are not prominent, but some show the typical depression at the top and the cut off bottom.

Types and uses of stones: Rows of stones per quoin are 4 on the front and sides. In the back there are only 3 rows per quoin.

Types and choice of windows: Lintels consist of a row of common bricks.

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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°54'57.14"N 77°08'08.78"W. Current owner of record, Cunningham as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

Town of Hopewell and Ontario County Maps

The two story house on Route 488 has the original building with its end toward the road. The door toward the left with two windows on the right. A cobblestone addition was added to the rear. Above the side porch roof, one can see the original quoins which end just below the porch roof indicating the area of attachment of the addition. Rows of stones per quoin are 4 on the front and sides. In the back there are only 3 rows per quoin. In the addition, the window lintels consist of a row of common bricks. Many of the vertical strips of mortar are not prominent, but some show the typical depression at the top and the cut off bottom. Roudabush Survey page 86

"Landmark Farms" is located along Route 488 a mile west of the hamlet of Orleans. This house was built in 1840 by the Warner family. For many years it was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cunningham. It is one of three cobblestone houses in Ontario County that have a cut stone entrance flanked by two columns. It is surmounted with a stone-bordered semi-elliptical transom. Sidelights with curved jambs above curved stone panels finish off the entrance. 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 twelfth paragraph on page 19.

The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:

Landmark Farms, Mr. & Mrs. Roger Cunningham & Sons 15th Annual 06/07/1975

"The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 79. Ontario County, Reed House. This structure is not included in the subsequent book "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978.

"Geology and the Development of Upstate New York's Distinctive Cobblestone Architecture", D. Brooks McKinney Ph.D, Emeritus Professor of Geoscience, Department of Geoscience, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

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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 11/17/1988. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form provides detailed information about cobblestone structure. Oliver Warner Farmstead Wikipedia article.

¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.