Jun-6, Kunes, 543 Birdsey Rd., [Rt. 106, Birdsey & Bedell Rds.] [Sen-6]

    Documentation

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    Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy

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    Types and choice of windows: Lintels wood

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°00'03.49"N 76°52'22.66"W. Current owner of record, Nearpass as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    Note that the roads Dublin, Bedell and Birdsey all intersect at this residence. The address 543 Birdsey Rd. is correct per the Town of Junius tax roll.

    Town of Junius and Seneca County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    "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 sixth paragraph on page 30.

    Cobblestone Buildings in Seneca County, photographs and text by Walter Gable, Seneca County Historian, revised 10/25/2019.


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Ernest Kunes House
    Page 149 - 150

    Photographs

    Jun-6 Kunes Sen-6 1
    Jun-6 Kunes Sen-6 1.jpg ¹ June 1964
    GP Seneca Junius Jun-6 1-1 P
    GP Seneca Junius Jun-6 1-1 P.jpg ² August 1971
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    Jun-6 543 Birdsey Rd 1
    Jun-6 543 Birdsey Rd 1.jpg ³
    Jun-6 543 Birdsey Rd 2
    Jun-6 543 Birdsey Rd 2.jpg ³
    543 Bedell Road, Junius
    543 Bedell Road, Junius.jpg ³ Cobblestone portion painted white. 4

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

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