Jun-9, Houghton, 1370 NY Route 318 [Sen-9]

Documentation

Building date: 1837

Original use:

Corner structures:

Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy

Types and uses of stones:

Types and choice of windows: Lintels wood

Structures with similar masonry details:

Masons who worked on building:

Unique features:

Map Location

Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°57'34.50"N 76°52'25.30"W. Current owner of record, Houghton as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

Town of Junius and Seneca County Maps

Comments, Additional Information, References

Roudabush states the address as 13358 Old State Rd. Rt. 318, whereas the current address is 1370 NR Route 318.

This mint-condition Neo-Classical style house at 1370 Route 3, Junius, is on the National Register of Historic Places 2/28/2008. The owner was able to track down records showing it was built in 1837 for John Graves, a local farmer. 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 eighth paragraph on page 30.

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

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 2/28/2008. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form when available provides quite detailed information about the cobblestone structure. John Graves Cobblestone Farmhouse Wikipedia article.

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"Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Turner - Wildner House

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Photographs

GP Seneca Junius Jun-9 1-1 P.jpg ¹ 8/21/1971	Sen_9_1.jpg	Sen_9_2.jpg	Sen_9_3.jpg
Sen_9_4.jpg	Sen_9_5.jpg	Sen_9_6.jpg	Jun-9 Houghton Sen-9 1.jpg ²
Jun-9 Houghton Sen-9 2.jpg ²	Jun-9 1370 NY Route 318 1.jpg ³	Jun-9 1370 NY Route 318 2.jpg ³	Jun-9 1370 NY Route 318 3.jpg ³
Jun-9 Houghton Sen-9 3.jpg ²	Jun-9 Houghton Sen-9 4.jpg ²	1370 Route 318, Junius.jpg 4	1370 Route 318, Junius 2.jpg 4

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