Building date: 1840 by Henry Whitney
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Corner structures: Gray limestone and red sandstone
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Types and choice of windows: Lintels brick, length horizontal, and width vertical in back
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°19'07.32"N 78°01'10.13"W. Current owner of record, Mowers/Levandowski as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Kendall and Orleans 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. Reference paragraph three in page 10.
Henry Whitney is believed to have been the first to live in this cobblestone house. Whitney's descendants remained here for nearly a century until the farm was acquired by a Mr. Newcomb and then by its present owner, Mrs. Francis Garlock in 1941.
Inside, the rooms retain their original moldings, fireplaces, and hardware. The kitchen fireplace, once used for cooking, was found covered over with tin by Mrs. Garlock. When removed the iron trammel crane was found still in place. The front door still locks with the original key and the interesting kitchen door latches are seldom seen in use today.
With a row of ancient locus trees in front, an apple orchard to the east, and a stone well house in a grove of trees on the west, the farmhouse appears much as it did a century ago. A brook still flows from a natural spring beneath the well.
The pheasant pens indicate that this is a game farm today. Pheasants are raised here and it is licensed by the New York State Conservation Department with a September to March hunting permit. 220 acres serve as a private shooting preserve for its 16 members.
Hand written notes for the planned Seventh Annual Cobblestone Tour 06/10/1967, Eastern Orleans and Western Monroe Counties. This home was included in the tour, see below.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 60, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Garlock House 7th Annual 06/10/1967
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Whitney - Garlock House
- Page 133
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
