Building date: 1859
Original use: Schoolhouse
Corner structures: Red sandstone.
Mortar application and content: Horizontal rounded. Vertical, thin rounded
Types and uses of stones:
Types and choice of windows: Lintels red stone solid
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°19'33.90"N 78°02'08.56"W. Current owner of record, Kendall Fire Department 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 the thirteenth paragraph on page 9.
1879 Route 237. Old school house used for fire department activities. Richard Palmer blog.
"Early History of Kendall's "Stone Jug". October 1985.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 63, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Masonic Meeting House
- Page 132
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 110. Orleans County, "Stone Jug". This structure is not included in the subsequent book "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978.
¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Larry Warren, Councilman Town of Covington.
5 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
