Ken-8, Corcoran, 1889 Kendall Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date:

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    Corner structures: Variable, red sandstone. Quoins are irregular in shape and size.

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    Types and uses of stones: Fieldstone, not in rows. Stones are irregular, only slightly smoothed, and arranged in irregular rows.

    Types and choice of windows: Lintels brick, length vertical

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°19'27.72"N 78°02'08.35"W. Current owner of record, Corcoran as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    Town of Kendall and Orleans County Maps

    At 1889 Kendall Rd., there is a 1 ½ story cobblestone with a wooden addition at the back and a portion of the left side. Quoins are irregular in shape and size, and stones are arranged in irregular rows. Stones are irregular and are only slightly smoothed. Roudabush Survey page 95

    "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 two in page 10.

    "Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 62, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    Photographs

    GP Orleans Kendall Ken-8 1-1 P
    GP Orleans Kendall Ken-8 1-1 P.jpg ¹ 8/31/1971
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    Ken-8 Corcoran 2
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    Ken-8 Corcoran 1
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    Ken-8 1889 Kendall Rd 1
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    Ken-8 1889 Kendall Rd 2
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    Kendall - 1889 Kendall Road
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    ¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
    ² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    ³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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