Building date: 1837
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Courtesy Google Maps. Google Maps street level view is not available. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°47'03.41"N 77°55'51.13"W. Current owner of record, Wetmore as of date (YMD) 190415.
Town of Leicester and Livingston County Maps
The Coverdale House at 2049 Coverdale Road, Leicester, was completed in 1837. It has been restored. It is of Greek Revival architecture. It has been completely restored and refinished with new hardwood floors, thermal pane windows, new porches, etc. The house includes a 1-1/2-story kitchen wing and a one-story cobblestone and frame carriage shed. It was placed on the National Register in Sept. 7, 2005. A "widow's walk" was reconstructed atop the main portion of the house in 2010. Richard Palmer blog.
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Coverdale House
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¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
