Lim-1, Schoolhouse District 6, 6679 Jenks Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date: 1843

    Original use: Schoolhouse

    Corner structures:

    Mortar application and content: Vertical no embellishment. Vertical pyramids - bottom of vertical expanded into a pyramid.

    Types and uses of stones: Elongated horizontally field stones

    Types and choice of windows:

    Structures with similar masonry details:

    Masons who worked on building:

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps street level view. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°52'36.52"N 77°38'43.23"W. Current owner of record, Stevenson as of date (YMD) 190416.

    Town of Lima and Livingston County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    District school house No. 6 at 6679 Jenks Road, Lima, was built in 1843 of field stones.

    This cobblestone school was built on land deeded to the district by Alfred and Rachel Warner in May, 1843. It was used as a school for more than a century. By 1940 there was a concern expressed if it should continue in operation as attendance had dwindled considerably. It was voted to close the school in 1946 and send the children to Lima. The building was sold in 1953 and converted into a residence in 1967.Richard Palmer blog.

    NoteNational 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 effective 8/31/1989.
    National Register of Historic Places Registration Form provides detailed information about cobblestone structure.
    School No. 6 Wikipedia article.


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Jenks Road School House
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    Photographs

    Lim-1 Schoolhouse 1
    Lim-1 Schoolhouse 1.jpg ¹ 1947
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    Lim-1 Schoolhouse 2
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    School house, 6679 Jenks Road, Lima (2)
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    ¹ Photography courtesy John Vrooman, from the archives of the Cobblestone Museum. The photo might have been taken in 1947 for a NYS Department of Education project that documented historic structures and sites as selected by local historians. Holly Watson, Deputy Livingston County Historian, email 11/30/2020
    ² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    ³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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