Building date: 1830s
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Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy
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Types and choice of windows: Gray cut stone lintels
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°51'52.04"N 77°39'29.94"W. Current owner of record, Williamee as of date (YMD) 190416.
Town of Lima and Livingston County Maps
Ganoung farmhouse at 2798 Poplar Hill Road, Lima, was built of field stones in the 1830s. It is of Greek Revival style and includes a 19th-century carriage barn. It was placed on the National Register in August 31, 1989. Richard Palmer blog.
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Backus - Williamee House
- Pages 33 - 34
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 Gerda Peterich.
³ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
4 Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
5 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
