Lyo-3, School, SE Corner Middle Sodus Rd. and Sterns Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date: Unknown; <1853. Not razed, allowed to erode away to the ground.

    Original use: Schoolhouse

    Corner structures:

    Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy

    Types and uses of stones:

    Types and choice of windows: Lintels brown sandstone

    Structures with similar masonry details:

    Masons who worked on building:

    Unique features:

    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°04'58.41"N 77°00'13.31"W.

    Town of Lyons and Wayne County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    "Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Munn District School House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 103 and 104.. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.

    Munn District Schoolhouse #9 history sheet. From the personal research of cobblestone historian Karen Crandall.

    Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Munn District Schoolhouse
    Page 162

    Photographs

    1853 Wayne County Map Lyo-3 Excerpt
    1853 Wayne County Map Lyo-3 Excerpt.jpg ¹
    GP Wayne Lyons Lyo-3 1-1 N
    GP Wayne Lyons Lyo-3 1-1 N.jpg Structure located in car scrapheap. ² 8/25/1971
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    Lyo_3_2
    Lyo_3_2.jpg
    Lyo_3_3
    Lyo_3_3.jpg
    Lyo_3_4
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    Lyo-3 School 1
    Lyo-3 School 1.jpg ³
    Lyo-3 School 2
    Lyo-3 School 2.jpg ³
    Lyo-3 Middle Sodus Rd & Sterns Rds 1
    Lyo-3 Middle Sodus Rd & Sterns Rds 1.jpg 4
    Lyo-3 Middle Sodus Rd & Sterns Rds 2
    Lyo-3 Middle Sodus Rd & Sterns Rds 2.jpg 4
    Lyo-3 Middle Sodus Rd & Sterns Rds 3
    Lyo-3 Middle Sodus Rd & Sterns Rds 3.jpg 4
    Lyo-3 Middle Sodus Rd & Sterns Rds 4
    Lyo-3 Middle Sodus Rd & Sterns Rds 4.jpg 4

    ¹ 1853 Wayne County NY Map excerpt courtesy Library of Congress.
    ² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
    ³ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    4 Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.

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