Building date: 1850
Original use:
Corner structures: Gray limestone quoins
Mortar application and content: The mortar between the stones vertically contains slight elevations which are truncate at the bottom, giving the appearance of thin pyramids.
Types and uses of stones: Small red. Herringbone anywhere. Small rounded stones. Stones on the front are arranged in five rows per quoin, while on the left or south side, there are four rows per quoin. The right or north side is composed of elongated stones laid in herringbone fashion, - three rows of stones to the quoin. On the southern wing, the stones of the south wall are like the south side of the main building, while the front is herringboned like the north wall.
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building: Jacob Terry
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Google Maps street level view is not available blocked by excessive vegetation. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°02'20.99"N 77°18'48.23"W. Current owner of record, Ernest as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Macedon and Wayne County Maps
The one and one-half story house at Canandaigua and Magog Roads is a modified Gothic. The obvious difference between this and Phe-22 VanderLyke in Ontario County is the arrangement of stones above the windows, which in the latter, follow the contour of the frame and lack lintels. The main portion of the house is constructed of gray limestone quoins and small rounded stones. Stones on the front are arranged in five rows per quoin, while on the left or south side, there are four rows per quoin. The right or north side is composed of elongated stones laid in herringbone fashion, - three rows of stones to the quoin. On the southern wing, the stones of the south wall are like the south side of the main building, while the front is herringboned like the north wall. Mortar is arranged in neat horizontal rows with sharp outer edges, while the mortar between the stones vertically contains slight elevations which are truncate at the bottom, giving the appearance of thin pyramids. Roudabush Survey page 113
Baker House, 815 Canandaigua Road. Inscription, "J. & D. Baker 1850" appears on date stone. Jacob Terry was the mason. It is of the Gothic Cottage design. Richard Palmer blog.
"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, 1941. Reference the first paragraph on page 25.
"The Geological Origin of Cobblestone Architecture", by Gerda Peterich. Specific references to this structure on pages 8, and 20
"Cobblestone Architecture in the Rochester Area", by Gerda Peterich, 1953. Reference Baker House and figures 29, 35 and 36. Editor's Note: This digitized version of the original typescript manuscript is reformatted for digital display, edited for errors, and includes blue tinted highlighted links to improve access within the document, to the appropriate structure pages in the Cobblestone Info Base, or to external resources on the internet. This document is one of two known typescript drafts, likely a thesis or essay bound as a book and apparently never published. One is available in the Cobblestone Museum Resource Center, the other in the University of Rochester Art and Music Library. A companion or precursor typed paper of the same title exists, perhaps used for a talk and/or photographic display of cobblestone structures.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
- "Cobblestone Architecture of Upstate New York", by Gerda Peterich, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol 15, Issue 2 1956, Page 16. By permission of the University of California Press, "The requested material is in the public domain and you are welcome to use it."
- "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, Baker House
- Pages 44-45
 Mac-6 Ernest 4.jpg ¹ |  Mac-6 Ernest 3.jpg ¹ 1935 |  Mac-6 Ernest 1.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41 |  Mac-6 Ernest 2.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41 |
 GP Wayne Macedon Mac-6 1-1 N.jpg ² |  GP Wayne Macedon Mac-6 2-1 N.jpg ² |  GP Wayne Macedon Mac-6 5-1 N.jpg ² |  GP Wayne Macedon Mac-6 3-1 P.jpg ² |
 GP Wayne Macedon Mac-6 4-1 P.jpg ² |  Mac_6_1.jpg |  Mac_6_2.jpg |  Mac_6_3.jpg |
 Mac_6_4.jpg |  Mac_6_5.jpg |  Mac_6_6.jpg |  Mac-6 Ernest 5.jpg ¹ |
 Mac-6 815 Canandaigua 1.jpg ³ |  Mac-6 815 Canandaigua 2.jpg ³ |  Mac-6 815 Canandaigua 3.jpg ³ |  IMG_1096.jpg 4 |
 IMG_1098.jpg 4 |  IMG_1100.jpg 4 North side of house with modern brick chimney. |  IMG_1102.jpg 4 Kitchen side of house. |  IMG_1099.jpg 4 Fine herringbone design on Baker House. |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
