Mac-7, Phelps, Smokehouse, 2467 Quaker Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date:

    Original use: Smokehouse

    Corner structures: Variable. Gray limestone and red sandstone

    Mortar application and content: Vertical pyramids. Horizontal mortar protrudes and has a sharp edge, while the vertical mortar is raised in coarse pyramids, cut off at the bottom.

    Types and uses of stones: Rows of stones per quoin are variable because of the varied sized quoins. Stones are irregular in size, shape and color.

    Types and choice of windows: Lintel over the door is composed of split blocks of cut gray limestone and red sandstone.

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°03'51.09"N 77°15'38.10"W. Current owner of record, Krajowsky as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    The status and location of the smokehouse could not be determined or verified. The Google Maps view is based on the address confirmed by mailbox.

    Town of Macedon and Wayne County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    On the property at 2467 Quaker Road, which is reputed to have [been] a cobblestone tavern, this cannot be identified, because it has been covered with siding. In the back of this property, there is a smokehouse with irregular quoins made from gray limestone and red sandstone. Rows of stones per quoin are variable because of the varied sized quoins. Stones are irregular in size and shape and color. Horizontal mortar protrudes and has a sharp edge, while the vertical mortar is raised in coarse pyramids, cut off at the bottom. The lintel over the door is composed of split blocks of gray limestone and red sandstone. Roudabush Survey page 113

    This structure is not listed in the Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Website

    Photographs

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    Mac-7 Phelps 1
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    Mac-7 2467 Quaker Rd 1
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    Mac-7 2467 Quaker Rd 2
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    ¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    ² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.

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