Building date: 1834. Editor's Note: Demolish date is disputed; however, the 2/02/1966 Fairport Herald-Mail article implies that the structure was razed prior to the article's date. Handwritten note in Macedon Town folder in the Cobblestone Museum archives states "Razed 1963", and Carl Schmidt writes "was demolished a few years ago." as stated in his book published in 1966, also supporting the article. A date of 2006 stated below is therefore suspect.
Original use:
Corner structures: Gray limestone
Mortar application and content: Horizontal joints were "V'd", and the vertical joints finished with triangular pyramids.
Types and uses of stones: Fieldstone of different sizes, shapes and colors.
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Approximate location is 43.064571, -77.368945 .
Aerial and satellite views dated 1954, 1963 and 2018 showing the actual location of the Johnson-Hoffman House.
According to Macedon Historical Society website, this was located in front of what is now the Lowe's Parking Lot on Route 31 not far from the Monroe County Line. Wayne Historic Organization blog.
Town of Macedon and Wayne County Maps
"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 fourth paragraph on page 24.
Original owner: Walter Johnson, farmer, born Sussex Co., N.J. s. 1812. "History of Wayne County" New York with Illustrations, 1789 - 1877, page 212.
1832 Johnson deed: Transcription. 1835 Johnson deed.
"Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Johnson-Hoffman House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 127 and 128. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.
Fairport Herald-Mail, Wednesday, February 2, 1966
Dwyer. The Dwyers were really a Macedon, Wayne Co. family, but the younger generation came to the Fairport schools, as their home was just over the line of the east boundary of Perinton. The house was cobblestone on the left going east on Palmyra Road. The house was torn down to make way for a trailer park. This is a third generation family here. Dennis Dwyer, Sr., had a son Dennis Dr., who was born and lived here. Dennis Dwyer Jr., married Elizabeth Carney, daughter of John and Margaret Biracree Carney.
Johnson - Dwyer House history sheet. From the personal research of cobblestone historian Karen Crandall.
Structure "was demolished a few years ago." as stated in his book published in 1966. Carl Schmidt, "Cobblestone Masonry" 1966, Page 164. Wayne Historical Organization states demolished 2006. Macedon County Historian note states owner was Gilbert Schiano, per the code office, the house was broken into apartments, and a demolish permit was dated 5/11/2006.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Johnson - Hoffman House
- Page 164
 1853 Wayne County Mac-9 Excerpt Map.jpg ¹ |  Mac-9 Johnson-Hoffman House 1.jpg ۽ Photograph by Charles Hopkins c. 1930 |  Mac-9 Johnson-Hoffman House 2.jpg ² Pease Collection 1940-41 |  GP Wayne Macedon Mac-9 1-1 N.jpg ³ |
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¹ 1853 Wayne County Mac-9 excerpt Map courtesy Library of Congress.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
4 Photograph courtesy Wayne County Historian from the Hoffman paper. Richard Palmer email 05/12/2019.
5 Image courtesy Linda Braun Town of Macedon Historian. Richard Palmer email 03/10/2021.
