Building date: 1842, demolished in 1971 or 1972.
Original use: Barn
Corner structures: Irregular quoins are gray limestone.
Mortar application and content: Vertical, no embellishment
Types and uses of stones: Stones are relatively large, and protrude from the mortar in which they are embedded. The number of rows of stones per quoin varies with the height of the quoin, - from 3 to 4.
Types and choice of windows: Window lintels are constructed of cut blocks of gray limestone.
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Courtesy Google Maps. The structure location can not be accurately determined nor confirmed.
Town of Madison and Madison County Maps
The Phillips' barn on Indian Opening Road is in a sorry state. The south wall is sagging rather badly, and the attempts to support it have not been successful. The north side is apparently the front, since it contains a large sliding door. The irregular quoins are gray limestone. Window lintels are constructed of cut blocks of gray limestone. Stones are relatively large, and protrude from the mortar in which they are embedded. The number of rows of stones per quoin varies with the height of the quoin, - from 3 to 4. Roudabush Survey page 60.
The Phelps farm cobblestone barn about a half mile north of house in September, 1970. Now demolished. Richard Palmer blog.
Editor's Note: The Roudabush Survey Map viewed in "Town of Madison and Madison County Maps" above marks the barn structure as located about ½ mile east on Indian Opening Rd. from the current 7233 address, not north as stated in the Richard Palmer blog.
"Mid-York Memoranda", by Scott Phoenix, Mid York Weekly, Hamilton, NY, 1/28/1965. Editor's Note: See text for Donald J. Carney House.
"History Chips", by Marshall Hope, Oneida Daily Dispatch, 5/12/1965. See paragraph 2 under heading "Builder's House".
Excerpt from thesis "Nineteenth Century Cobblestone Structures in Madison County, New York", by Ruthanne Mills, 1972.
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 20. Madison County, Barn. This structure is not included in the subsequent book "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978.
 Phelps Barn 3.jpg ¹ August 1969 |  Phelps barn 1.jpg ² September, 1970. Now demolished. |  Phelps barn 2.jpg ² September, 1970. Now demolished. |  Mad_2_1.jpg |
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¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
² Images courtesy Richard Palmer.
