Building date: Demolished 1973
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Street level view is not available. Approximate location is Google Earth confirmed; 42°59'43.05"N 77°08'28.26"W.
Town of Manchester and Ontario 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 eighth paragraph on page 18.
Prior owners listed on Maps: 1852: "E Woodward"; 1859: "T Farrell"; 1874: "Joseph Reed", 1904: "William H Reed".
Ownership passed from Joseph Reed to his son William H Reed and then to William's son Albert. Albert's son, John A, was the 3rd generation of the Reed family to own the farm, but not until 1976 when his father died at age 84. In 1955 he purchased his own farm, the Driscoll farm adjoining to the north (also with a cobblestone on it, see Man-7 John Reed House). John A. continued to work his father's farm in addition to his own. He modernized the buildings on his farther's farm with state of the art equipment, added silos, and installed modern milking equipment. Albert assisted in all phases of the farming operation until his death.
With the farm's infrastructure growing up all around it, in 1973 Albert had the cobblestone house torn down.
The House was located on the east side of CR 27, about 0.4 mile south of Field St. Modern farm buildings and acreage of the Reedland Farms LLC, now a Century Farm, now occupy the site. Joseph Reed's farm, started back in second half of the 19th century, is owned and operated by the 5th generation of the Reed family. Karen Crandall email 7/12/2021.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Albert Reed House
- Page 99
 1852 Ontario County Map Man-7_12 Excerpt.jpg ¹ |  IMG_3848 3.jpg ² Old Reed cobblestone house on County Road 27. Child on fence is Albert Reed. Standing near fence are Margaret and Joseph Reed. William Reed is working in the garden. |  IMG_3852 2.jpg ² Reed farm house on County Road 27 (gone). From left are Joseph and Margaret Reed, and William Reed in buggy. Reedland Farms on County Road 27 have been in the family for more than four generations. Joseph Reed, born in Switzerland on Oct. 28, 1828, came to this country about 1855. |
¹ 1852 Ontario County Map Man-7 and 12 excerpt courtesy Library of Congress.
² Image courtesy Richard Palmer blog.
