Building date: Pre-1833
Original use:
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment. Vertical pyramids
Types and uses of stones: Decoration by stone color
Types and choice of windows: Lintels gray cut stone
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°11'16.59"N 77°14'22.52"W. Current owner of record, Kolstad as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Marion and Wayne County Maps
Wells House, 5137 Mason Road, pre-1833. Richard Palmer blog.
"Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Duste House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 161 and 162. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Wells Cobblestone
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Mason - Duste House
- Page 167
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 Mar_14_5.jpg |  Mar_14_6.jpg |  Mar-14 Duste 1.jpg ¹ |  Mar-14 5137 Mason Rd 1.jpg ² |
 Mar-14 5137 Mason Rd 2.jpg ² |  Mar-14 5137 Mason Rd 3.jpg ² |  Mar-14 5137 Mason Rd 4.jpg ² |  IMG_1120.jpg ³ |
 IMG_1117.jpg ³ Built on cobblestone foundation. Notice the interesting stone configuration. |  IMG_1118.jpg ³ Facing north |  IMG_1119.jpg ³ Multi-colored washed lake stones. |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
