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Corner structures: Quoins are rough blocks of gray limestone.
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment. Vertical pyramids. Vertical mortar contains broad pyramids cut off at the bottom.
Types and uses of stones: Irregular rough. Rough irregular stones are laid in four rows per quoin on the front and side, while the back of the wing has three rows per quoin.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels gray cut stone, laid in a flat arch.
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Map views courtesy Google Maps SE view, and Google Maps NE view. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°10'30.91"N 77°10'31.82"W. Current owner of record, Balch as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Marion and Wayne County Maps
A two story house on Farnsworth Rd. has a wing on one side. The quoins are rough blocks of gray limestone. Rough irregular stones are laid in four rows per quoin on the front and side, while the back of the wing has three rows per quoin. Window lintels are cut blocks of limestone, laid in a flat arch. Vertical mortar contains broad pyramids cut off at the bottom. Roudabush Survey page 109
"The Cobblestone Houses of Western New York page 19 Figure 18", by Richard "Dick" H. Backus (1922-2012), January 1947. A paper written for a class in the Department of Art, Dartmouth College. A copy of the original paper was returned to Mr. Backus June 12, 1963 by Hugh Morrison of the Art Department. The paper was forwarded on March 16, 2026 to the Cobblestone Museum by Carol and Steve Mackintosh who had received it from an unnamed neighbor who was downsizing. The existence and location of the original paper is unknown.
"Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Gobeyn House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 163 and 164. 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 Cobblestone house
 Mar-15 Gobeyn 1.jpg ¹ December 1940 (Pease Collection 1940-41?) |  Mar_15_1.jpg |  Mar_15_2.jpg |  Mar_15_3.jpg |
 Mar_15_4.jpg |  Mar_15_5.jpg |  Mar-15 Gobeyn 2.jpg ¹ |  Mar-15 4738 Farnsworth Rd 1.jpg ² |
 Mar-15 4738 Farnsworth Rd 2.jpg ² |  IMG_1121.jpg ³ |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
