Mar-15, Gobeyn, 4738 Farnsworth Rd.

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    Building date:

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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 Location

    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

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    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

    "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

    Photographs

    Mar-15 Gobeyn 1
    Mar-15 Gobeyn 1.jpg ¹ December 1940 (Pease Collection 1940-41?)
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    Mar-15 Gobeyn 2
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    ¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    ¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    ³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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