Mar-2, Rich Dairy, 3456 Newark Rd., Rt. 220

    Documentation

    Building date: 1835-40

    Original use: Dairy cooler

    Corner structures:

    Mortar application and content: Vertical, no embellishment

    Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors. Decoration by stone color.

    Types and choice of windows: Lentils wood

    Structures with similar masonry details:

    Masons who worked on building:

    Unique features:

    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°07'50.14"N 77°10'56.80"W. Current owner of record, Rich as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    Town of Marion and Wayne County Maps

    Editor's Note: The Roudabush Survey Map marking the location of this structure was incorrect. The corrected map is available with this link. Use the address 3456 Newark Rd. for any Google Maps search. 3456 Newark-Marion Rd. will incorrectly mark the location further south at the intersection of Newark-Marion Rd., Rt 220 and Desmith Road. North of the intersection the road name changes to Newark Road.


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Dairy Cooler
    Page 165

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    3456 Newark-Marion Road, said to have originally been a well house on the Caldwell farm. Richard Palmer blog.

    "Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Harry E. Riche excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 137 and 138. 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

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    ¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    ² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    ³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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