Building date: 1836
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Corner structures: Bottom quoins at the southeast corner are darker than the others and show signs of splitting off layers like the "bluestone" found on some Wyoming County houses.
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°45'40.54"N 77°16'19.74"W. Current owner of record, Lindley/Peters as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Middlesex and Yates County Maps.
Google map incorrectly places the location about 450 feet further northeast on Route 364 into adjoining Ontario County. The correct location is at the south east corner of the intersection of Route 364 and Town Line Road just in Yates County. It is not known to which road the address number is assigned.
The address, Town Line & E. Lake Rds., stated in the Roudabush Survey is incorrect. The correct address is 5521 Route 364 at the intersection Town Line Road on the SE corner. Note, if searching with Google Maps, use 5521 Route 364, Rushville, NY as the address to enter.
Schmidt's description does not mention that the bottom quoins at the southeast corner are darker than the others and show signs of splitting off layers like the "bluestone" found on some Wyoming County houses. Roudabush Survey page 123
Bates House is located at 5521 Route 364 Town Line Road in the Town of Middlesex. It is a one and one-half story house reputed to have been built as a tenant house in 1836. It is an intact example of a cobblestone farm house of that period. It was placed on the National Register in 1992. Richard Palmer blog.
"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 fifth paragraph on page 20.
"A Brief History of Cobblestone Architecture in Yates County, New York", By Richard F. Palmer
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Bates House
- Page 206
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
