Mid-1, Misisco, 853 E. Bethany Rd. [Wyo-6]

Documentation

Building date: 1835

Original use:

Corner structures:

Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy

Types and uses of stones: The front wall is faced with large field cobbles with flat V joints. In the lintel over the front door is the 1835 date stone. Side and rear walls are built of field stones of various sizes.

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Map Location

Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°50'18.15"N 78°05'53.68"W. Current owner of record, Batzold/Sammons as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

Town of Middlebury and Steuben County Maps

Comments, Additional Information, References

John Cox came to this area in 1828 and purchased the land where he built this cobblestone house in 1835, now at 853 East Bethany Road, Middlebury. He paid $300 cash, plus room and board and possibly some farm produce to the builders. The front wall is faced with large field cobbles with flat V joints. In the lintel over the front door is the 1835 date stone. Side and rear walls are built of field stones of various sizes. The house remained in the Cox family until 1905. About 1950 a wood frame wing was added on the north side. The house was vacant for 22 years until it was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Misisco who restored it. Richard Palmer blog.

Building-Structure Inventory Form dated 3/27/1977, Division for Historic Preservation, New York State Parks and Recreation.

Former owner Mrs. Celia Raub pens a letter about this cobblestone structure on March 28, 1977 to Robert W. Frasch of the Cobblestone Society and Museum.

The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:

Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Misisco House 18th Annual 06/03/1978

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"Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Cox House

Page 204

"Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, House

Page 98

"The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 157. Wyoming County, Cox-Misisco House.

Editor's Note: Schmidt states that the structure is on Gulf Road, which today is E. Bethany Rd.

Photographs

Mid-1 Misisco 1.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins c. 1930	Mid-1 Misisco 2.jpg ¹	Mid-1 Misisco 3.jpg ¹	Mid-1 Misisco 4.jpg ¹
Mid-1 Misisco 5.jpg ²	GP Wyoming Middlebury Mid-1 1-1 N.jpg ³ August 1969	Wyo_6_1.jpg	Wyo_6_2.jpg
Wyo_6_3.jpg	Wyo_6_4.jpg	Mid-1 Misisco 6.jpg ¹	Mid-1 853 E Bethany Rd 1.jpg 4
Mid-1 853 E Bethany Rd 2.jpg 4	Mid-1 853 E Bethany Rd 3.jpg 4	853 East Road 2C Wyoming 2C NY 282 29.jpg 5	853 East Road Wyoming (2).jpg 5
Middlebury 853 E. Bethany Road 1.jpg 6	Middlebury 853 E. Bethany Road 2.jpg 6	Middlebury 853 E. Bethany Road 3.jpg 6

¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy John Vrooman
³ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
⁴ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
⁵ Photography courtesy Larry Warren, Councilman Town of Covington.
⁶ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.