Building date: About 1825. Richard Palmer states 1834
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Corner structures: Corner quoins are of brick.
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Types and uses of stones: Field stones of greatly varying size from 2 to 10 inches in diameter, are laid in random pattern. Some of them are split to present a smooth face to the weather.
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°39'53.28"N 77°03'48.51"W. Current owner of record, Kennedy as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Milo and Yates County Maps
Dominating the hillside at 105 Highland Drive overlooking Penn Yan, this two-story, four-bay house. Having been built about 1825 it is and is one of the earliest examples of cobblestone construction. The original owner was Roderick Morrison, an attorney who came to Penn Yan from Virginia. He moved to California in the 1830s. It was sold to Abraham Wagener in 1843 who resided there until his death in 1853. It was then inherited by his son, George.
The house [Morrison-Wagener House] retains a high degree of architectural integrity and and has changed little since it was built. Some architectural historians say it resembles similar structures found in southern states as well as in the Hudson Valley. Field stones of greatly varying size from 2 to 10 inches in diameter, are laid in random pattern. Some of them are split to present a smooth face to the weather. Corner quoins are of brick instead of the more common limestone block construction. The woodwork was originally painted white. The house was placed on the National Register in 1994. The house also contains a mantel removed from the Jemima Wilkinson house several miles away. Richard Palmer blog.
"Gateways To Cobblestone Houses of Yates County", by Crooked Lake Yorkers, Penn Yan Academy, page 6, 1967.
"A Brief History of Cobblestone Architecture in Yates County, New York", By Richard F. Palmer.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Morrison-Wagener House 8th Annual 06/15/1968"Cobblestone buffs visit historic homes in Geneva-Penn Yan area", Syracuse Herald-American, 6/16/1968.
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
 Mil-1 Morrison-Wagener 1.jpg ¹ c. 1965 |  Mil-1 Morrison-Wagener 2.jpg ¹ c. 1965 |  Morrison 1.jpg ² |  Morrison 2.jpg ² |
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¹ Image courtesy Guy L. Hobart, provided by Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
