Building date: 1848
Original use:
Corner structures: Red sandstone
Mortar application and content: Horizontal rounded. Vertical, thin rounded
Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors
Types and choice of windows: Lintels red stone solid
Structures with similar masonry details: Alb-2 Hume, Car-1 Conslers, Cla-1 Grentzinger, Gai-5 Carr, Ken-5 Wilson,
Masons who worked on building: Kelley, Sam
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'55.10"N 78°03'57.06"W. Current owner of record, Phillips as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Murray and Orleans County Maps
Phillips House first and second floor plans, scale drawing by Marcus H. Phillips, Jr. 4/1/1923.
An excerpt of a letter written to Mr. D. Amico, Albion N.Y., April 23, 1963
My father at age twelve came to America in 1843 with his parents from England.
They knew of a Reed family from their section of England who were living in Hulberton, then name Scio, so they took passage on the Erie Canal for Scio.
The boat captain put them out in the country a mile and one half east of Scio. One of the boys walked to Scio and contacted the Reed family who came for them with a scow drawn by a pair of oxen and took them to their home.
My father's father was a builder. He built a stone house for his family along the canal. He built a number of stone (Medina) houses throughout the area one of which was the late Arthur Phillips home in Hulberton next to the present home of Mrs. Clark Moore.
The stone over the front door carries his name "D.Moore, Builder".
My wife and I attended the 100th anniversary of its building some years ago. It's in perfect condition today.
The John, Frank and Clark Moores of Hulberton, who ran a store along the canal and had quarry interests there, were members of my father's family.
Very truly yours,
David Moore
Geneva, N.Y.
From the Mur-12 Phillips House folder in the Cobblestone Museum archives.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, pages 70 and 71, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Hanford - Phillips House 2nd Annual 06/9/1962
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Trumble - Phillips House
- Page 137
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
