Building date: About 1851
Original use:
Corner structures: Red sandstone, variable
Mortar application and content: Ashler mortar, with no embellishment.
Types and uses of stones: Fieldstone of various sizes and shapes, not in rows
Types and choice of windows: Lintels brick, length vertical
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building: Alfred Rugar
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°17'20.98"N 78°06'54.12"W. Current owner of record, Luksha as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Murray and Orleans County Maps
This fine old five-bay cobblestone house at 15545 Ridge Road (Route 104) in the Town of Murray, Orleans county, was was built about 1851 by mason Alfred Rugar with large field stones. It features an interesting semi-circular arch over the front door. This property was purchased by Oliver VanKirk in 1835. It is built of field stones of various sizes and shapes set in ashler mortar, with no embellishment. Noticeable are the brick lintels set vertically over the windows and door.
15545 Ridge Road Route 104, corner of Lloyd Road, Town of Murrey. Said to have been built circa 1851 by mason Alfred Rugar with large field stones. Property purchased by Oliver VanKirk in 1835. 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. Reference the ninth paragraph on page 5.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 75, 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:
Ruger-Langenbacher House 2nd Annual 06/9/1962, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Kuhn 17th Annual 06/4/1977
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Ruger - Langenbacher House
- Page 136
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 94. Orleans County, Ruger-Langenbacher House. This structure is not included in the subsequent book "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978.
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
