Building date: Late 1830's
Original use:
Corner structures: Red sandstone
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment. Vertical pyramids
Types and uses of stones: Small red
Types and choice of windows: Lintels none
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°16'21.01"N 77°18'21.83"W. Current owner of record, Giuliano as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Ontario and Wayne County Maps
"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 first paragraph on page 32.
Cobblestone structure excerpts pages 83 and 85 "Wickes - Loomis" from the book "History of the Town of Ontario 1807-1971", Town of Ontario Historical Society, limited edition revision, September 1971. Reproduced with copyright permission provided by the Town of Ontario Historical Society and Heritage Square Museum.
The Motley-Loomis House 1556 Lake Road Ontario, NY in Wayne County, courtesy the Tom The Backroads Traveller blog.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Motley - Loomis House 4th Annual 06/06/1964The Historical Society and Women's Civic Club of Ontario Presents "A Tour of Homes", 6/7/1969. Home number 4.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Motley-Loomis Cobblestone
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Motley - Loomis House
- Pages 173 - 174
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
