Ont-12, Johncox, 487 Lake Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date: 1844

    Original use:

    Corner structures: Gray limestone and red limestone

    Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids

    Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors

    Types and choice of windows: Lintels gray cut stone

    Structures with similar masonry details: Sod-14 Lucieer, Wal-3 Whitcomb, Wil-10 Barnum, Wil-16 Allen

    Masons who worked on building: Stokes, Richard

    Unique features:

    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Google Maps street level view is poor, blocked by dense vegetation. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°16'13.92"N 77°21'22.55"W. Current owner of record, Daddis as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    Town of Ontario and Wayne County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    "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 tenth paragraph on page 31.

    Cobblestone structure excerpts page 81 and 83 (photograph) "Middleton - Chapman - Johncox" 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.

    Harriet Thayer Chapman Letter 10/10/1955, written to Gerda Peterich who was researching cobblestone structures.

    "The Geological Origin of Cobblestone Architecture", by Gerda Peterich. Specific reference to this structure on page 9.

    The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:

    Middleton - Johncox House 4th Annual 06/06/1964
    Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Middleton-Thayer Cobblestone House

    "Cobblestone Architecture", 1944, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Middleton House
    Page 37

    Front of the Middleton-Chapman House drawing, Entrance Door straight on view. Carl Schmidt Collection of Two-Dimensional Drawings, online access to view, New York Heritage digital collections.

    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Middleton - Johncox House
    Page 173, Comparison of Cobblestones and Quoins Page 260, Main Entrance Page 276

    Photographs

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    Ont-12 Johncox 3.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins c. 1930
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    Ont-12 Johncox 2.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins c. 1930
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    Ont-12 Johncox 4.jpg ¹ Charles Hopkins c. 1930
    Ont-12 Johncox 1
    Ont-12 Johncox 1.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41
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    ¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    ² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
    ³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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