Building date: 1842, wing 1868
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 red cut stone
Structures with similar masonry details: Mar-5 Heberle, Ont-11 Wilson, Wil-14 Meaker
Masons who worked on building: West wing - Potter 1868; Main house - Trimble 1842
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'45.00"N 77°17'14.22"W. Current owner of record, Hatch 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 fifth paragraph on page 32.
Cobblestone structure excerpts pages 71, 72 and 80 "Riker" 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 Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Riker - Enderling House 4th Annual 06/06/1964Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Riker Cobblestone House
Editor's Note: The spelling of both the Riker and Enderling names differ from those elsewhere.
Ont-8 Enderlin 1.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41, Editor's Note: Best effort restoration of badly exposed and deteriorated original print. Wind blown tree branches in sunshine are white blurs. | Ont_8_1.jpg | Ont_8_2.jpg | Ont_8_3.jpg |
Ont_8_4.jpg | Ont_8_5.jpg | Ont-8 Enderlin 2.jpg ¹ | Ont-8 7325 Knickerbocker Rd 1.jpg ² |
Ont-8 7325 Knickerbocker Rd 2.jpg ² | 7325 Knickerbocker Road.jpg ³ |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.