Building date: 1837
Original use:
Corner structures: Gray limestone and red sandstone. Variable. The back corner has brick quoins which are variable and may not be part of the original structure.
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment
Types and uses of stones:
Types and choice of windows: Lintels gray cut stone
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°04'04.14"N 77°14'43.72"W. Current owner of record, Gardner as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Palmyra and Wayne County Maps
The Roudabush Survey states the address as 3023 Quaker Rd., whereas the current address is 2799 Quaker Rd.
"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 seventh paragraph on page 25.
"Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Nelson Drake House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 235 and 235. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Lakey Cobblestone
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Drake - Gardner House
- Page 176
Editor's Note: Schmidt states that the structure is on Walton Rd. just west of Maple Avenue. Currently there is no Walton Rd. in the Town of Palmyra. The structure at 2799 Quaker Rd. just west of Maple Avenue matches the Schmidt's description.
 Pal-13 Gardner 1.jpg ¹ Photograph by Charles Hopkins c. 1934 |  Pal_13_1.jpg |  Pal_13_2.jpg |  Pal_13_3.jpg |
 Pal_13_4.jpg |  Pal_13_5.jpg |  Pal-13 Gardner 2.jpg ¹ |  Pal-13 2799 Quaker Rd 1.jpg ² |
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¹ Photography courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
