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Corner structures: Tooled
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment. Vertical pyramids. Small pyramids of mortar occur between the stones.
Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors. Stones are laid four rows per quoin on the front and sides. Stones are smooth rounded and of various colors.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels are solid gray limestone on the first floor, while split gray limestone in flat arches is used on the second floor.
Structures with similar masonry details: Wal-5 Van Orden, Wil-22 Artl
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°07'11.20"N 77°09'41.41"W. Current owner of record, Young as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Palmyra and Wayne County Maps
At 3142 Lyon Rd., the one and one-half story house has square cut gray limestone quoins which have tooled edges and tool marked centers. Window lintels are solid gray limestone on the first floor, while split gray limestone in flat arches is used on the second floor. Stones are laid four rows per quoin on the front and sides. Stones are smooth rounded and of various colors. Small pyramids of mortar occur between the stones. Roudabush Survey page 110
"Lonely cobblestone built about 1840", Sunday Spectator, page 1C, 2/20/1977. 51 in a series on old homes in the area by Cecilia B. Jackson, former Arcadia town historian. Courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Paul Jagger Cobblestone
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¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
