Building date: 1834
Original use:
Corner structures: Quoins have been painted, but are apparently made of gray limestone.
Mortar application and content: Vertical pyramids. The horizontal mortar is pointed, while the vertical mortar between stones is embellished into uniform pyramids, cut off at the bottom of the stones.
Types and uses of stones: Small red. The front wall constructed with smooth, small red stone, while the side walls are made with small stones of various colors. On the front and right side, stones are set in five rows per quoin, while on the left side there are four rows per quoin.
Types and choice of windows: Lentils wood. Lintels have been painted, but are apparently made of gray limestone. [Contradiction]
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°03'49.75"N 77°10'06.24"W. Current owner of record, Christopher as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Palmyra and Wayne County Maps
The one and one-half story house on Hogback Hill Road has the front wall constructed with smooth, small red stone, while the side walls are made with small stones of various colors. A frame addition has been added to the right side. Quoins and lintels have been painted, but are apparently made of gray limestone. On the front and right side, stones are set in five rows per quoin, while on the left side there are four rows per quoin. The horizontal mortar is pointed, while the vertical mortar between stones is embellished into uniform pyramids, cut off at the bottom of the stones. Roudabush Survey page 114
"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 eighth paragraph on page 26.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Rogers Cobblestone
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¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.