Building date:
Original use: Barn
Corner structures: The quoins in the front corners are variable in length, but fairly uniform in height, while in the back they vary in both dimensions.
Mortar application and content: Horizontal and vertical very similar, Vertical, slight embellishment. Mortar is slightly embellished between stones, but the horizontal mortar is pointed.
Types and uses of stones: Stones vary in color. Half cobblestone and half irregular fieldstone, not laid in rows. Cobblestones are laid four rows to the quoin in the front wall and three in the sides.
Types and choice of windows: Window lintels are wood.
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features: Barn - half cobblestone, half fieldstone lacking rows
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'30.32"N 77°46'43.23"W. Current owner of record, Krzaczek as of the 2018 Tax Roll. The property was recently sold to Mitchell Zimmer, a young contractor who is restoring the structure. David Crumb, Parma Hilton Historian.
Town of Parma and Monroe County Maps
The barn at 293 Parma Center Road is half cobblestone and half irregular fieldstone, not laid in rows. The quoins in the front corners are variable in length, but fairly uniform in height, while in the back they vary in both dimensions. Cobblestones are laid four rows to the quoin in the front wall and three in the sides. Stones vary in color. Mortar is slightly embellished between stones, but the horizontal mortar is pointed. Window lintels are wood. Roudabush Survey page 67
"The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease 1941. Research done in collaboration with Hazed B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt. Reference the ninth paragraph on page 3.
"Parma'a historic cobblestone barn gets a new roof", article and photos by Dave Crumb, Parma Hilton Historian, Westside News - West Edition - 6/13/2021.
Editor's Note: Dave Crumb's article states "It is also noted to be the only cobblestone barn west of the Genesee River." Three barns existed prior to this article: New-10a, Parker Barn Town of Wilson, Niagara County; Att-1, Hodge Barn Town of Attica, Wyoming County. Burned 8/2/2021; Rid-8, Rorich Town of Ridgeway, Orleans County. A few barns also exist that have cobblestone foundations.
¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
³ Courtesy Real Property Portal, Monroe County, NY, and Monroe County Real Property Tax Services.
