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Mortar application and content: Horizontal, rounded; vertical, heavy
Types and uses of stones: Small various colors
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°13'06.44"N 77°47'13.91"W. Current owner of record, 665 Phillips Rd Ass, LLC as of the 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Parma and Monroe County Maps
Editor's Note: The Roudabush Survey incorrectly stated the street address as 4965 Ridge Road, instead of 4968 Ridge Road.
Two brothers, Hope and Elisha Davis arrived in 1805 and were the original settlers at Parma Corners. A third brother, Lewis Davis, arrived in 1808. The original owner is listed only as Davis. Subsequently the ownership past to William King and Evan King (10/16/1891 - Jan 1982) "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 second paragraph on page 2.
"Cobblestone Architecture in the Rochester Area", by Gerda Peterich, 1953. Reference Davis (King) Farm. Editor's Note: This digitized version of the original typescript manuscript is reformatted for digital display, edited for errors, and includes blue tinted highlighted links to improve access within the document, to the appropriate structure pages in the Cobblestone Info Base, or to external resources on the internet. This document is one of two known typescript drafts, likely a thesis or essay bound as a book and apparently never published. One is available in the Cobblestone Museum Resource Center, the other in the University of Rochester Art and Music Library. A companion or precursor typed paper of the same title exists, perhaps used for a talk and/or photographic display of cobblestone structures.
"The Geological Origin of Cobblestone Architecture", by Gerda Peterich. Specific reference to this structure on page 10.
Realtor flyer, circa 1982.
Floor plans, pages 1 - 3: basement, first and second floors. Existing conditions, measured 1985.
Basement/ground, first and second floor plans, existing and proposed additions, 10/2/1985. Shelgren & Marzec, Architects, Buffalo, NY.
- "Cobblestone Architecture", 1944, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Davis House
- Page 24, Page 47
- "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, House
- Pages 52 - 53
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Davis - King House
- Page 61
Roudabush incorrectly labeled these images as Thrall-Levine Par-8, 4968 Ridge Rd., instead of Davis-King Par-4, 4968 Ridge Rd..
NOTE
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
