Building date: 1829
Original use: Schoolhouse
Corner structures: Quoins are uniform
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy
Types and uses of stones: in the front there are 4 rows per quoin, which changes to 3 on the sides. The back wall is made of field stone laid with little regard to rows.
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°57'28.56"N 76°58'44.07"W. Current owner of record, Goodman/Darrow as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Phelps and Ontario County Maps
The (1829) house at 252 Fishers Rd. was originally a one story schoolhouse. A second floor has been added. The belfry is still located on the east end. Quoins are uniform and in the front there are 4 rows per quoin, which changes to 3 on the sides. The back wall is made of field stone laid with little regard to rows. Roudabush Survey page 89
"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 19.
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
