Phe-3, Cargill, 983 Smith Rd.

Documentation

Building date: 1842

Original use:

Corner structures: Quoins are square cut, regular, and tooled.

Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment. Vertical pyramids. Vertical mortar is depressed below the top horizontal and cut off above the lower.

Types and uses of stones: Three sides constructed with red smooth rounded stones laid five courses to a quoin in front and four on the sides.The back is made of irregular, slightly smoothed stones of varied color laid 4 rows to the quoin.

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Map Location

Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°59'32.41"N 77°07'27.42"W. Current owner of record, Billings as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

Town of Phelps and Ontario County Maps

Comments, Additional Information, References

A two story house on Smith Rd. has three sides constructed with red smooth rounded stones laid five courses to a quoin in front and four on the sides. Quoins are square cut and regular. The back is made of irregular, slightly smoothed stones of varied color laid 4 rows to the quoin. The vertical mortar is depressed below the top horizontal and cut off above the lower. Roudabush Survey page 87

This Greek Revival-style house at 983 Smith Road was built by Charles Harmon of lake-washed red cobblestones in 1842. It is well preserved. It includes a charming cobblestone smoke house. It was placed on the National Register in 2002. Richard Palmer blog.

"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 twelveth paragraph on page 18.

Realty advertisement, date unknown.

The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:

Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Cargill House 15th Annual 06/07/1975

National Register of Historic Places Registration This property is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Asset Detail National Register of Historic Places 5/22/1992. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form when available provides quite detailed information about the cobblestone structure. Harmon Cobblestone Farmhouse and Cobblestone Smokehouse Wikipedia article.

"The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 81. Ontario County, Cargill House. This structure is not included in the subsequent book "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978.

Photographs

Phe-3 Cargill 1.jpg ¹ 1970 Photograph by Clyde Maffin, Ontario County Historian 1968-81.	GP Ontario Phelps Phe-3 1-2 N.jpg ² 8/20/1971	Phe_3_1.jpg	Phe_3_2.jpg
Phe_3_3.jpg	Phe_3_4.jpg	Phe_3_5.jpg	Phe-3 Cargill 2.jpg
Phe-3 983 Smith Rd 1.jpg ³	Phe-3 983 Smith Rd 2.jpg ³	Phe-3 983 Smith Rd 3.jpg ³	Phe-3 983 Smith Rd 4.jpg ³
IMG_1145.jpg 4	IMG_1146.jpg 4 Facing west	IMG_1147.jpg 4 Facing north

¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
⁴ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.