Pit-2, Rand, 53&55 S. Main St.

    Documentation

    Building date: 1833

    Original use:

    Corner structures:

    Mortar application and content: Vertical, heavy

    Types and uses of stones:

    Types and choice of windows:

    Structures with similar masonry details:

    Masons who worked on building:

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°05'19.71"N 77°31'01.80"W. Current owner of record, Ritter as of the 2018 Tax Roll.

    Town of Pittsford and Monroe County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    A duplex residence. Originally a 1 ½ story cottage. Top removed in 1910 and second frame story added.

    "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 fourth paragraph on page 16.


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Rand House
    Page 67

    Photographs

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    Pit_2_2
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    Pit-2 Rand 2
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    Pit-2 Rand 1
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    Pit-2 53&55 S Main St 1
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    Pit-2 53&55 S Main St 2
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    53-55 S. Main St. Pittsford
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    ¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    ² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    ³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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