Pit-4, Williams, 563 East St.

    Documentation

    Building date:

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    Mortar application and content: Vertical, heavy

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    Types and choice of windows: Lintels brick, long vertical; Quoin-like sides

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°02'20.15"N 77°30'07.60"W. Current owner of record, Digaetano as of the 2018 Tax Roll.

    Town of Pittsford and Monroe County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    "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 twenty first paragraph on page 16, and the second paragraph on page 17.

    The Homer Williams House, courtesy the Tom The Backroads Traveller blog.


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Garland - Menzies House
    Page 59, Types from the Mendon Area Page 234

    Editor's Note: Schmidt lists this structure as being located in the Town of Mendon, whereas it is actually located in the Town of Pittsford.

    Photographs

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    Pit-4 Williams 1
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    Pit-4 563 East St 1
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    Pit-4 563 East St 2
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    Pit-4 563 East St 3
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    563 East 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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