Building date: 1824, razed 1910 due to widening of canal to 120 feet.
Original use: Warehouse
Corner structures: Bricks, instead of quoins were used to secure the corners.
Mortar application and content: This is early period cobblestone work. Stones were set in rows with thick wavy horizontal joints, formed to accommodate the stones; strong vertical joints as well.
Types and uses of stones: Large fieldstones of varying shapes, sizes, and colors. Stones toward lower half of the building were quite large and not very well matched for size.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels were formed of bricks set such that their butt ends were exposed. The sides of the door and windows were framed in bricks simulating the standard quoin shape. Wooden sills.
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building: John Hartwell
Unique features: Early cobblestone construction. Bricks used for quoins, lintels and sides of door and windows.
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth approximated; 43°05'32.17"N 77°30'51.24"W. Editor's Note: The structure was demolished in 1910 due to the widening of the canal which now occupies the building's original location.
Town of Pittsford and Monroe County Maps
Wiltsie Warehouses history sheet. From the personal research of cobblestone historian Karen Crandall.
 1858 Monroe County Pittsford Excerpt Map .jpg ¹ |  Wiltsie Warehouses, Pittsford Scrapbook_P Spiegel.jpg ² |  Wiltsie Warehouses, Dick Palmer-2.jpg ² |  Wiltsie Warehouses, Dick Palmer.jpg ³ |
¹ Monroe County New York Gillette's 1858 Map by P.J. Browne, Rochester, NY. Library of Congress.
² Photography courtesy Paul Spiegel
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
