Reference Information

Index

Cobblestone Architecture and Construction
Cobblestone History
Cobblestone Restoration and Repair
Cobblestone Society and Museum
Cobblestone Tours and Guides
Glossary
Historians
Maps
National Register of Historic Places
Index of Registered Cobblestone Structures
Programs of interest to owners of cobblestone buildings, both in NYS and other states
Publications and Bibliography

 

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Cobblestone Architecture and Construction

What would look better, and be better, on our farms than stables, turnip houses, piggeries, etc. constructed of materials which would not perish in ages, and which could be obtained and put up at an expense within the ready of almost every independent farmer! The stone must be picked up at all events and we might as well put them together for a building. -- Genesee Farmer, January 13, 1838

"A Master Builder of the Early Nineteenth Century", By Marc W. Cole, Country Life in America, February, 1916 PP 22-23
"A Mystery of Cobblestone, Three Eras of Change, adapted from an article by Carl F. Schmidt, included in "A Heritage of Cobblestone", a product of the Cobblestone Society c. 1966, 16 pages, printed and published through the facilities of and published as a supplement to "The Orleans Republican American".
"Adding a Cobblestone Wall", Cobblestone Museum "Cobblestoner newsletter" page 4, Winter 2021/22 Vol. 45 No. 1
"Andrew Jackson Simons, Crystal Lake's Cobblestone Builder", Crystal Lake Historical Society, Diana Kenney email 10/17/2020
"Architectural Introduction", by Gerda Peterich, Cobblestone Society & Museum 5th Annual Tour pamphlet, 06/12/1965
"A Survey of Cobblestone Masonry in the Rush - Mendon Area", by Richard Burton Wood (1934-1992), May 18, 1955. Essay submitted to Dr. Hersey, Art 146, Class of 1956 University of Rochester.
"Building Cobblestone Structure Walls, by Paul Briggs of Ithaca, a very noted mason specializing in cobblestone restoration
"Building with Cobblestone: Masons Don't Know How To Do It Anymore", by Metta Winter, Special to The Christian Science Monitor
"Building Cobblestone Houses", a letter to the editor, The Genesee Farmer, March 8, 1838, Vol. 8 No. 9
"Cobblestone Architecture", 1944, Carl Schmidt
      Four Windows from Cobblestone Houses, Page 93
      Interior Molding Profiles from Cobblestone Houses, Page 87
      Sections Through Various Stone Courses, Page 85
      Typical Molding Profiles from Cobblestone Houses, Page 86
"Cobblestone Architecture", Wikipedia
"Cobblestone Architecture of New York State", National Register of Historic Places, Multiple Property Documentation Form
"Cobblestone Architecture of the Rochester Area", by Gerda Peterich
Cobblestone Architecture of Upstate New York", by Gerda Peterich, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol 15, Issue 2 1956, Pages 12-18. By permission of the University of California Press, "The requested material is in the public domain and you are welcome to use it." Original manuscript portions of which were presented by Gerda Peterich to the Central New York Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians at the meeting held on October 15, 1955, at the University of Rochester.
"Cobblestones came from Like Iroquois", by J Howard Pratt, "A Heritage of Cobblestone", a product of the Cobblestone Society, printed and published as a supplement to "The Orleans Republican American" circa 1966.
"Cobblestone Connoisseur", by Edmund W. Peters, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, May 3, 1940. Article features Carl F. Schmidt.
"Cobblestone Homes: Charms and Woes.", By Sebby Wilson Jacobson, The New York Times, 12/23/1982.
"Cobblestone Houses Along Lake Ontario and Lake Erie", by B. H. Leffingwell, HOBBIES - The Magazine for Collectors, March 1961. Editor's Note: The article contains a small number of omissions, factual errors and mis-statements due to the general lack of knowledge about the total population of cobblestone structures c. 1961.
"Cobble Stone Buildings", Excerpts from a column in "The Cultivator", March 1841, p. 51.
"Cobblestone Buildings in Niagara County", by Douglas Farley, Executive Director, Cobblestone Society
Cobblestone Buildings in Yates County, By Richard F. Palmer
Cobblestone Buildings in North America, By Unknown
Cobblestone Construction in the New World, A restoration case study, by John Burnell, The Journal of the Building Limes Forum, Vol. 15 2008, pages 15-20. Reprinted with permission of the Building Limes Forum. Initial referral by Richard Palmer email 10/18/2020.
"Cobblestone Foundations in the Late Cobblestone Era" by Richard F. Palmer, published in the "Bulletin" of the Cortland County Historical Society, August, 2018
"Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich
      Historical Anticendents, page 7
      Masonry Construction, page 15
      Texture and Pattern, page 25
"Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt, pages 1 - 3
      Early Period 1825 - 1835, page 4
      Middle Period 1835 - 1845, pages 4 - 5
      Late Period 1855 - 1860's, pages 6 - 9
      Cost of Cobblestone Masonry, page 9
      Quoins, pages 9 - 11
      Mortar, pages 11 - 12
      Cobblestone Buildings, pages 13 - 14
      The Cobblestone Masons, pages 14 - 15
"Cobblestone Masonry", by Carl F. Schmidt, 1st Cobblestone Tour 06/10/1961
"Cobblestone Masonry", by Gerda Peterich
Cobblestone Masonry Examples, photographs provided by Gerda Peterich, other contributors and the Cobblestone Museum archives.
Cobblestone Structure Materials and Construction
Cyrus Witherhill, "A Master Builder of the Early Nineteenth Century", by Marc W. Cole, Country Life in America, February, 1916 PP 22-23 (scroll to page 22).
"D. T.'s Story on Cobblestone Construction", "Cayugas Cobblestones", pages 7 - 10, by Ward O'Hara
"Early Cobblestone Construction" Paul Briggs Youtube presentation Cortland County Historical Society. Published on Nov 23, 2018
"Facts About Cobblestone Dwellings", Penn Yan Chronicle Express, August 13, 1936
"Geology and the Development of Upstate New York's Distinctive Cobblestone Architecture", by D. Brooks McKinney Ph.D, Emeritus Professor of Geoscience, Department of Geoscience, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY. Paper also accessible with this link or this link.
Gerda Peterich handwritten, rough drafts of lecture or speech notes about cobblestone architecture, construction and/or masonry:
      "Manuscript 1", pages 1-14.
      "Manuscript 2", pages 15-35.
      "Manuscript 3", pages 36-60.
      Editor's Note: These handwritten notes were all in the same folder, and many pages were loose; therefore, a few pages may either not be in proper order or not be part of a manuscript. No final draft of any these manuscripts has been found to-date. Tips on reading Gerda Peterich's handwriting. Our apologies for not transcribing these handwritten notes into a usable text format. The time and effort required to do so can not yet be justified.
"Historic Masonry Workshop", "The Cobblestoner, Summer 2024 Edition, Vol. 47, No. 3, Page 5.
"Home Is A Rock Pile" by Chuck Lyons. "Upstate, Cobblestone Country", a unique form of architecture rose from the rock piles of the Rochester region. People, Places, Pleasures supplement, Sunday Democrat and Chronicle, November 27, 1988. Use this link to view the printable Cobblestone Country.
"How the Walls of Cobblestone Houses were Constructed", prepared by W. M. Houghton 1978.
"How to Repair a Stone Wall", by Jacob Arndt, Old House Online, 10/14/2009
"Let's build a new cobblestone house", Richard Palmer email 7/5/2020.
"Limekilns, Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 1, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
"Masonry Details Made of Cobblestone", Gerda Peterich's handwritten notes on the subject. These pages are shown "as is", aside from minor retouching to remove non-image artifacts. Tips on reading Gerda's handwriting.
"Moulding Profiles from Cobblestone Houses", "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt
      Interior Page 303
      Typical Page 304
"New Genesee Farmer", Volume 2 No. 5, 1841. A detailed description of materials, construction techniques, and comparisons to other types of construction of the period
"New York's Unique Cobblestone Architecture", by Robert W. Frasch, reprint York State Tradition, Saranac, New York, Spring 1965
      "New York's Cobblestone Landmarks", by Robert W. Frasch with photographs by Chester A. Peters of Pultneyville, NY. Expanded version of previous Frisch paper.
"Pardee House", article Museum Service Magazine JUL1940. Richard Palmer email 08/27/2019.
"Restoring heritage one cobblestone at a time", by Vincent Ball, The Expositor (Brantford, Ontario, Canada), July 21, 2020.
"Self-taught Stonemason Gives Cobblestone Building Demonstration", Suberban News, Spencerport, NY, June 19, 1990. Richard Palmer email 7/5/2020
"Small Houses are Big with Her", by Doris Wolf, Finger Lakes Times, Monday, November 30, 1981. Featuring Cobblestone Doll Houses made by Gertrude Bennett.
"Smith Stone Quarry Advertisement", published in the Rochester Republican, January 16, 1837.
"Society Seeks To Ferret Out Masons' Secret" column by Bill Lamale, Buffalo Courier Express, August 8, 1961.
"Stone Placement", Richard Palmer email 200701
"Sun Spots" column, By Lilah Henry, Williamson Sun, November 4, 1948. A commentary on what was involved to construct a cobblestone building.
Techniques of Cobblestone Masonry, by Carl F. Schmidt, talk given at the Cobblestone Society's first annual meeting on April 29 1961.
Tentative List of Existing Cobblestone Structures in New York by County, Journal Register, Medina, N.Y., July 6, 1990
"The Cobblestone House", Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Sept. 11, 1930, Courtesy Richard Palmer email
"The Deep Greek Roots of Cobblestone Construction", by David Hanna, PhD, Courtesy Richard Palmer blog
"The Geological Origin of Cobblestone Architecture", by Gerda Peterich
"The Land of Cobblestones Pages 6-7", by Donald W. Croop 1976, A Publication of the Wilson Bicentennial Committee and Wilson Historical Society, Niagara County, Wilson, N.Y.
"The Parts That Made a Cobblestone Building Last", "Cayugas Cobblestones", pages 1 - 2, by Ward O'Hara
"This Masonry Form Arrived About 1825", by Eleanor Weeks Wilder, page 5 of special section, Medina Daily Journal-Register, 2/21/1964.
"What is a Cobblestone, Methods for Sizing", "Cayugas Cobblestones", pages 3 - 6, by Ward O'Hara
"Window Restoration", David Fuller, Operations Manager, Talis Historic Restoration. "The Cobblestoner, Summer 2024 Edition, Vol. 47, No. 3, Page 5.

Cobblestone History

"Age of the Octagon House"
"An Unknown Colonial Type", By Christina Livinson Rose, Country Life Magazine, June, 1917
"Architecture Destroyed in Orleans County", "Chapter III Cobblestone Buildings", by C. W, Lattin, Orleans County Historian, Published by the Cobblestone Society, November 1984.
"Brief History of Cobblestone Architecture", by Richard F. Palmer
"Building of Cobblestone Houses Flourished After Erie Canal Era". Circa 1960's. Attribution not provided.
"Cobblestone and Folklore", by Doreen Scanlan, a paper for class, Folklore 460, 12/11/1975.
"Cobblestone Era Landscaping", by Bernard Harkness
"Cobblestone Examples Noted in Genesee Recall Construction Over Century Ago", by Charlotte M. Reed, Genesee County Historian, Batavia Daily Press, April 23, 1966
"Cobblestone Folk Tales Fact or Fancy", Bethinking of Old Orleans Vol. XII No. 27, C.W. Lattin, Orleans County Historian
"Cobblestone Homes Quaint", by Bill Lamale, Buffalo Courier-Express, page 3A, Sunday, May 26, 1963 Noted in Genesee Recall Construction Over Century Ago", by Charlotte M. Reed, Genesee County Historian, Batavia Daily Press, April 23, 1966.
"Cobblestone Houses That No Wolf Could Blow Down", by Michelle York, The New York Times, N.Y. Region, March 16, 2008
"Cobblestone Masterpiece", A History of the Landmark Tavern Building, by James Ford 2016 (jnford47@gmail.com), Madison County Historical Society.
Cyrus Witheral, Stone Mason (1817 - 1893), circa 1840's and 1850's, built some of the most outstanding cobblestone homes in the Town of Gaines, Orleans County. Buried at Otter Creek Cemetery, Tour of Historic Cobblestone Homes 10/17/2009. See article above under "Cobblestone Construction" heading. Editor's Note: There is a contradiction in the spelling of the name, Witheral, Witherell or Wetherhill.
"Cobblestones Still Intrigue", by Arch Merrill, "Arch Merrill's History" column, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 10/30/1960. Second copy.
"Did cobblestone masons come from the Erie Canal?", by David Hanna (PhD).
"Early Maps", helpful information on accessing and using.
"Early Version of Cobblestone Masonry" Richard Palmer blog.
"From whence did they come, by J. Howard Pratt, included in "A Heritage of Cobblestone", a product of the Cobblestone Society c. 1966, 16 pages, printed and published through the facilities of and published as a supplement to "The Orleans Republican American".
"Gateways To Cobblestone Houses of Yates County", by Crooked Lake Yorkers, Penn Yan Academy, 1967. Geography of New York State", John H. Thompson (Editor), Syracuse Press, 1 January 1966. Provides up-to-date geological classifications. Recommended by Robert Frasch, first president (1960-1966) Cobblestone Society and Museum.
"Glances at Cobblestone Education", by Virginia Lattin Morrison.
"Historic Childs: Reflections from a student in the one-room schoolhouse, Part 1", by Nancy Jane Wilson Berger (1935-2015), Orleans Hub.com 2/6/2021, Connecting you with community news.
"Historian Notes Three Periods of Cobblestone Architecture in N.Y. State, and in Local Area, by A. B. Gregg, Guilderland Town Historian, Altamont Enterprise, July 7, 1961
"Historical Notes", by Robert W. Frasch, Cobblestone Society & Museum 5th Annual Tour, 06/12/1965.
"History Chips", by Marshall Hope, Oneida Daily Dispatch, 5/12/1965.
"History of the Landmark Tavern in Bouckville", Information collected by Jim Ford
"History Along New York Highways", Text and Plates by Robert W. Frasch, Reprint from New York State Education, February 1965. Discussion and illustrations of archtectural styles of buildings.
"House in Family over 100 Years". Notes Interesting Facts About Cobblestone Dwellings Only Found in This Vicinity and Northern England. Penn Yan Chronicle Express, August 13, 1936.
"How To Date a Cobblestone House", by William Aeberli (1925-2011), "Cobblestones Along the Ridge", column for the Brockport Post, 12/25/1975.
"New York's Cobblestone Landmarks", by Robert W. Frasch with photographs by Chester A. Peters of Pultneyville, NY.
"Out of the Past, Old-Fashioned Smoke Houses", by Cary H. Lattin, County Historian, Orleans County, N. Y., Member Cobblestone Society, Albion N. Y.
"Preserving the History of Cobblestone Architecture", by Chris Clemens, Rochester Beacon, March 16 2020
"The American Cobblestone House." ThoughtCo, by Jackie Craven, Oct. 16, 2018
The Stones and the Style, page 1, "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich
The Swales Cobblestone Houses, Sun & Record, Williamson, N.Y., August 18, 2005
Wikipedia List of cobblestone buildings

Cobblestone Society and Museum

The Cobblestone Society and Museum Website, www.cobblestonemuseum.org.

Editor's Note: Articles are listed more or less in created date order.

"A Heritage of Cobblestone" is a product of the Cobblestone Society c. 1966, 16 pages, printed and published through the facilities of and published as a supplement to "The Orleans Republican American".
      "Society Executives", by Mrs. Richard L. Canuteson.
      "The future"
      "The search Continues"
"Society Objectives", page 12, "A Heritage of Cobblestone", a product of the Cobblestone Society, printed and published as a supplement to "The Orleans Republican American" circa 1966.
Special section, Medina Daily Journal-Register, 2/21/1964. These are high resolution image files of 15 x 22 inch newspaper pages and require time to load for display. Please be patient. Enlarge the displayed image if necessary. Each page includes a number of articles written by by Eleanor Weeks Wilder for the Cobblestone Society, except where noted. Research work done by Richard Canuteson. Photos courtesy of Orleans Dept. of History, Buffalo Courier-Express and William Monacelli. Articles pertaining to the Cobblestone Society are listed for each page.
  • "Society Gathers A Century of Area Lore", page 4.
          Cobblestone Society Born in 1960
          Surveying All of N.Y.S. Cobblestone Structures
  • "Cobblestone Walls - Earmarks of History", page 5.
          Provisional Charter Granted
    • "Cobblestone Society Pamphlet c. 1960s", with Membership Acceptance Form enclosed.
    "Cobblestone Society Pamphlet c. 1990s"
    "Annual Report April 1964"
    "Cobblestone Museum Exhibit Hall", excerpts from "The Management of the Small History Museum", bulletin of the American Association for State and Local History, 1959, suggested by Robert Frasch, President of the Cobblestone Museum, October 1965 as a guide for the development of the museum.
    "An Important Part of Our History", by Sanford B. Church, A Heritage of Cobblestone", a product of the Cobblestone Society, printed and published as a supplement to "The Orleans Republican American" circa 1966.
    "The Cobblestone Museum Properties", Pages 2 and 3, The 17th Annual Cobblestone Society & Museum Tour pamphlet, 6/4/1977
    "3 String Base Viol Donated To Cobblestone Museum", page 12 "To Preserve & Educate, Cobblestone Society, 1960-2010", photo by J Orr.
    "Historic Childs: Forming the Cobblestone Society", By Doug Farley, Cobblestone Museum Director - Vol. 2 No. 30, 8/4/2021

    Cobblestone Restoration and Repair

    "19th Century Stone House Raises Problem", Buffalo Courier-Express, September 7, 1947
    "Getting Help for Repairing and Restoring a Cobblestone House", By Richard F. Palmer
    "Historic Masonry Workshop", "The Cobblestoner, Summer 2024 Edition, Vol. 47, No. 3, Page 5.
    "How to Repair a Cobblestone Wall", by Old House Online
    "Research - The Key To Successful Restoration". Attribution not provided.
    "Restoring Cobblestone Buildings", by Jim Salmon
    "Restoring heritage one cobblestone at a time", by Vincent Ball, The Expositor (Brantford, Ontario, Canada), July 21, 2020.
    "Window Restoration", David Fuller, Operations Manager, Talis Historic Restoration. "The Cobblestoner, Summer 2024 Edition, Vol. 47, No. 3. Page 5.

    Cobblestone Tours and Guides

    Access New York State Counties with interactive map, "Distribution of Cobblestone Structures in New York State by Counties".
    "Cobblestone Homes and Legends" of Town of Wilson, NY
  • "Draft of Cobblestone Homes and Legends"
  • Digitized text and map/key from pamphlet.
    • "Cobblestone House Tour Scheduled For Southern Part of County Saturday", Citizen-Advertiser, Auburn, N.Y., May 29, 1963
    Hartland's Cobblestone Houses, Town of Hartland, Niagara County.
    History Tour Saturday", Carl Schmidt to Be Guide, by Marilyn Rice, Democrat and Chronicle, 9/5/61
    The Cobblestone Society & Museum tour pamphlets for Cobblestone and local historical structures.
    "Welcome to Cobblestone Country" - In western New York, you can take a rocky but enjoyable tour of some beautiful and historic buildings. By Jim Hughes, Syracuse, New York, Country Discoveries Magazine, September/October 2000 (Publication defunct).

    Glossary

    Definition of terms and phrases encountered in text about cobblestone structures.

    Historians

    Association of Public Historians of New York State - Listings have the best contact information.
    "Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning bulletin", by Anne Derry, H. Ward Jandl, Carol D. Shull, Jan Thorman 1977, revised 1985, by Patricia L. Parker
    Historical Societies
  • Wayne County
    • National Heritage List for England is the only official and up-to-date online access to all nationally designated heritage assets in England.
    Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) search
    National Registry of Historic Places, Multiple Property Documentation Form: The history of cobblestone masonry in New York State.
    Researching a Historic Property, by Eleanor O'Donnell 1991 revised 1998, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Register Bulletin
    Towns and Historians of Cayuga County, New York
    Wayne Historians Organization (WHO) has created a Historic Sites Inventory. It's a "work in progress" and can be found at http://waynehistorians.org. Richard Palmer email 13May2018.

    Maps

    Access New York State Counties with interactive map, "Distribution of Cobblestone Structures in New York State by Counties".
    Map of Cobblestone buildings in Monroe County with locations marked by Dorothy Pease, 1940
    There are two methods to convert GPS Degrees Minutes Seconds to Decimal Degrees.
    1. To view the GPS coordinates in decimal value, go to the Google Maps insert provided in Map Location of the structure page and click on View larger map button. Move the cursor over the cobblestone structure and double click to open a window at the bottom of the view which provides the GPS decimal values.
    2. The 43°02'58.82"N 77°16'40.80"W configuration provided in the Info Base is the most accurate and is accepted when input into the Google Maps Side Panel search box; however, a degrees-minutes-seconds value (seconds rounded to one decimal place) and decimal value (rounded to six decimal places) are then both displayed on the Side Panel as well.
    3. The NetLong.net website converts GPS Degrees Minutes Seconds to Decimal Degrees. The Info Base states GPS position as degrees, minutes, seconds (43°02'58.82"N 77°16'40.80"W). At the LatLong.net site, input the just the numbers for the "W" value (77°16'40.80") in the "Degrees of Latitude" boxes, and the "N" value (43°02'58.82" - must round seconds to a whole number to input, 58.82 = 59) in the Degrees for Longitude boxes. Click on "convert to Decimal Degrees button to view answers. Google Maps only accepts the decimal numbers in the reverse (W Long.), -(N Lat.) order, and will round the displayed numbers to 6 decimal places (43.049672, -77.278000).
    4. Two Stages of Lake Iroquois", Glacial Maps, Later Pleistocene Waters in New York State, History of the Genesee County 1918, page 101.

    National Register of Historic Places

    Cobblestone Info Base Index of Cobblestone Structures listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

    New York MPS Cobblestone Architecture of New York State. Link to National Archives Catalog. Unsigned form, U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service Cobblestone Architecture of New York State

    Albany County
    Cayuga County
    Chemung County
    Chenango County
    Cortland County
    Erie County
    Genesee County
    Herkimer County
    Jefferson County
    Livingston County
    Madison County
    Monroe County
    Montgomery County
    Niagara County
    Oneida County
    Onondaga County
    Ontario County
    Orleans County
    Oswego County
    Otsego County
    Saratoga County
    Seneca County
    Steuben County
    Tioga County
    Tompkins County
    Wayne County
    Wyoming County
    Yates County

    List by county of Historical Markers in New York State, Wikipedia
    National Register Content and Copyright
    National Register Database and Research
    National Register of Historic Places, database developed by American Dreams Inc. which is not affiliated in any way with the U.S. Dept. of Interior, the National Park Service, or the National Register of Historic Places. National Register of Historic Places "Multiple Property Documentation Form", Cobblestone Architecture of New York State
    New York Single Property Listings Finding Aid NP Gallery Digital Asset Management System, Digital Archive on NPGallery, Digital Asset Search for National Register of Historic Places
    Programs of interest to owners of cobblestone buildings, both in NYS and other states
    Wikipedia: List of Cobblestone structures on the National Register of Historic Places by state
    Wikipedia: WikiProject National Register of Historic Places - Style guide
    "SHPO Compiling Cobblestones For Nat'l Register" Editor's Note: This article was published in a circa 1992 Landmark Society of Western New York publication. The National Register of Historic Places document "Cobblestone Architecture in New York State" can be accessed at the National Archives Catalog via this URL: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315294 .
    Wisconsin Historical Society Register of Historical Places

    Publications and Bibliography

    The Cobblestone Museum has a collection of research books, about 1,000 titles that are available to peruse on site. You can search the online catalog, http://cobblestonemuseum.pastperfectonline.com/, of our library collection to see if there is something that piques your interest.

    The Cobblestoner Newsletter, quarterly newsletter of the Cobblestone Museum.

    On behalf of Milne Library at SUNY Geneseo, we grant you [The Cobblestone Society and Museum] permission to make available on the Cobblestone Museum and Landmark Society of Western New York websites, under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-NC-SA) license, the following works of Carl F. Schmidt to which Milne Library holds the copyright. Copyright License Letter:

    "Cobblestone Architecture", by Carl F. Schmidt 1944. Html Info Base version.
          The book does not have a table of contents or an index.

    "Cobblestone Masonry", by Carl F. Schmidt 1966.
          Index A-Z
    Structures in the book that have not been linked to the Cobblestone Info Base.

    Carl Schmidt Collection of Two-Dimensional Drawings, online access to view, New York Heritage digital collections. Click on Explore the Collection>>> to view.
          "More Cobblestone House Entrances", Part VII, by Carl F. Schmidt
          Additional cobblestone house entrances

    Listings of the most widely held works about and by Carl F. Schmidt books can found at the WorldCat Identities website.

    "Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.

    "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich, 1978. Html Info Base version. Table of Contents

    A later Cobblestone Landmarks Manuscript of the first sections of the book "Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y..
    Editor's Note: This marked up manuscript is provided as a resource since there is an amount of content that was not included in the published book.

    An early Cobblestone Landmarks Manuscript of the first sections of the book "Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y..
    Editor's Note: This early manuscript is provided as a resource since there is an amount of content that was not included in the published book.

    "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", by Gerda Peterich, Cary Lattin, Robert W. Frasch and Olaf William Shelgren, Jr.. PDF version. Editor's Note: This is a marked up manuscript of a book that was never published, apparently abandoned, totally rewritten becoming Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State".

    A list of "Gerda Peterich Photographs" is a companion document for the "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture" manuscript.

    "Cobblestones ...., Robert Frasch wishes he could come up with the answer to Upstate's cobblestone house mystery. The deadline for his book is coming up fast. By Mildred Mikkanen, The Times-Union, Family section C, pages 1C-2C, 3/16/1972

    "Cobblestone Architecture in the Rochester Area", by Gerda Peterich and N. G. Klehamer, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 1953. Book bound typed manuscript with page size photograph illustrations (Downloadable PDF version). Copies available at the Cobblestone Museum Resource Center and the Art and Music Library of the University of Rochester, River Campus Libraries. "Editor's Note:" Master's degree paper? Gerda moved to Rochester c. 1950 and graduated with a MA Fine Arts in 1957. HTML version with linking to illustrations and Cobblestone Info Base structure pages.

    "Cayugas Cobblestones", by Ward O'Hara 1991. Permission to reprint given by Ward Ohara's daughter, Jaquelyn O'Hara Komanecky.

    "The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease. Research done in collaboration with Hazel B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt

    "Through The Door", Remembered, researched and written by Sophia Voorhees Emerson, Spring 1986. The publication is a gift given in October 2021 to the Cobblestone Museum by Elaine Hilton and her sister Scarlett Emerson, local Middlesex NY historians. Elaine's and Scarlet's mother wrote this 30-page booklet about her remembrances of the cobblestone round jug Schoolhouse #5 in Potter, N. Y.

    Survey of Cobblestone Masonry in the Rush - Mendon Area", by Richard Burton Wood (1934-1992), May 18, 1955. Essay submitted to Dr. Hersey, Art 146, Class of 1956 University of Rochester.

    Bibliography of Cobblestone related publications.