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Original use: Smokehouse
Corner structures: Cut limestone quoins
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°47'41.23"N 77°30'03.43"W. Current owner of record, Blackmer as of 2023 Tax Roll.
Town of Richmond and Ontario County Maps
 1852 Ontario County Ric-1 Excerpt Map.jpg ¹ Pitts family property ownership from 1789 through 1852 confirms that the cobblestone smokehouse was built likely after circa 1825 when the first known cobblestone construction began in New York state. |  4718 Allens Creek Rd, Jan 16,2016B.jpg ² 1/16/2016 |  4718 Allens Creek Rd, Jan 16,2016A.jpg ³ 1/16/2016 |  Blackmer Address Plaque.jpg ³ 3/29/2019 Homestead of 1789 Pioneer Col. William Pitts. |
 DSC_0121Richmond Allens Hill Rd 4718 stone smkehse 5x7Excerpt.jpg ¹ 3/29/2019 |
¹ 1852 Ontario County Map Ric-1 excerpt courtesy Library of Congress.
² Photography courtesy Karen Crandall.
³ Photography courtesy Cynthia Howk.
