Building date: 1843
Original use: Schoolhouse
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content: Scored, vertical, heavy - has a part of a wall scored horizontally and vertically by a double edged tool. These scoring marks usually follow the contour of the stones and are not necessarily in straight lines.
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Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details: Par-4 Davis-King
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°06'17.70"N 77°53'09.53"W. Current owner of record, Town of Riga.
The Richard Palmer blog stated the street number as 25; however, the number is 22 as is displayed on the buildings door in his photograph. The structure is located behind the United Methodist Church on 24 West Buffalo Street, nearly 100 feet back from street.
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Town of Riga and Monroe County Maps
This building at 22 West Buffalo Street in Churchville was originally a school house. It has had various uses over the years and now serves as a community center (Richard Palmer blog). It is knowns as the Raymond C. Adams Cobblestone Hall, available for daily rentals. It appears to have been built of rough field stone with fanlike decoration.
In 1843 a large school building was erected at Churchville, and a graded school established under the supervision of three teachers. It has been sustained in a flourishing condition ever since, and is at present under charge of Professor Bristol, principal, assisted by Mrs. M. J. Hadley and Miss Alice Ford as subordinate teachers. History of Monroe County, page 186, W. H. Mc Intosh, Everts, Ensign & Everts, Philadelphia 1877.
"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. Reference the sixteenth (last) paragraph on page 10.
Historical Marker states: Churchville graded school occupied this building until 1895. A fine example of the lost art of building with cobblestones.
"Demolition Drawing Near for Churchville Landmark", by Naomi Lasdon, circa May 1969, from Cobblestone Museum Archives. Complete attribution not provided.
"The Lady Who Saved The Schoolhouse", by Margaret Converse, photograph by Talis Bergmanis, Upstate New York, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Sunday, Feb. 21, 1971.
Churchville Graded School 1843, courtesy the Tom The Backroads Traveller blog.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Cobblestone School 11th Annual 06/12/1971
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Schoolhouse District # 4
- Page 69
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Photographs of construction work areas, especially showing interior wall details.
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
