Building date: 1839
Original use:
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content: Vertical pyramids
Types and uses of stones: Irregular rough
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building: Architects - H. & W. Clark
Unique features: Greek Revival Commercialds
Map views courtesy Google Maps. View 1: . Street level view July 2017. View 2: . Elevated street level view, date 2019?. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°06'08.60"N 76°12'31.72"W. Current owner of record, Lemrog Cobblestone LLC as of the 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Salina and Onondaga County Maps
Jonathan P. Hicks built the National Hotel at 400 First St., corner of Tulip Street, in 1839. H.& W. Clark were the architects. They created it in an attractive Greek Revival mansion style with a large low hipped roof, large frieze with frieze windows. Modernization makeovers have added nothing to its original attractive appearance. These include the fake stone veneer, clapboard frieze, glass blocks and a neon sign which have greatly altered its original architectural integrity.
The National Hotel (later known as the Cobblestone) was built in 1839. It was built from a design of H. and W. Clark in 1839 and was built by Jonathan Hicks. Many of the stones used in the structure were drawn from Lake Ontario. The walls of the building are 3 feet thick. This building later housed The Cobblestone Tavern. Tulip Street view of side of building. Horse and wagon tied up near back porch. 5 men and 7 boys gather near open doorway. Man lying on his side on the stone mounting block. Sign on post near front of building says: National Hotel. First Street in front of the hotel is unpaved and tree lined. Note hitching post located at corner of sidewalks in foreground. Edge of building seen on right side of picture housed a livery stable. Richard Palmer blog.
"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 fourth paragraph on page 41.
It is currently (1992) being used as a restaurant. Has had some insensitive remodeling in past, but basically intact. "Cobblestone Buildings in Onondaga County", 1992, Structure No. 1, compiled by Glenn Hinchey.
Currently the Cobblestone Ale House.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Cobblestone Hotel
- Page 90
- "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978, by Olaf William Shelgren, Jr., Cary Lattin, and Robert W. Frasch, Photographs by Gerda Peterich: Name reference, National Hotel
- Page 151
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 62. Onondaga County, Hicks-Seeland Building (former National Hotel).
Editor's Note: Schmidt and Roudabush do not state in which Town this structure is located.
 Cobblestone Hotel, Liverpool.jpg ¹ 19th century view. Note hitching post located at corner of sidewalks in foreground and along street of the hotel. Edge of building seen on right side of picture housed a livery stable. Click on file name below photograph to enlarge image. |  Sal-2 Cobblestone Hotel Ono-7 2.jpg ¹ National Hotel as it appeared c. 1900. |  Sal-2 Cobblestone Hotel Ono-7 3.jpg ¹ Eleven men sitting outside the National Hotel (now known as the Cobblestone). Print has the following written on the back: "The Old Cobblestone Hotel Corner in Liverpool, used to be a great gathering ground for the sheiks of yesteryear. Fred Wyker, once sheriff of Onondaga County sits at the left. Clem Westgate and Harvey Westgate are also in the foreground." Note cement sidewalk and dirt road. |  Cobblestone Hotel, mid 1900s.jpg ¹ Cobblestone Hotel as it appeared in the early 1900s. |
 Sal-2 Cobblestone Hotel Ono-7 1.jpg ² April 1963. |  Sal_2_1.jpg |  Sal_2_2.jpg |  Sal_2_3.jpg |
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¹ Images courtesy Liverpool Public Library collection Onondaga Historical Association
² Photography courtesy Library of Congress, Gilbert Ask, Photographer, April 1963
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
