Sch-1, Schuyler School District 3, 3597 Rt 5 Frankfort

    Documentation

    Building date: 1849

    Original use: Schoolhouse, Schuyler School District 3

    Corner structures:

    Mortar application and content: Unique troweled squares of mortar between stones.

    Types and uses of stones: Creek, squarish stone, all colors, all sizes.

    Types and choice of windows:

    Structures with similar masonry details:

    Masons who worked on building:

    Unique features:

    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°03'15.91"N 75°04'27.26"W.

    Town of Schuyler and Herkimer County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    Structure not included in Roudabush Survey.

    Schuyler School District 3, Route 5, Schuyler built in 1849. Now Schuyler [Volunteer] Fire Department. 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 sixth paragraph on page 42.

    Creek, squarish stone, all colors, all sizes. Regular straight lines, squares of mortar between stones to fill in space. Handwritten notes by Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, District School # 3
    Page 29, Page 238

    Photographs

    GP Herkimer Sch-1_1 N
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    Sch-1 3597 Rt 5 1
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    Sch-1 3597 Rt 5 2
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    Sch-1 3597 Rt 5 3
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    Sch-1 3597 Rt 5 4
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    Schuyler 2
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    Schuyler
    Schuyler.jpg ³ Date stone on old school house in Schuyler.

    ¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
    ² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    ³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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