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