Building date: 1843
Original use:
Corner structures: Red sandstone
Mortar application and content: Vertical no embellishment
Types and uses of stones: Irregular rough
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Street level for Center Rd. is not available in this area. Address is GIS Database and Google Earth confirmed; 42°47'00.21"N 76°33'35.27"W. Current owner of record, Lane as of date (YMD) 190311 (purchased 1993?).
The exact street address is uncertain. The Roudabush Survey states 2730, Richard Palmer and county property records state 2726. The cobblestone structure is in the southwest area of the intersection of S. Street Road and Center Road, third structure to the west on Center Road.
NOTE
Town of Scipio and Cayuga County Maps
Just west of Scipio Center four corners Dr. Benjamin Fordyce built his cobblestone house in 1843. He spent two years collecting the stones for this 1½ story house. Wheat was hauled to Lake Ontario and stones brought on the return trip. A hundred years later Mr. and Mrs. Morgan J. King purchased the house and have been gradually restoring it. The parlor is Greek Revival in treatment with woodwork in keeping with the size and type of house. The dining room is only a little less elaborate. Excerpt from "Cobblestone House Tour", Citizen-Advertiser, Auburn, N.Y., May 29, 1963. Richard Palmer blog.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Fordyce - King House 3nd Annual 06/1/1963
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Fordyce - King House
- Page 20
- "The Era of Cobblestone Architecture", unpublished manuscript 1972. To access the manuscript content about this structure, see 4. Cayuga County, Fordyce - King House, Center Rd.. This structure is not included in the subsequent book "Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State", 1978.
- "Cayugas Cobblestones", by Ward O'Hara 1991
- Pages 55 - 56
¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
