Building date: 1830
Original use:
Corner structures: Quoins are uniform blocks of gray limestone.
Mortar application and content: Vertical pyramids. The horizontal mortar is pointed outward, while the vertical spaces between stones contain pyramids of mortar with their bases cut off at the bottom of the row of stones.
Types and uses of stones: Stones are irregular and are not smoothed. Three rows of stones per quoin.
Types and choice of windows: Window lintels are of the same material [gray limestone?] with several in the back wall wing made of cut blocks of gray limestone.
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Street level view not available. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°54'08.67"N 76°45'04.92"W. Current owner of record, Lee as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Seneca Falls and Seneca County Maps
The Roudabush Survey stated that address to be 3333 Lower Lake Road; however, the current address is 2534 Lower Lake Rd.
The cobblestone on Ferry Farm at 3333 Lower Lake Road is a two story main building with a one story wing on the south side. The wing appears to be a later addition. Quoins are uniform blocks of gray limestone. Window lintels are of the same material with several in the back wall wing made of cut blocks of gray limestone. Stones are irregular and are not smoothed. The horizontal mortar is pointed outward, while the vertical spaces between stones contain pyramids of mortar with their bases cut off at the bottom of the row of stones. There are three rows of stones per quoin. Roudabush Survey page 101
The Cobblestone or Ferry Farm - Known during the civil war as a station on the so called underground railway. The trail of slaves to Canada was broken by bringing them across the lake from Union Springs which was an ardent abolition Quaker village. Mentioned in Arch Merrill's The Underground pp. 134. This too was the landing place of an Indian canoe ferry and of the first white man's ferry. Historical marker transcription next and see image in photographs below.
Known during the Civil War as a station in the so called underground railway. The trail of slaves to Canada was broken by bringing them across the lake from Union Springs which was an ardent abolition Quaker village. This too was the landing place of an Indian canoe ferry and of the first white man's ferry.
Cobblestone Buildings in Seneca County, photographs and text by Walter Gable, Seneca County Historian, revised 10/25/2019.
This much-storied house at 2523 Lower Lake Road, Seneca Falls, west side, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It was built in 1830 by Julius Bull and named the "Ferry Farm," near the site of the first ferry across Cayuga Lake. It is a symmetrical four-bay house of Federal style architecture and has a spectacular view of Cayuga Lake. Richard Palmer blog.
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
