Building date: About 1840
Original use:
Corner structures: Red sandstone
Mortar application and content:
Types and uses of stones: Field stones.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels red stone solid
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°09'19.18"N 78°18'48.64"W. Current owner of record, Smith as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Shelby and Orleans County Maps
The Alanson Tinkam house at 12524 Barber Road was built of field stones about 1840. Richard Palmer blog.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 90, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Tinkam - Smith House
- Page 143
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
