Sod-10, Keefe, 6172 Ridge Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date:

    Original use:

    Corner structures: Concrete pilasters

    Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids

    Types and uses of stones: Small red

    Types and choice of windows: Lentils wood

    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°14'04.23"N 77°05'20.73"W. Current owner of record, Verstraete as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    Town of Sodus and Wayne County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    The Roudabush Survey states the address as 6172 Old Ridge Rd. W., whereas the current address is 6172 Ridge Rd.

    "Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Keefe House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 255 and 256. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.

    Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Keefe House
    Page 187

    Editor's Note:Schmidt states that the center entrance is flanked on each side by two sets of windows. A Roudabush Survey and Palmer photographs show a picture window installed on the left side instead of two windows.

    Photographs

    Sod-10 Keefe 2
    Sod-10 Keefe 2.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41
    GP Wayne Sodus Sod-10 1-1 P
    GP Wayne Sodus Sod-10 1-1 P.jpg ² 11/03/1971
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    Sod_10_1.jpg
    Sod_10_2
    Sod_10_2.jpg
    Sod_10_3
    Sod_10_3.jpg
    Sod_10_4
    Sod_10_4.jpg
    Sod-10 Keefe 1
    Sod-10 Keefe 1.jpg ¹
    Sod-10 6172 Ridge Rd 1
    Sod-10 6172 Ridge Rd 1.jpg ³
    Sod-10 6172 Ridge Rd 2
    Sod-10 6172 Ridge Rd 2.jpg ³
    Sod-10 Keefe 3
    Sod-10 Keefe 3.jpg ¹ 7/21/2002
    Sod-10 Keefe 4
    Sod-10 Keefe 4.jpg ¹ 7/21/2002
    6172 Ridge Road, Sodus
    6172 Ridge Road, Sodus.jpg 4

    ¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    ² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
    ³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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