Sod-13, Raymer, 6507 Rt. 14 [Alton-Sodus Point Rd.]

    Documentation

    Building date:

    Original use:

    Corner structures: Variable

    Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids

    Types and uses of stones: Lake stone on the house, field stone for the "barn" addition.

    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°14'09.92"N 76°58'58.53"W. Current owner of record, Kolbe Irrevocable Trust/Quiones as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    Town of Sodus and Wayne County Maps

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    "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 tenth paragraph on page 39.

    "Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Raymer House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 279 and 280. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.

    A Home of Heroes on Sodus Bay, by Pat Barry, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, July 9, 1952.

    Realtor's listing information and photograph (Sod-13 Raymer 1.jpg below) attached to letter from William A. Rolston to then Orleans County Historian, Mr. Cary Lattin, April 1969.

    Route 14 Cobblestone, courtesy the Tom The Backroads Traveller blog.

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


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Raymer House
    Pages 188 - 189, Window Lintels in Wayne County Page 269, Main Entrance Page 283

    Photographs

    Sod-13 Raymer 2
    Sod-13 Raymer 2.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41
    Sod-13 Raymer 1
    Sod-13 Raymer 1.jpg ¹ c. April 1969. Editor's Note: Photo believed to have been stapled to the realtor's listing information. See the Tom The Backroads Traveller blog for a front elevation photograph showing the elaborate porch.
    GP Wayne Sodus Sod-13 1-1 P
    GP Wayne Sodus Sod-13 1-1 P.jpg ² 11/03/1971
    Sod_13_1
    Sod_13_1.jpg
    Sod_13_2
    Sod_13_2.jpg
    Sod_13_3
    Sod_13_3.jpg
    Sod_13_4
    Sod_13_4.jpg
    Sod_13_5
    Sod_13_5.jpg
    Sod_13_6
    Sod_13_6.jpg
    Sod_13_7
    Sod_13_7.jpg
    Sod-13 Raymer 3
    Sod-13 Raymer 3.jpg ¹
    Sod-13 Raymer 4
    Sod-13 Raymer 4.jpg ¹
    Sod-13 6507 Rt 14 1
    Sod-13 6507 Rt 14 1.jpg ³
    Sod-13 6507 Rt 14 2
    Sod-13 6507 Rt 14 2.jpg ³
    Sod-13 6507 Rt 14 3
    Sod-13 6507 Rt 14 3.jpg ³
    Sod-13 6507 Rt 14 4
    Sod-13 6507 Rt 14 4.jpg ³
    Sod-13 Raymer 5
    Sod-13 Raymer 5.jpg ¹
    Sod-13 Raymer 6
    Sod-13 Raymer 6.jpg ¹
    Sod-13 Raymer 7
    Sod-13 Raymer 7.jpg ¹
    Sod-13 Raymer 8
    Sod-13 Raymer 8.jpg ¹
    6507 Route 14, Sodus Point 1
    6507 Route 14, Sodus Point 1.jpg 4
    6507 Route 14, Sodus 2
    6507 Route 14, Sodus 2.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.

    Home1 Icon CM0000