Building date: 1851, restored 1975, demolished in 2010 due to road construction.
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°10'30.50"N 77°00'40.18"W.
Town of Sodus and Wayne County Maps
Located at the corner of South Geneva Road and Lime Kiln Road in South Sodus, the Thornton Limekiln, built 1851, restored 1975 as a Bicentennial Project, Town of Sodus. A very rare structure, top fed process of lime making. The well was first filled with wood and reduced to hot coals. Lime rock was hauled from the quarry by horse up hill to the top of the well land dumped onto the hot coals. The melted lime was drawn off the bottom of the kiln.
It was demolished and removed when the S. Geneva Rd. and Lime Kiln Rd. intersection was redesigned about 2010.
"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 fifth paragraph on page 39.
Thornton Lime Kiln Town of Sodus Historical Society
 1858 Wayne County Sod-16a Excerpt Map.jpg ¹ |  Sod-16a The Thornton Limekiln 1.jpg ² |  Sod_16a_1.jpg |  Sod_16a_2.jpg |
¹ 1858 Wayne County Map Sod-16a excerpt courtesy Library of Congress.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
