Sod-27, Gedney, 5539 Main St., Sodus Center

    Documentation

    Building date:

    Original use:

    Corner structures: Variable

    Mortar application and content:

    Types and uses of stones:

    Types and choice of windows: Lentils wood

    Structures with similar masonry details:

    Masons who worked on building:

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°12'09.88"N 77°01'31.82"W. Current owner of record, Knapp 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 sixth paragraph on page 39.

    "Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Jacob Barkley House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 323 and 324. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.

    No regular joints between the stones. #34, Town of Sodus Historial Society.

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


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Gedney House
    Page 185

    Photographs

    Sod-27 Gedney 1
    Sod-27 Gedney 1.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41
    Sod_27_1
    Sod_27_1.jpg
    Sod_27_2
    Sod_27_2.jpg
    Sod-27 Gedney 2
    Sod-27 Gedney 2.jpg¹
    Sod-27 5539 Main St 1
    Sod-27 5539 Main St 1.jpg ²
    Sod-27 5539 Main St 2
    Sod-27 5539 Main St 2.jpg ²
    Sod-27 Gedney 3
    Sod-27 Gedney 2.jpg¹ 6/21/1998
    5539 Main St., Sodus Center
    5539 Main St., Sodus Center.jpg ³
    5539 Main St., Sodus Center 2
    5539 Main St., Sodus Center 2.jpg ³

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

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