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Corner structures: Quoins are square cut gray limestone.
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment. Vertical pyramids
Types and uses of stones: Small red. Stones are small, mostly oval, lake washed. On the front wall, they are red in color, while color varies on the sides. Four rows of stones per quoin occurs on the front and sides. Addition is gray and black stones.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels are made of wood.
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°12'11.23"N 77°01'31.02"W. Current owner of record, Bond as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Sodus and Wayne County Maps
At 5549 Main St., Sodus Center, the one and one-half story house has a wing on the south side. The main section is largely covered with ivy, but sufficient open areas were found to reveal that the quoins are square cut gray limestone. The window lintels are made of wood. Stones are small, mostly oval, lake washed. On the front wall, they are red in color, while color varies on the sides. Four rows of stones per quoin occurs on the front and sides. Roudabush Survey page 111.
"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 seventh paragraph on page 39.
"Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" George Ellis House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 267 and 268. 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, West House
- Page 202
Editor's Note: Schmidt incorrectly states this structure is located in the Town of Wolcott, whereas it is located in Sodus Center, Town of Sodus. The Town of Sodus Historical Society states the address as 5549 School Street (Main Street).
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¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
