Building date: 1840-50
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°09'15.80"N 75°56'00.20"W. Current owner of record, Phelps/Desantis as of date (YMD) 190419.
Town of Sullivan and Madison County Maps
Note that the address has been confirmed to be 898 State Route 31, not 899 as stated in the Richard Palmer blog.
This massive cobblestone house is located at 899 Route 31, two miles east of Bridgeport was once known as the "Stone Tavern." It was built between 1840 and 1850 by Edward H. Damon and included a large farm. A door opening on the second floor suggests there was once a grand portico facing the road that has been removed. It appears on the 1853 Gurdon Evans Map of Madison county. Richard Palmer blog.
"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 ninth paragraph on page 41.
 899 Route 31, Bridgeport.jpg ¹ As it appeared in 1962 before porch was removed. |  GP Madison Sullivan Sul-1_1 P.jpg ² 10/30/1971 |  Bridgeport+2 2.jpg ³ |  Bridgeport+1.jpg ³ |
¹ Image courtesy Richard Palmer.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
