Building date: Current
Original use: Unfinished foundation abandoned circa 2020
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content: Flush joints
Types and uses of stones: Cast blocks each with two rows of cobblestones.
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building: Jonathan Ferrari, Consultation by Paul Briggs, restoration mason.
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address location has not yet been determined. Current owner of record, as of 2023 Tax Roll.
Town of Ulysess and Tompkin County 2011 Highway Maps
Cobblestone art still alive and well in upstate New York
by Richard Palmer
This new cobblestone structure is in the process of being constructed by Jonathan Ferrari on the east side of Route 89 just south of Taughannock Falls in Tompkins County. Paul Briggs, a specialist in cobblestone construction and restoration, acted as consultant.
The building was originally an unfinished foundation below grade abandoned a few years ago. It is intended to be a garage and guest house and was constructed over a period of three years. They cast blocks with cobbles using flush joints with no attempt to hide the joints between the blocks.
Another photo shows an interior curved wall at a side entry breezeway or mudroom with interior cobblestone. Outside the same wall has black sealing tape over the top edge of the cobbles to protect them from the elements through the winter.
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¹ Image courtesy Richard Palmer. Attribution not provided.
