Building date: 1840
Original use:
Corner structures: Lacking
Mortar application and content: Vertical, no embellishment
Types and uses of stones: Irregular rough
Types and choice of windows: two triangular windows in each gable
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Courtesy Google Maps. Street level view is not provided as of the date of this edit 25FEB2019. Address is GIS Database and Google Earth confirmed; 42°41'54.79"N 76°37'17.40"W. Current owner of record Hastings 190302.
Town of Venice and Cayuga County Maps
A very few cobblestone buildings are constructed with rounded corners, obviating the need for quoins. Only six such buildings were found, and occur in only three counties. In Cayuga, this building Ven-1 Vanorman Cay-12 and Vic-1 Haas Cay-13; in Monroe, Cla-7 Jones-Mercer, Cla-7a Jones-Mercer Barn and Cla-11 Galbraith; and in Ontario, Gen-1a Gazebo, are constructed in this manner. Roudabush Survey page 16
Cobble Stone Buildings", excerpts from a column in "The Cultivator", March 1841, p. 51.
Avery House - Federal style, two triangular windows in each gable. Always occupied by some family and relatives. As of 7/14/1994, notes on back of photograph Ven-1 Vanorman.jpg below.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Avery - Van Orman House 3nd Annual 06/1/1963Editor's Note: The tour pamphlet states that the structure is in the Town of Ledyard; however, it is located just within the Town of Venice.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Avery - Van Orman
- Page 21
- "Cayugas Cobblestones", by Ward O'Hara 1991
- Pages 44 - 45
 Led-2 Rafferty 1.jpg ¹ Ayers House, Pease Collection 1940-41 |  Led-2 Rafferty 2.jpg ¹ April 1963 |  Ven_1_1.jpg |  Ven_1_2.jpg |
 Ven_1_3.jpg |  Ven_1_4.jpg |  Ven-1 1660 Rt. 34B 1.jpg ¹ |  Ven-1 1660 Rt. 34B 2.jpg ¹ |
 Ven-1 Vanorman 2.jpg ² |  Ven-1 Vanorman 1.jpg ² 7/14/1998 |  IMG_3644.jpg ³ |  IMG_3645.jpg ³ Considerable patch work done on south wall. |
¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum,
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
Note that Route 31a in archived image file name is incorrect, should be Route 31B.
