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Corner structures: Brick. Quoins 1½ bricks in length and 5 bricks high.
Mortar application and content: Scored, similar to Ont-4 Raymor. Stones are laid in a mortar matrix with tooled scoring to indicate horizontal and vertical separations. The horizontal scoring was made by a tool, half a circle in cross section, so that the appearance is that of a longitudinal rounded mark with a depression on each side. Vertical scoring was done with a different tool and slopes from upper left to lower right, probably because the mason was right-handed.
Types and uses of stones: Stones are of medium size and are irregular and rough.
Types and choice of windows: Quoin like sides. Windows are framed in bricks, so that the sides appear similar to quoins.
Structures with similar masonry details: Ont-4 Raymor, Web-3 James-Heid. According to Carl Schmidt's book "Cobblestone Masonry" (1966), the mason on Web - 3 was a man named Dean. It would appear that Ont-4 and Wal-10 were built by the same man. Both Web-3 and Wal-10 have brick quoins. The legs of a triangle drawn between these three houses are roughly 4, 5 and 7 miles. Roudabush Survey page 27
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°07'37.46"N 77°20'35.72"W. Current owner of record, Mater as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Walworth and Wayne County Maps.
The Roudabush Survey states the address as 122 Hance Rd.; however, recent development and subdividing in the area has created new roads and new addressing. The current address is 3355 Autumn Wood Drive.
The 2 story house at 122 Hance Road has quoins made of bricks. Stones are of medium size and are irregular and rough, laid in a mortar matrix with tooled scoring to indicate horizontal and vertical separations. The horizontal scoring was made by a tool, half a circle in cross section, so that the appearance is that of a longitudinal rounded mark with a depression on each side. Vertical scoring was done with a different tool and slopes from upper left to lower right, probably because the mason was right-handed. Windows are framed in bricks, so that the sides appear similar to quoins. Five and one-half miles to the north, "as the crow flies", there is a house Ont-4 Raymor which has similar scoring of mortar. Roudabush Survey page 116
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house
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¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
