Building date: 1835
Original use:
Corner structures: Quoins are regular blocks of smooth gray limestone. ¹
Mortar application and content: Mortar is set in horizontal strips pointed at the outer edge. Some stones interrupt the integrity of the horizontal. Between the stones vertically, there are truncate pyramids. Vertical pyramids
Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors. Stones are multicolored smooth water-washed ovals laid 5 rows per quoin in front and the left side, with 4 rows on the right side.
Types and choice of windows: Window lintels are made of blocks cut from gray limestone. ¹
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°10'10.47"N 77°18'29.39"W. Current owner of record, Matteson as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Walworth and Wayne County Maps.
On Lewis Street, there is a 1½ story house with a wing extending to the south. Quoins are regular blocks of smooth gray limestone, while window lintels are made of blocks cut from gray limestone. Stones are multicolored smooth water-washed ovals laid 5 rows per quoin in front and the left side, with 4 rows on the right side. Mortar is set in horizontal strips pointed at the outer edge. Some stones interrupt the integrity of the horizontal. Between the stones vertically, there are truncate pyramids. Roudabush Survey page 116
¹ Note that in the section Brick Quoins (continued), Wal-12 on page 18 of the Roudabush Survey is in error and should be Wil-12.
Building-Structure Inventory Form, Division for Historic Preservation, New York State Parks and Recreation, 2/11/1977.
Genealogy of a Cobblestone House, 4625 Lewis Road, Walworth, Wayne County, New York 14658, Ron and Juanita Matteson, 8/8/2009.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
