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Corner structures: Red sandstone, variable sized blocks of gray limestone. [mixed or contradiction?]
Mortar application and content: Vertical pyramids. The horizontal mortar has a pointed outer edge, while there are raised columns of mortar between the stones which in some instances resemble pyramids.
Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors. In the front and right walls are five rows of stones per quoin, while there are four per quoin on the left side and back. Stones are all smooth and approximately the same size, but vary in color.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels red cut stone. Lintels over the front windows are made of blocks of gray limestone, while in the back they are wood. [Contradiction?]
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°08'21.90"N 77°16'25.86"W. Current owner of record, Harden as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Walworth and Wayne County Maps.
At 2203 Walworth-Penfield Road, a composite house has portions of its first floor walls made of cobblestone. The quoins are variable sized blocks of gray limestone. In the front and right walls are five rows of stones per quoin, while there are four per quoin on the left side and back. Stones are all smooth and approximately the same size, but vary in color. Lintels over the front windows are made of blocks of gray limestone, while in the back they are wood. The horizontal mortar has a pointed outer edge, while there are raised columns of mortar between the stones which in some instances resemble pyramids. Roudabush Survey page 115
"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 third paragraph on page 35.
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.
