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Corner structures: Brick, corners made of brick columns 1½ bricks on a side. The corners are made of brick pilasters which were covered with cement at one time.
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. The mortar is relatively coarse and is not particularly embellished, although in some areas the vertical spaces show attempts to simulate crude pyramids.
Types and uses of stones: Stones vary in color, size and shape, with many elongated.
Types and choice of windows: Window lintels on the second floor are made of brick.
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°09'05.77"N 77°16'16.40"W. Current owner of record, McKee as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Walworth and Wayne County Maps.
At 4090 Walworth-Ontario Road, there is a small 1½ story cobblestone house with a frame addition on one end. The corners are made of brick pilasters which were covered with cement at one time. Stones vary in color, size and shape, with many elongated. The mortar is relatively coarse and is not particularly embellished, although in some areas the vertical spaces show attempts to simulate crude pyramids. Window lintels on the second floor are made of brick. Roudabush Survey page 116
4090 Walworth-Ontario Road. Date stone says "M. Padley 1844". Richard Palmer blog.
"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 seventh paragraph on page 35.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Padley - McKee House
- Page 192
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
