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Original use: Smokehouse
Corner structures: Quoins are uniform
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Horizontal and vertical similar (Mortar looks square). The handling of the mortar is considerably different in the front, compared to the sides.
Types and uses of stones: The front has six rows of stones per quoin. The west side has five rows per quoin, while the east side has some fives and at least one four. Since the quoins are uniform, the area with four rows contains larger stones. The back contains larger stones in crude rows and is patched in the middle to fill in a door or vent of some type.
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°54'18.78"N 77°31'58.33"W. Current owner of record, May as of the 2019 Tax Roll. List of owners: Coakley 10/01/1961, Melrose 09/01/1973, C & S Associates of Bloomfield Inc 07/01/1986, Scotod Developers inc 112/1/2001, May 12/4/2018.
Town of West Bloomfield and Ontario County Maps
This smokehouse is located at 8953 Route 5 & 20. Quoins are uniform, and the front has six rows of stones per quoin. The west side has five rows per quoin, while the east side has some fives and at least one four. Since the quoins are uniform, the area with four rows contains larger stones. The back contains larger stones in crude rows and is patched in the middle to fill in a door or vent of some type. The handling of the mortar is considerably different in the front, compared to the sides.
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
