Building date:
Original use:
Corner structures: Variable
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy
Types and uses of stones: Stones are irregular and most are slightly smoothed. Quoins are variable, and the number of rows of stones has no regularity.
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features: The front 2/3 is constructed of bricks and the rear 1/3 of cobblestones.
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°52'43.42"N 77°30'26.42"W. Current owner of record, Herrmann as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of West Bloomfield and Ontario County Maps
This house at 3106 Taft Rd. is unique in that the front 2/3 is constructed of bricks and the rear 1/3 of cobblestones. Quoins are variable, and the number of rows of stones has no regularity. Stones are irregular and most are slightly smoothed. Roudabush Survey page 90
House at 3106 Taft Road is half brick and half cobblestone. Richard Palmer blog.
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¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.