Building date: 1846
Original use: Schoolhouse
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content: Vertical, no embellishment
Types and uses of stones: Small red. Glacial stones
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°14'27.02"N 77°25'20.56"W. Current owner of record, Garbowski as of the 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Webster and Monroe County Maps
Roudabush Survey incorrectly stated 1352 Schegel Rd. as the address, which is 1352 Schlegel Rd.
District 7 School at 1352 Schlegel Road was built in 1846 of lake-washed stones. It was sold in 1947 and has since been a private residence. Richard Palmer blog.
"The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease. Research done in collaboration with Hazel B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt, 1941. Reference the sixth paragraph on page 31.
"The Cobblestone Houses of Western New York page 21 Figure 25", by Richard "Dick" H. Backus (1922-2012), January 1947. A paper written for a class in the Department of Art, Dartmouth College. A copy of the original paper was returned to Mr. Backus June 12, 1963 by Hugh Morrison of the Art Department. The paper was forwarded on March 16, 2026 to the Cobblestone Museum by Carol and Steve Mackintosh who had received it from an unnamed neighbor who was downsizing. The existence and location of the original paper is unknown.
History Bit: Rules for teachers, circa 1872, "Webster on the Web" Blog, posted 09/04/2022, Webster Museum.
"Remembering When..." Cobblestone Schoolhouse No. 7. Attribution not provided.
Converted to summer home by Mrs. Elizabeth M. Pinkman 300 Brockley Rd., Rochester, N.Y. Frame addition includes toilet and electricity. Water obtained from well on property. Editor's Note: The name Mrs. Elizabeth M. Pinkman as an owner is not mentioned in the "Remembering When..." Cobblestone Schoolhouse No. 7.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
District School # 7 4th Annual 06/06/1964.
![]() district-7-schlegel-rdA.jpg 6 | ![]() 1352 Schlegel Road 4.png ¹ | ![]() Web-4 Dist 7 School 5.jpg ³ c. 1940s pickup truck, Dodge ?. Halftone from Rochester Public Library. | ![]() Web-4 Dist 7 School 1.jpg ² 1962 |
![]() Web-4 Dist 7 School 2.jpg ² 1962 | ![]() Web_4_1.jpg | ![]() Web_4_2.jpg | ![]() Web_4_3.jpg |
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![]() IMG_3553.jpg 5 Date stone on the school house between windows facing south. |
¹ Image courtesy Richard Palmer blog.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum, provided by home owner Mrs. Elizabeth M. Pinkman.
³ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
4 Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
5 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
6 Image courtesy Webster Museum.