Building date: 1841 - demolished in 2005.
Original use:
Corner structures: Cut from gray limestone
Mortar application and content: Vertical, no embellishment
Types and uses of stones: Large field stones, irregular, rough set in 3 rows per quoin without vertical embellishments of the mortar.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels wood
Structures with similar masonry details: Wil-1 Parker
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°17'14.04"N 78°46'10.56"W. Current owner of record, Sion/Mignella as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Wilson and Niagara County Maps
The quoins are cut from gray limestone, while the lintel over the door appears to be red sandstone. Window lintels are made of wood. Stones are irregular rough stones set in 3 rows per quoin without vertical embellishments of the mortar. Roudabush Survey page 75
This Greek Revival-style house at 4829 Ide Road, Wilson, was built about 1841 by William Aiken with large field stones. The wing was added later. It was demolished in 2005. Richard Palmer blog.
The Land of Cobblestones, by Donald W. Croop 1976, Aiken House Page 20, A Publication of the Wilson Bicentennial Committee and Wilson Historical Society, Niagara County, Wilson, N.Y.
Edited publication excerpt about Aiken House, "Cobblestone Homes and Legends Town of Wilson", by Wilson Historical Society.
¹ Image courtesy Richard Palmer. Attribution not provided.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
