Wil-2, Givens, 5621 Ridge Chapel Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date:

    Original use:

    Corner structures: Tooled

    Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids

    Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors

    Types and choice of windows: Lintels red cut stone

    Structures with similar masonry details: Wil-1 Johnson

    Masons who worked on building:

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°12'16.46"N 77°13'38.87"W. Current owner of record, Hogg/Courtney as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    Town of Williamson and Wayne County Maps.

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    "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 fourteenth paragraph on page 35.

    "Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Givens House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 21, 31, 342 and 343. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.

    "Cobblestone House Contains 12 Rooms", by Cecilia B. Jackson (Arcadia Town Historian), c. 1976. Attribution not provided.

    Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Hoagland - Given House
    Page 197

    Editor's Note: Schmidt states the name as Given, whereas Roudabush Survey states Givens.

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    ¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    ² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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