Wil-20, Tierson, 6520 East Townline Rd.

    Documentation

    Building date: 1848

    Original use:

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    Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment. Vertical pyramids

    Types and uses of stones: Small red

    Types and choice of windows: Lentils wood

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°14'09.15"N 77°08'39.13"W. Current owner of record, Tierson as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

    Town of Williamson and Wayne County Maps.

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    The Roudabush Survey states the address as 6520 Townline Rd., whereas the current address is 6520 East Townline Rd. per tax roll.

    "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 second paragraph on page 34.

    "Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Tearson House excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 379 and 380. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.

    6520 Townline Road. Built by J.R. Willard, 1848. Richard Palmer blog.

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


    "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Willard - Tierson House
    Page 200

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    ¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
    ² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
    ³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.

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