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Original use:
Corner structures: Regular quoins are cut from red sandstone
Mortar application and content: Vertical pyramids. Mortar has horizontals which are drawn to a sharp ridge at the outer edge. Pyramids of mortar fill the spaces between stones and are cut off truncate at the bottom of the stones.
Types and uses of stones: Small red. Small, various colors. Stones are small oval smoothed, and mostly red sandstone, but with a few scattered gray and some black. They are arranged in 5 rows per quoin on the front and sides.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels red cut sandstone
Structures with similar masonry details: Pal-17 Magde, Wal-5 Van Orden
Masons who worked on building:
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'17.70"N 77°09'53.51"W. Current owner of record, Artl as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Williamson and Wayne County Maps.
At 7076 Bear Swamp Road, the 1½ story cobblestone has a frame addition on one end. The regular quoins are cut from red sandstone. Stones are small oval smoothed, and mostly red sandstone, but with a few scattered gray and some black. They are arranged in 5 rows per quoin on the front and sides. Mortar has horizontals which are drawn to a sharp ridge at the outer edge. Pyramids of mortar fill the spaces between stones and are cut off truncate at the bottom of the stones. Lintels are made of cut red sandstone. Roudabush Survey page 117
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
