Wil-23, Unknown, 6934 Bear Swamp Rd.

Documentation

Building date:

Original use:

Corner structures: Gray limestone and red sandstone

Mortar application and content: Vertical pyramids. Horizontal strips of mortar sloping to a point or keel. Vertical mortar is in pyramids between stones, which are truncate at the bottom. These pyramids are more uniform and precise in the wing than in the original.

Types and uses of stones: Small red. Small, various colors. The rows of stones per quoin vary from 4 to 5, while in the wing there are 4 rows per quoin.

Types and choice of windows: Second story windows have lintels of wood, but the picture windows lack lintels.

Structures with similar masonry details: Pal-5 Root, Wal-8 Esely

Masons who worked on building:

Unique features:

Map Location

Map views courtesy Google Maps. Google maps street level view is blocked by vegetation. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°15'00.01"N 77°09'52.57"W. Current owner of record, Buss as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

Town of Williamson and Wayne County Maps.

Comments, Additional Information, References

This house on Bear Swamp Road had been modified since it was first built. The 1½ story has gray limestone quoins and is made with small smoothed oval stones, mostly red sandstone. A later addition to the right side has red sandstone quoins and the same type of stones in the main structure. This wing has had a frame story added at the top, and has a frame porch attached. Both the main house and the wing have had picture windows cut into their solid first floor walls. In the original house, the rows of stones per quoin vary from 4 to 5, while in the wing there are 4 rows per quoin. Both sections have horizontal strips of mortar sloping to a point or keel. Vertical mortar is in pyramids between stones, which are truncate at the bottom. These pyramids are more uniform and precise in the wing than in the original. Second story windows have lintels of wood, but the picture windows lack lintels. Roudabush Survey page 117

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

Photographs

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