Building date: 1844
Original use: Tavern
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Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors; Vertical, no embellishment in mortar
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°18'33.94"N 78°49'32.90"W. Current owner of record, Wilson Lake Front Properties/White as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Editor's Note: Tax assessment roll property address is 310 Lake St.
Town of Wilson and Niagara County Maps
"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. Reference the eleventh paragraph on page 10.
The Land of Cobblestones, by Donald W. Croop 1976, Wilson Page 9, A Publication of the Wilson Bicentennial Committee and Wilson Historical Society, Niagara County, Wilson, N.Y.
"Some interesting facts about the Wilson House Restaurant & Inn & Wilson Community", Croop, Donald "Wilson Sketchbook" A History of Wilson, NY, 1994.
Edited publication excerpt about Luther Wilson House, "Cobblestone Homes and Legends Town of Wilson", by Wilson Historical Society.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Carveth House 6th Annual 06/06/1964, Tour of Cobblestone Homes, 09/28/2019. Tour photographs.
¹ Images courtesy Richard Palmer blog. Attribution not provided.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
³ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
4 Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
5 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.