Building date: 1836
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Types and uses of stones: Vertical, no embellishment in mortar
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Structures with similar masonry details: Wil-4 Kosanovich
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Unique features: Stones only between quoins.
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°14'28.93"N 78°46'30.92"W. Current owner of record, Hare as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Wilson and Niagara County Maps
The Roudabush Survey lists the name in the survey as Penatale, and as DeNatale on the photograph label.
According to Carl Schmidt, the front of this house between the corner quoins is covered with plaster. The Cobblestone Tour brochure from Niagara County says that the area underwent extensive repair. Examination of the east side of the front wall shows faces of stones and trowel marks. On the west side, stones are more evident and do not resemble the cobblestones between the quoins; they appear to be smaller editions of the stones on the side walls. Instead of being covered with "plaster", the whole surface of the wall may have been replaced with new stones after removing the old cobblestones. Roudabush Survey age 74
The William Woodcock Sr. house at 4831 Chestnut Road, town of Wilson, Niagara county, was started in 1836 and completed in 1840. Stones were treansported from Lake Ontario by wagon. The property remained in this family for more than a century. The front cobblestone facade facing south apparently collapsed many years ago and was never properly restored. It appears the entire surface may have been replaced with "new" stones after removal of the old cobblestones. The east wall of the house appears to have escaped the problems of the front. The west side is hidden by shrubbery and difficult to photograph, but appears to be okay. Richard Palmer blog.
The Land of Cobblestones, by Donald W. Croop 1976, William Woodcock Page 11, A Publication of the Wilson Bicentennial Committee and Wilson Historical Society, Niagara County, Wilson, N.Y.
Edited publication excerpt about William Woodcock House, "Cobblestone Homes and Legends Town of Wilson", by Wilson Historical Society.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Reynolds - Reith House
- Page 88
¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
