Building date: 1849
Original use:
Corner structures: The quoins are short vertically and elongated horizontally, leaving a narrow space between quoins, which has relatively large stones set in the space.
Mortar application and content: Vertical no embellishment. Stones appear to be protruding from a matrix of mortar which is scored with a double line horizontally, while vertically there is only a single tooled line. The mortar is fairly flat between stones and has horizontal ridges between rows, the ridges being drawn to a sharp edge, so that the cross section would resemble a V.
Types and uses of stones: Irregular, rough, large stones are in squares of mortar, the edges of which are elevated, so that the stones appear to be in a box. The stones at the end of the quoins are in rows one and one-half rows per quoin.
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details: Win-1a Thomas Barn Her-1a, Exe-3 McLaughlin Ots-3
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°52'34.3"N 75°11'33.32"W. Current owner of record, Thomas as of date (YMD) 190411.
Town of Winfield and Herkimer County Maps
In West Winfield, Herkimer County, Win-1 [Her-1] and Win-1a [Her-1a], the house and barn both have areas where the stones appear to be protruding from a matrix of mortar which is scored with a double line horizontally, while vertically there is only a single tooled line. The former schoolhouse on County Road 24 at County Road 23, Schuyler Lake, Otsego County, (Exe-3 McLaughlin Ots-3), which is about 10 miles from W. Winfield, has areas in its walls which, for all practical purposes, are identical to Win-1 [Her-1] and Win-1a [Her-1a], and probably were made by the same mason. The Herkimer buildings have other unique features, which probably indicates that the mason doing the scoring was one of a group of masons. Roudabush Survey page 27.
The house on Route 51, just south of the village of West Winfield, has unique treatment of the mortar. The quoins are short vertically and elongated horizontally, leaving a narrow space between quoins, which has relatively large stones set in the space. These large stones are in squares of mortar, the edges of which are elevated, so that the stones appear to be in a box. The stones at the end of the quoins are in rows one and one-half rows per quoin. The mortar is fairly flat between stones and has horizontal ridges between rows, the ridges being drawn to a sharp edge, so that the cross section would resemble a V. On the south wall, which is now inside an enclosed porch, the stones between quoins are similar to the northwest corner, but the squares are scored on flat areas of mortar. The area outside of the quoins has stones embedded in a matrix of mortar, with a flat surface scored in squares. Some of the squares have edges raised above the surface of the matrix. Toward the back of the south wall, the mortar matrix is scored without being embellished. Roudabush Survey page 53.
House at 8900 South St., Route 51, West Winfield was built by Philip Burns in 1849. Richard Palmer blog.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, George Thomas House
- Page 30
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¹ Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich.
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
