Building date: 1856
Original use: Winfield District No. 9 Schoolhouse
Corner structures: Variable, elongated horizontally. Quoins of gray limestone that are variable in length and height.
Mortar application and content: Scored. Vertical no embellishment. Stones are embedded in mortar which is depressed immediately around the stones and crudely marked, so that the stones appear to be in square boxes. On the right side wall, the point of a trowel was apparently used to mark horizontal and vertical lines between stones. It seems apparent that at least two masons, or masons from two schools, were involved in the construction.
Types and uses of stones: Irregular rough. Stones are moderate in size, of varying color, and some are smooth mixed with a majority of rough and irregular.
Types and choice of windows: Door and window lintels are made of gray limestone.
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°55'48.24"N 75°07'06.34"W. Current owner of record, Wilkinson as of date (YMD) 190411.
Town of Winfield and Herkimer County Maps
The former one story schoolhouse on Wall St, Cedarville, has quoins of gray limestone that are variable in length and height. Door and window lintels are made of the same type of stone. Stones are moderate in size, of varying color, and some are smooth mixed with a majority of rough and irregular. In the front wall, the stones are embedded in mortar which is depressed immediately around the stones and crudely marked, so that the stones appear to be in square boxes. On the right side wall, the point of a trowel was apparently used to mark horizontal and vertical lines between stones. It seems apparent that at least two masons, or masons from two schools, were involved in the construction. Roudabush Survey page 53.
Winfield District No. 9 School, Route 51, Cedarville. Built 1856. Now private residence. Richard Palmer blog.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, School House
- Page 30
 Cobblestone School, WIN-2.jpg Postcard |  Win_2_1.jpg |  Win_2_2.jpg |  Win_2_3.jpg |
 Win_2_4.jpg |  Cedarville School 1.jpg ¹ |  side view.jpg ² South view |  New date stone.jpg ² |
¹ Image courtesy Dave Porter, image collector, Cazenovia, New York.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
