Building date: 1846
Original use: Schoolhouse
Corner structures: Red sandstone
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids
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Types and choice of windows: Lintels red stone solid
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°18'59.47"N 78°21'16.93"W. Current owner of record, Sandy Knoll Farms Inc as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Yates and Orleans County Maps
This old 1846 school house at 11870 Platten Road is in excellent condition. But the original Greek revival frieze work and cornice moldings are covered up by the aluminum. The windows were originally 6 over 6 and most likely had shutters. The original door is missing and the windows appear to have been modified as can be seen by the cement running down the edges. Richard Palmer blog.
"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 paragraph ten in page 10.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 93, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Schoolhouse
- Page 144
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
