Building date: 1847
Original use:
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content: Horizontal rounded. Vertical, thin rounded
Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details: Yat-1 Billingsley, Yat-5 Sutton-Voelker, Alb-3 Russell, Gai-9 Bacon-Neilans
Masons who worked on building: Warner, Guernsey
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°21'59.80"N 78°19'01.28"W. Current owner of record, Benson as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Yates and Orleans County Maps
This house at 12449 Lake Shore Road was built in 1847 by Guernsey Warner for Abel S. Barnum who came here in 1831 after purchasing 113 acres from the Holland Land Company. It is faced with lake-washed red sandstones.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 96, by Delia Robinson, Edited by Evelyn Lyman and William Nestle. Jointly published by The Cobblestone Society and The Orleans County Historical Association, December 1996.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Barnum Home Tour of Cobblestone Homes 09/30/2017
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Barnam - Webster House
- Page 143
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
