Building date: About 1840
Original use:
Corner structures: Red sandstone
Mortar application and content: Vertical, thin rounded
Types and uses of stones:
Types and choice of windows: Lintels red stone solid
Structures with similar masonry details: Yat-1 Billingsley, Yat-4 Guemple, Alb-3 Russell, Gai-9 Bacon-Neilans
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°21'00.39"N 78°18'35.03"W. Current owner of record, Martin as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Yates and Orleans County Maps
This house at 12551 Roosevelt Highway was built for Reuben Root about 1840. He was an early-day vessel captain on Lake Ontario. Richard Palmer blog.
"Cobblestone Buildings of Orleans County, N. Y.", A Local History, page 94, 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, Sutton - Voelker House
- Pages 144 - 145
 Yat-5 Sutton-Voelker 1.jpg ¹ Pease Collection 1940-41 |  Yat-5 Sutton-Voelker 2.jpg ¹ J Orr Photograph |  Yat-5 Sutton-Voelker 3.jpg ¹ J Orr Photograph |  Yat_5_1.jpg |
 Yat_5_2.jpg |  Yat_5_3.jpg |  Yat_5_4.jpg |  Yat-5 12551 Roosevelt Highway 1.jpg ² |
 Yat-5 12551 Roosevelt Highway 2.jpg ² |  Yates - 12551 Roosevelt Highway.jpg ³ |
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
