Lim-1, Schoolhouse District 6, 6679 Jenks Rd.

Documentation

Building date: 1843

Original use: Schoolhouse

Corner structures:

Mortar application and content: Vertical no embellishment. Vertical pyramids - bottom of vertical expanded into a pyramid.

Types and uses of stones: Elongated horizontally field stones

Types and choice of windows:

Structures with similar masonry details:

Masons who worked on building:

Unique features:

Map Location

Map views courtesy Google Maps street level view. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°52'36.52"N 77°38'43.23"W. Current owner of record, Stevenson as of date (YMD) 190416.

Town of Lima and Livingston County Maps

Comments, Additional Information, References

District school house No. 6 at 6679 Jenks Road, Lima, was built in 1843 of field stones. Richard Palmer blog.

National Register of Historic Places Registration This property is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Asset Detail National Register of Historic Places effective 8/31/1989. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form provides detailed information about cobblestone structure. School No. 6 Wikipedia article.

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"Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Jenks Road School House

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Photographs

Lim-1 Schoolhouse 1.jpg ¹ 1947	Lim_1_1.jpg	Lim_1_2.jpg	Lim_1_3.jpg
Lim_1_4.jpg	Lim-1 Schoolhouse 2.jpg ¹	Lim-1 6679 Jenks Rd 1.jpg ²	Lim-1 6679 Jenks Rd 2.jpg ²
School house, 6679 Jenks Road, Lima (1).jpg ³	School house, 6679 Jenks Road, Lima (2).jpg ³	IMG_1883.jpg ³

¹ Photography courtesy John Vrooman, from the archives of the Cobblestone Museum. The photo might have been taken in 1947 for a NYS Department of Education project that documented historic structures and sites as selected by local historians. Holly Watson, Deputy Livingston County Historian, email 11/30/2020
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.