Building date: 1835
Original use: Schoolhouse
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment
Types and uses of stones: Medium-sized field cobbles
Types and choice of windows: Lintels gray cut stone, quoin-like sides
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features: Door with sandstone lintel and sides
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°59'48.52"N 77°30'16.81"W. Current owner of record, LOL Property Development, LLC as of the 2018 Tax Roll.
Town of Mendon and Monroe County Maps
Mendon Academy building at 16 Mendon Ionia Road is a Federal style cobblestone structure built about 1835. This school was started in 1836 by Rev. and Mrs. Marcenus Stone. In 1839 it was purchased by the District No. 2 School. It is constructed of medium-sized field cobbles and is one of 10 surviving cobblestone buildings in Mendon. The building was used as a school for about a century. It was acquired in 1950 by the Mendon Fire Department and remodeled for use as a fire hall. Since 2010, it now houses the Mendon Co-op. Richard Palmer blog.
Mendon Cobblestone Academy, LandmarkHunter.com database of historic of notable landmarks in the United states past and present.
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Mendon School House
- Page 58, Types from the Mendon Area Page 234
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
