Building date: 1845
Original use:
Corner structures: Red sandstone
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids
Types and uses of stones: Small, various colors
Types and choice of windows: Lintels red cut stone
Structures with similar masonry details: Ont-9 Peterson
Masons who worked on building: Clark
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°14'59.05"N 77°18'19.63"W. Current owner of record, Hillegeer as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Ontario and Wayne County Maps
Cobblestone structure excerpts pages 82 (photograph) and 83 "Gurnee - Hillegeer House" from the book "History of the Town of Ontario 1807-1971", Town of Ontario Historical Society, limited edition revision, September 1971. Reproduced with copyright permission provided by the Town of Ontario Historical Society and Heritage Square Museum.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:
Gurnee - Hillegeer House 4th Annual 06/06/1964Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Gurnee Cobblestone house
- "Cobblestone Architecture", 1944, Carl Schmidt
- Page 37, Page 49,
- Exterior Entrance, the Marvin Gurnee House, Ontario Center Rd., Ontario, N.Y., Page 93
- Exterior Entrance, the Marvin Gurnee House, Ontario Center Rd., Ontario, N.Y., Page 93
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Gurnee - Hillegeer House
- Page 172, Method of Laying Cobblestones and Striking the Joints Page 250
- Sections Thru Various Stone Courses, Page 255, Three Types of Cobblestone Work Page 262, Main Entrance Page 278
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
