Phe-3, Cargill, 983 Smith Rd.

Documentation

Building date: 1842

Original use:

Corner structures: Quoins are square cut, regular, and tooled.

Mortar application and content: Vertical, slight embellishment. Vertical pyramids. Vertical mortar is depressed below the top horizontal and cut off above the lower.

Types and uses of stones: Three sides constructed with red smooth rounded stones laid five courses to a quoin in front and four on the sides.The back is made of irregular, slightly smoothed stones of varied color laid 4 rows to the quoin.

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Map Location

Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°59'32.41"N 77°07'27.42"W. Current owner of record, Billings as of the 2019 Tax Roll.

Town of Phelps and Ontario County Maps

Comments, Additional Information, References

A two story house on Smith Rd. has three sides constructed with red smooth rounded stones laid five courses to a quoin in front and four on the sides. Quoins are square cut and regular. The back is made of irregular, slightly smoothed stones of varied color laid 4 rows to the quoin. The vertical mortar is depressed below the top horizontal and cut off above the lower. Roudabush Survey page 87

This Greek Revival-style house at 983 Smith Road was built by Charles Harmon of lake-washed red cobblestones in 1842. It is well preserved. It includes a charming cobblestone smoke house. It was placed on the National Register in 2002. Richard Palmer blog.

Realty advertisement, date unknown.

The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tours:

Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Cargill House 15th Annual 06/07/1975

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 5/22/1992. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form when available provides quite detailed information about the cobblestone structure. Harmon Cobblestone Farmhouse and Cobblestone Smokehouse Wikipedia article.

Photographs

Phe-3 Cargill 1.jpg ¹ 1970 Photograph by Clyde Maffin, Ontario County Historian 1968-81.	GP Ontario Phelps Phe-3 1-2 N.jpg ² 8/20/1971	Phe_3_1.jpg	Phe_3_2.jpg
Phe_3_3.jpg	Phe_3_4.jpg	Phe_3_5.jpg	Phe-3 Cargill 2.jpg
Phe-3 983 Smith Rd 1.jpg ³	Phe-3 983 Smith Rd 2.jpg ³	Phe-3 983 Smith Rd 3.jpg ³	Phe-3 983 Smith Rd 4.jpg ³
IMG_1145.jpg 4	IMG_1146.jpg 4 Facing west	IMG_1147.jpg 4 Facing north

¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Gerda Peterich. Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
⁴ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.