Wil-32, Cornwall Family Cottage, 4165 Lake Rd.

Documentation

Building date: Initial construction 1830

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Unique features: Facing north, exposed, walkout basement cobblestone wall. Frame house.

Map Location

Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°16'55.44"N 77°11'01.05"W. Current owner of record, Densmore as of the 2022 Tax Roll.

Town of Williamson and Wayne County 1978 Highway Maps

Comments, Additional Information, References

The house was owned by J. B. Todd in 1874 and later passed onto the Cornwall Family who still own it (as they still do in 2022). Also the home of Mr. Fisher, the local cobbler, whose shop was in the basement. Chester A. Peters, Williamson Town Historian, 1974.

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 12/31/2002. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form provides detailed information about cobblestone structure, content by pdf page count with a search on "4165": pages (noting a photograph is included), page 6 (description of structure - fails to mention cobblestone foundation), and pages 59-60 photograph View #4 by J. Johnston 1984. Pultneyville Historic District Wikipedia article.

Photographs

1874 D G Beers & Co Wil-32 Excerpt Map.jpg ¹

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Wil-32 Cornwall Family Cottage 1.jpg ³

¹ 1874 Atlas, D G Beers & Co, Wil-32 Excerpt Map, Village of Pultneyville.
² Image courtesy Nanette Peters Hance, President Williamson-Pultneyville Historical Society.
³ Photograph by Chester A. Peters, Putneyville, courtesy Cobblestone Museum