This 2-story home has small, red cobbles. The wooden lintels have a raised segment in the middle of the top. Repairs to the mortar are evidenced by lighter colors and filled-in cracks.

From Hoffman Foundation Wayne County History Scholarship
Essays (1955). Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County by Verlyn Edward Klahn.
Courtesy of the Office of the Wayne County Historian.

GEORGE ELLIS HOUSE

George Ellis owns this cobblestone house in Sodus Center.

STONES: Red lake stones were used in the main wing of the house. Mostly gray and black stones measuring
l 1/2 -3 x 1 3/4 - 2 inches are found in the side addition.

 
JOINT: The fairly wavy horizontal V is 1 inch high. The vertical joints are V's and pyramids.

MORTAR: The mortar is brown and pebbly.

QUOINS: The sandstone quoins are regular.

LINTELS: The Lintels are wooden.