This is an early period 2-story home similar to the cobblestone house at 5584 Main Street in Sodus Center. there are now rows to the mortar. The back wing and wrap-around porch are later additions. The front gable end has a medallion.

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.

BARKLEY HOUSE IN SODUS CENTER

Jacob Barkley owned this house for many years after which his daughter owned it until her death at 90 years of age. This house is unusual in that there are no regular joints between the stones. The mortar is badly weathered. This and the house across from the store were the only houses seen in Wayne county that did not have shaped joints.

STONES: The stones are mostly of the field variety of all colors. They measure 3 - 8 x 3 1/2 - 4 inches.

JOINTS: The distance between stones is from 1 to 2 inches. There is rio shaped joint.

MORTAR: The mortar is very crumbly and pebbly, of a brownish color.

QUOINS: The quoins are long, irregular, gray stones.

LINTELS: The lintels are wooden.