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Cobblestone house

Historic Site #:12-034   (Exists)   Type: D,D1 Town:Sodus
Site Name:Cobblestone houseGPS Coordinates:43.21257, -77.04172
Address:5821 Buerman Rd Sodus New York
Description:
 
Photo from Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County blogPhoto from Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County blog
Photo from Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County blogPhoto by Bavis, 2014
 
Historic narrative:





This home was built in 1820. It is a  picture perfect Cobblestone Farmhouse on 25+ acres


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.


BOONE HOUSE ON BUERMAN ROAD


Richard Boone has lived in this house on Buerman Road for three years. Previously the Bremans, Leurgans, and La Plurgies have lived here. The farm was once very large  several other farms having been carved from it.


STONES  The all color field and lake stones are 3-6 by 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 inches. Courses are from 4 to 5 inches high.


JOINTS-s The wavy horizontal V is 1 to 1 1/2 inches high. Vertical joints are V*s and pyramids.


MORTAR The mortar is coarse, very pebbly, and brown in color


QUOINS The sandstone quoins are irregular and untooled.


LINTELS The lintels are wooden





References:

Cobblestone Society Database - Sodus 2

Hoffman Foundation Wayne County History Scholarship Essays (1955). Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County by Verlyn Edward Klahn.