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Cobblestone house

Historic Site #:12-039   (Exists)   Type: D,D1 Town:Sodus
Site Name:Cobblestone houseGPS Coordinates:43.23839, -77.03237
Address:7386 State St. Ext. Sodus New York at Kelly Rd
Description:
Howard Cobblestone House


 
Photo from Hoffman Foundation Wayne County History Scholarship Essays (1955). Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County by Verlyn Edward Klahn
 
Historic narrative:

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.



HOWARD HOUSE ON THE CORNER OF STATE ST. AND KELLY ROADS

Mrs. Howard bought this house on the corner of State Street and Kelly roads from Mrs. Carrie B. Eisher


STONES: .The red lakestones are 1 to 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 -1 3/4 inches. Courses are 3 inches.


JOINTS : The wavy horizontal V is 1 1/4 inches high. Vertical joints are Vs and pyramids.


MORTAR: The fine mortar is brown and extremely hard.


QUOINS and LINTELS: The quoins and lintels are regular, untooled sandstone.



References:

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

Cobblestone Society Database - Sodus 34