Cobblestone Buildings in Herkimer County

                               

                                

                                 Schuyler School District 3, Route 5, Schuyler

                                 built in 1849. Now Schuyler Fire Department.

Date stone on old school house in Schuyler

                               
                                                 

                              House at 8900 South St., Route 51, West Winfield was
                          built by Philip Burns in 1849.

As it appeared in the 1960s.
                                            

                          Rear of house at 8900 South St., Route 51, West Winfield 

   arn The cobblestone portion of this barn on the  Davis farm, 654 Route 20, West Winfield (east side) was built 1848-9 by Phillip Burns.   This barn is unique in that part of it is constructed of cobblestone which is rare in this part of New York State.  Other cobblestone structures he built included the Thomas house on South Street in West Winfield; the Yaw barn on Wall street in West Winfield; a school house in nearby Cedarville; and a factory in Little Falls.    

   The wooden portion of the Davis farm barn was built about 1809 as a three-day English barn. The wood-fame building section was turned and moved against the cobblestone barn in 1932. This covered up some of the interesting herringbone-design masonry on front of the cobblestone structure that is now visible only on the inside. The mason also included a design in the mortar on the inside of the haymow that resembles an imbedded whiskey keg.

    Cobblestone construction required the use of wooden forms, with several layers of cobblestone and mortar placed in the form. The form was moved up the wall as new layers of stones or courses were added. Large wooden scaffolding and ramps wee used to haul stones and mortar up to the top portions of the wall. 

                                                    West side of barn
                            

 Lee Palmer Armstrong law office at 390 West Main St., 

                        West Winfield, is believed to have been built by Philip 

                        Burns about 1849-50.

                             

                 Winfield District No. 9 School, Route 51, Cedarville. Built 1851 by Phillip Burns of West Winfield. It is now a private residence.

                              View of school house facing south.

                       Date stone on school house in Cedarville.

Smoke house at north end of Mc Koons Road (Router 472) a mile below Polly Miller Road, three miles south of Ilion in 1960s.

Hop dryer near Cedarville Road a mile east of Jordanville Road in 1960s, converted into a home.
                                _____

  The Journal and Courier of Little Falls, August 9, 1910, in an obituary for Charles A. Sprague of the village of Poland, mentions that he and his brother, D.A. Sprague, continued the business of wagon makers after their father, Charles, died in 1876 “in the same historical cobblestone building.”