Stone Houses of Jefferson County

240 Pages·2015·28.331 MB·English

by  Richard Margolis, Maureen Hubbard Barros, Brian Gorman, Robert A. Uhlig

Stone Houses of Jeff erson County
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of Stone Houses of Jeff erson County.
S TO N E
H O U S E S
of Jeff
erson County
•
Edited by
Maureen Hubbard Barros, Brian W. Gorman,
and Robert A. Uhlig
Photographs by Richard Margolis
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ISBN: 978-0-8156-1048-9 (cloth) 978-0-8156-5322-6 (e-book)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stone houses of Jeff erson County : edited by Maureen Hubbard Barros,
Brian W. Gorman, and Robert A. Uhlig ; Foreword by John B. Johnson
Jr. ; Photography by Richard Margolis. — First Edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8156-1048-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8156-
5322-6 (e-book) 1. Stone houses—New York (State) —Jeff erson
County. I. Barros, Maureen Anne Hubbard, 1939– editor.
NA7235.N72J447 2015
728'.370974757—dc23 2014048204
Manufactured in the United States of America
To Teresa Mitchell (1954–2012),
Executive Director of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail,
passionate promoter of local history, founding member of
the Stone Building Society of Northern New York,
friend, and catalyst for this book.

CON T E N TS

Foreword, john b. johnson jr. ix

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction
maureen hubbard barros, brian w. gorman,

and robert a. uhl ig 1
Part One. Towns South of the Black River, Inland
1. Town of Champion

lynn thor nton 15
2. Town of Rutland

brian w. gorman 23
3. Town of Watertown

maur een hubbard barros 30
4. Town of Adams

sue herse 39
Part Two. Towns South of the Black River, Bordering Lake Ontario
5. Town of Ellisburg

maureen hubbard barros and john dewitt 47
6. Town of Henderson

el aine sco tt, ann maurer, and gary rhodes 52
7. Town of Hounsfi eld

robert e. brennan and jeannie i. brennan 60
Part Three. Towns North of the Black River, Bordering
Lake Ontario or the St. Lawrence River
8. Town of Brownville

maur een hubbard barros 81
9. Town of Lyme

maur een hubbard barros 90
viii Contents

10. Town of Cape Vincent

rob ert a. uhl ig 101
11. Town of Clayton

nor man wagner 118
12. Town of Orleans

cl aire bonney 122
13. Town of Alexandria

gr eta sl ate 127
Part Four. Towns North of the Black River, Inland
14. Town of Theresa

maur een hubbard barros 137
15. Town of Antwerp

maur een hubbard barros 142
16. Town of LeRay

cl aire bonney and maureen hubbard barros 146
17. Town of Pamelia

maur een hubbard barros 153
Part Five. Building with Stone
18. Lost Stone Buildings

maur een hubbard barros 165
19. Geology and Quarrying

kenneth a. schwarz and maureen hubbard barros 169
20. Construction and Preservation

brian w. gorman 175

appendix a: Stone Structures Surveyed 193

appendix b: Masons, Architects, Builders, and Their Works 199

Glossary 201

Bibliography 205

Biographical Notes 211

Index 213