"C" is for Cobblestone....
All of these beautiful structures were part of a tour that was held Saturday.
They are all located in or near Childs, New York.
"Cobblestone masonry was a construction method in which stones, laid in horizontal rows and set in projecting, decorative mortar, were used to enhance the beauty of an architectural style such as Federal or Greek Revival."
"This masonry style began, matured and ended during the period of creativity and growth between the completion of the Erie Canal and the beginning of the Civil War."
"Originating in New York State, it spread with pioneers moving westward along the Great Lakes Plain."
"It is now believed over 1200 of these buildings were constructed in North America."
"Ninety percent of these cobblestone buildings can be found within a 75 mile radius of Rochester, New York."
"By 1860 this form of building became too expensive for the industrial age and the art diminished."
This information was prepared by the Cobblestone Society of Childs, New York.
Our community is so rich in architecture...among other things!
Hope you enjoyed the tour....
These photographs were taken by my assistant, Gary Skoog. He went on the tour while I stayed home with our grandkids.
16 comments:
Lori, Thanks for the cobblestone lesson, it was very interesting! So elegant looking..I really like it. You are lucky to live in an area so full of history:)
What beautiful buildings!!! Great photos.
Charming Cobblestone! I've never seen a building made with those stones before. My favorite thing are the cornerstones of those buildings. Wow!
That last photo is beautiful!
~Lisa
lori, lovely photographs & thanks for the history lesson :)
That was one fascinating history lesson. I had never heard of cobblestone buildings before. The buildings look in great shape and your photos are so good especially the last with decorations.
Very nice, old cobblestone buildings are interesting..:-)
Those buildings are just beautiful. Great shots and thanks for the tour.
Awe-inspiring buildings! Greek Revival is always appealing to me and the GR trim in your pics is such a great contrast to the stone.
I thought the cobblestone was very interesting. :)
Wow, I had no idea there were so many built with this stone method. I always thought it was a homebuilder just using the materials at hand. Seeing them all gathered together is great. Your photos look like a very interesting book could come out of them.
What beautiful buildings; love the close up of the porch (and I got to listen to Pavarotti!)
What a delightful choice for this challenge. Your community is very fortunate to have this historical architecture so well tended and preserved.
Beautiful buildings the detail is amazing you can see how much work went into them, they sure don't make them like that anymore.
Beautiful intersection of classic and rustic, thanks sharing these beauties with us!
Cool!
Hi Lori and Gary. Those are handsome stone buildings. In the past we used flint cobbles a good deal for building, in fact one wall of my undercroft is built of flint cobbles with brick stringing. Flints were used more in Norfolk, though, than here in Suffolk. There is a stone age flint mine in Norfolk - Grimes Graves.
Warm regards, Mike.
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