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Talcott Tavern 1824-25 This two-story house located on NYS Rte 11, near the Old Rome State Road was noted as a stage coach and stopping place until the arrival of the railroad. Nearby are waterfalls and a bluff that once was the site of a large Onondaga settlement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554071075197-FAGPW1QLUG3ALY2DXO75/2.-Jesse-Smith-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 2. Jesse Smith House 1831 This large front-gable house reflects the prominence and business skills of its first owner in the village named for him, Smithville. Just inside the front door is a dramatic spiral stairway, unique to stone houses of the county. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554071154448-6NBIECOWCKYCI9ZVWMLI/3.-Austin-Robbins-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 3. Austin Robbins House c. 1830 Another front gable farmhouse near Smithville. It has a wide stone chimney with an elliptical fan in the gable peak. A semicircular arch with keystone tops the front entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554071389162-GGQW8NK0QVCMNEBUVOFL/4.-Adams-bridge-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 4. Adams stone arch bridge over Sandy Creek late 1800s Built in the late 1800s and still in use today. These commercial buildings were on the bridge until 2008. Photo: Collection of James Sinclair, Adams, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554071815723-YYANCRXKAWMU3UA68E8H/5.-Azariah-Walton-House_5769-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 5. The Azariah Walton House 1835 Built when the port of Alexandria Bay was young and Azariah Walton was the collector of customs. Its gable front with 12/12 windows faces onto busy James Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554072054469-NH0HHHCUV1WOOL5M9DL1/6.-cornwall.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 6. The Cornwall Brothers Store 1866 Seen from the St. Lawrence River, where in the 1800s it carried on a flourishing business in wood and ashes. A spark from a riverboat supposedly caused an earlier frame store to burn and it was replaced by this large stone building whose limestone sills and quoins are said to have been quarried and dressed in Kingston, Ontario, and shipped across to Alexandria Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554073140731-D2UP8EM7COC3GWHPSS3G/7.-Reformed-Church-of-Alex-Bay-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 7. The Reformed Church of the Thousand Isles 1848-1851 The Reformed Church of the Thousand Isles reflects an interesting aspect of local history: the need for summer visitors in the 1840s to have Sunday services. The structure is solidly built of dolomitic sandstone with funds largely provided by other Dutch Reform churches in New York State. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554073204197-V0QC9A3YFH0JDIRJYPI4/8.-Asa-E.-Newman-House_5968-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 8. The Asa Newman House 1826-27 The front façade has four bays with an off-center doorway. Windows and doors are topped with voussoirs in this vernacular house built from sandstone in a nearby outcropping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554073342427-CT9OEHQ357X1BUFEOQ3M/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 9. The Copeland House 1816 The Copeland House faces the Indian River and a beautiful stone arch bridge. Its square presence with right of center Greek Revival entrance was built by Ezra Church who with his brother Daniel Whipple Church rebuilt the gristmill and sawmill in Antwerp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554930814142-0LMIDQ9ANNJLG2J9OGBY/10a.-Hindsdale-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 10. The Ira Hinsdale House c. 1820 The Ira Hinsdale House was built into the hillside with its kitchen just off the driveway. Its layout perfectly fulfills the needs of a farm family with easy access to fields, and spaces for food preparation and living. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554740806760-XJSW4BIXQ90A9JDGNN9U/11.-Jacob-Brown-Mansion_6_2229_4-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 11. General Jacob Brown Mansion 1811-15 Built of large blocks of limestone quarried nearby, this grand square mansion was home to the founder of Brownville and the site of military meetings during the War of 1812. Today it is a proud focal point for the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554740866258-JKLUH3ABU1T9W4PUXGLX/12.-Knap-Mansion_6_2336_3-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 12. Thomas L. Knap Mansion 1826-38 This three-bay mansion overlooks a commercially busy section of the Black River in the village of Brownville. Its stepped gable ends are imposing and the windows and doors are surrounded by stone quoins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554740907292-CMK3QBRAMVWARPIBDHVE/13.-Henry-Brown-Mansion-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 13. Henry Brown Mansion 1830 The Henry Brown Mansion has a wonderful symmetry in its five-bay façade. The stone work is especially fine and uses large blocks of local limestone in contrasting shades of gray. Nearby is a springhouse that bestrides Philomel Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554740954142-F09XRBW5GVDWP0NYG35D/14.-Calvin-Britton-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 14. Calvin Britton House 1815-16 Built into the hillside and surrounded by stone fences, this house has especially thick walls. The front door is recessed and the plan of the house may reflect the first owner’s English roots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554740986514-A825J8LA6AILDPOU9DTE/15.-Allen-Road-School-House_2047_2-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 15. Allen Road School House c. 1840 Allen Road School House is an example of the many stone schoolhouses built in the county. Two front doors provided separate entrances for boys and girls. A small stone ell held bathrooms at the rear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554741033642-QS7SZ48MXZTR695NS7DF/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 16. Samuel Read House 1827 Samuel Read House is one of the smallest vernacular farmhouses in the area. Its three-bay façade looks over the road, with Lake Ontario at its side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745149709-CCP3OK5FNCM2RUS2QGV3/17.-Daniel-Ackerman-House.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 17. Daniel Ackerman House c 1835 This small vernacular farmhouse on Pillar Point is about a quarter of a mile from Lake Ontario. Like many stone buildings it sits on bedrock with grooves from the ice age incised into the cellar floor. Water for the house comes from a dug well shaped like a 32 foot deep ice cream cone that was blasted out of the stone with black powder. Photo: M. Barros https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/ca59f574-2cd7-4707-97fd-c95e35e0585d/gilson.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 18. Gilson House c. 1811 or 1821 Tradition has it that this two-story limestone house was built about the same time as the nearby General Jacob Brown mansion and during the War of 1812 was possibly used to quarter officers. A link to this military past was a tall narrow gun cupboard now removed from the center stairway. However, the research of David F. Lane (Watertown Daily Times, “Old Houses of the North Country,” Sept. 8, 1945) finds that the house was built by Luther Gilson sometime after the land was purchased in 1821. The house stands comfortably next to its twin in the Village of Brownville. The house’s random ashlar stonework with corner quoins and prominent lintels remains in good condition and is similar to stonework elsewhere in the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745281449-7VSDESQWTRFC849TDPID/18.-Stone-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 19. The Stone House 1815 The Stone House was built for Vincent Le Ray by mason Hugh MacPherson of stone from Carleton Island. Unusually, its first floor doors and windows are arched with fanlights and keystones. Its wooden balustrade is remarkably still in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745328182-AIPNOJSEEGNRNFT40IQ7/19.-St.-Vincent-of-Paul-Church-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 20. St. Vincent of Paul Church 1851 St. Vincent of Paul Church was built by stonemason Ignatious Wiley, a German immigrant who is noted for construction of several buildings in Cape Vincent. The church, built of locally quarried limestone, has tall Gothic-style entrance and windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745784321-A8EZBLT0JUBX3S5C3PDO/20.-Duvillard-Mill_Bureau-of-Fisheries5_7494-copy-2.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 21. Duvillard Mill, US Bureau of Fisheries 1856 Designed by John Antoine Duvillard, built by Ignatious Wiley. The mill was run by steam power from the small building on the south wall. Seen from the St. Lawrence River, the mill was an imposing structure on the shoreline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745449049-GFJI2J3O3Q47RIVENHNI/21.-Wiley-House-copy-2.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 22. The Wiley House c. 1847 The Wiley House was built by stonemason Ignatious Wiley with stone cut from the bed of the Kent Creek which flowed nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745502110-Y9CZNI5DNFGUHYC9WNMD/22.-Dezengremel-House_5_7512_2-copy-2.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 23. The Dezengremel House 1850 The Dezengremel House was built by stone mason Ignatious Wiley not too far from his own house. Its superb stone work is evenly coursed with voussoirs over the windows and door. The long stone ell with its front porch leads back to a stable and the working side of the large farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745563033-P83E7S4XR7WU5GHFSL9U/23.-Docteur-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 24. The Dye, Fitch House c. 1830 The Dye, Fitch House is a good example of one-and-a-half story vernacular architecture. Built against a hillside, its roof overhang provides a west-facing porch. It fits snugly into the landscape on the road leading toward the St. Vincent de Paul Church and cemetery in Rosiere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745672368-WTMP4YFUAM9L5BI9LFEH/24.-Johnson-House-copy-2.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 25. The Johnson House 1850 The Johnson House has a panoramic view of the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. The original kitchen was located in the side ell with a porch to appreciate the view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745703169-NW11DHRZI2VDM89SSPTF/25.-Peugnet-House-copy-2.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 26. The Louis Peugnet House 1837-40 The Louis Peugnet House is a perfect example of French influence on a Jefferson County building. It boasts interior chimneys, a flaring porch, and casement windows. Voussoirs top the windows and doors. The limestone is coursed on the front and sides and rubble at the rear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745845584-7NZIQJVKIAUVD78DEBYC/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 27. The Rogers Homestead 1838 The Rogers Homestead is known for its association with the Rogers Brothers Seed Company, an important early business that still thrives in Idaho. Old cottonwood trees frame this vernacular limestone house which looks out over Lake Ontario. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745895576-642AKT120K0LOOT4PAI7/27.-George-Cough-Jr-House-copy-2.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 28. The George Cough Jr. House c. 1835 The George Cough Jr. House is noted for its eyebrow windows which provide a view of Wilson Bay from the second floor of this small vernacular house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554745955002-33GYL00GQALSW4LYSTNH/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 29. The Eber Kelsey House (Deer Lick Farm) 1832 The Eber Kelsey House, also known as Deer Lick Farm, was built by an early settler and land agent. Its one-and-a-half stories are of rough cut stone with smooth lintels and sills. Today it is the attractive centerpiece of a vineyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1557166310364-Q8HKCGL2C5RWTOQFLNMN/DavidDodge.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 30. The David Dodge House 1835-54 The David Dodge House has an interesting layout and highly unusual stonework with inclusions of crystals and cephalopod fossils. A one-story ell extends from the front gable, and from this ell, another extends toward the rear of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746049967-C60ALNC1EFMCKPTVTPKG/30.-Hiram-Hubbard-Homestead-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 31. The Hiram Hubbard Homestead 1820 The Hiram Hubbard Homestead was built for Noadiah Hubbard and was one of a cluster of stone buildings in the village of Champion. It remained in the family until 2005 when it was donated to the 4 River Valleys Historical Society. Asa Eggleston is mentioned as the stonemason in charge of constructing many of Noadiah's buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746099179-Q628B19169UACGCX44WM/31.-Noadiah-Hubbard-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 32. Noadiah Hubbard House 1831 This house was built because Noadiah Hubbard wanted a larger, more elaborate home than his first house, the Hiram Hubbard House across the road. The house boasts a central hall with a beautiful stairway and high ceilings. A limestone gutter is still in place across the front of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746140739-VA9Q38N8M5YFQX2RUS28/32.-Asa-Gates-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 33. The Asa Gates House 1828 The Asa Gates House is set into the hillside near the Hubbard stone houses in Champion. It was built by Asa Gates and has his initials over the front door. The kitchen fireplace has a beehive oven and some of the original windows remain in the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746179515-GT2OA0O671M6DDJDXZ28/33.-Dorwin-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 34. The William Dorwin House 1823 The William Dorwin House was built in 1823 in the Georgian style. It sits on a hill well back from the road in a grove of maple trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746215045-5BAQ9Z76LI7YVAHMUAC8/34.-PECK-HOUSE_5943-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 35. The Joseph Peck House 1827 The Joseph Peck House was built from a ledge of limestone quarried on the nearby farm of the parents of Frank W. Woolworth, the chain store magnate. This fine old farmstead remains in the Peck family. Photo: M. Barros https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746362186-XG34GZQ6LCT6AHQ5T1LP/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 36. The Pennock House 1825 The Pennock House was built by the Reverend Wilson Pennock with his own hands from limestone quarried nearby. Ground-floor windows and doors are topped by voussoirs and the gable end chimneys are especially fine. Photo: M. Barros https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746413713-DIMZ04KQJZ2LUMQORA13/36.-Jefferson-Hotel-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 37. The Jefferson Hotel 1842 The Jefferson Hotel was built by Jewett Clark, a contractor on the Black River Canal near a bend in the river called Great Bend. It stands three stories high and was once a stagecoach stop. Photo: David F. Lane, Watertown Daily Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746488528-TD6CVH7UWPB1BUB6G85Q/37.-Greystone-copy-2.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 38. The Greystone Inn c. 1815 The Greystone Inn was perfectly located to overlook roads meeting between Ogdensburg, Watertown, and Clayton. The limestone is rough but well coursed, with smoothly dressed lintels and sills. A two-story wooden verandah is attached to the stone structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746531030-GT9CH8B0ZEKOM65KTULP/38.-Hugunin-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 39. The Hugunin House c. 1836 The Hugunin House is a large two-story house with its gable front facing Hugunin Street and side entrance on Merrick Street. The limestone is rough cut with smooth lintels, sills, and water table. The lintel over the front door is extremely large and perhaps not original. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746611533-QWXT2XDHO6JW3BCLCC1T/39.-Angel-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 40. Angel House c. 1853 Angel House was built later than most stone houses in Jefferson County. Its Gothic Revival cottage style in stone is similar to houses across the St. Lawrence River in Ontario. The stone is rough coursed with stepped wooden moldings on the doors and windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746668820-JV4W6DCIIE8PIBQIXZ81/40.-Salisbury-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 41. The Salisbury House c. 1833 The Salisbury House was built in the middle of rich farmland and is still surrounded by fields today. Limestone for the house was brought from nearby Sandy Creek at Woodville for ten cents a load. The stone is rough cut in fairly large blocks and very evenly laid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746699913-H8VAV663D48ZXY4741KY/41.--Amos-E.-Wood-House--5348_2-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 42. The Amos Eastman Wood House c. 1825 The Amos Eastman Wood House was built by one of the founders of Woodville. Instead of the usual double-faced-wall construction, thick blocks form a single wall which is covered with split lath and plaster on the interior. The tooled limestone blocks are twelve inches thick, seven to ten inches high, up to eight feet long, and quarried from the Sandy Creek just behind the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746744146-B3QIRXDVAAZNRCJM6175/42.-Weeks-house-.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 43. The Weeks House c. 1811 The Weeks House looks over Big Stony Creek and its falls, which once provided power for a gristmill. Painted lintels and sills on the house accentuate the symmetry of the façade. The interior has retained much of its original woodwork, including an entire tree incorporated into the foundation of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746803252-YAQQ9OFD9JHKXCNNNQP6/43.-Norton%2C-Burnham-House_1408.2-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 44. The Norton, Burnham House c. 1820 The Norton, Burnham House is built of rough cut limestones possibly quarried on the property. Most of the exterior shutters, hardware, and windows are original to the house. With its symmetrical five-bay façade, the house was the birthplace of architect and city planner Daniel Hudson Burnham, who designed the Flatiron Building in New York City and Union Station in Washington, DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746853425-VG6IYP5TEE34YL5E6WV0/44.-Dobson-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 45. The Dobson House c. 1820 The Dobson House was built by a Welsh-born stonemason on the old road leading to Henderson Harbor. The rough-cut stonework has corner quoins. The cornice has a fine dentil pattern. The 6/6 windows have wooden sashes with ribbed round moldings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746890139-FXJ2T2P46N21NC30OU83/45.-Harvey-Smith-House_5-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 46. The Harvey Smith House c. 1839 The Harvey Smith House is a small vernacular house once part of a community on Bishop Street. Its narrow entrance has a rounded arch and keystone set in the coursed rubble front wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746936441-PWAAQCA7ZK5D7L9WVAE0/46.-Oliver-Bates-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 47. The Oliver Bates House c. 1820 The Oliver Bates House is known for its association with Mormon missionaries. The house is built from limestone, said to have been quarried from the back fields where the bedrock breaks the surface. The house has one and a half stories, with a fan light and keystone arch over the main doorway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554746970234-7KX5M9IMQ1QMLI6YAKMJ/47.-Union-Hotel-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 48. The Union Hotel 1817-18 The Union Hotel overlooks both the port and Market Square in Sackets Harbor. The building reflects Federal architecture with its symmetrical arrangement of openings, central transverse hall, and a doorway with elliptical transom and side lights. Squared stone quoins reinforce and accentuate the corners, window openings, and doors. Originally, it had stepped gables with fan lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554747174689-CX8X6152C4HQFWQBCJ3M/48.-Stone-Row-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 49. Stone Row, Madison Barracks 1816-19 This end house with stepped gables is adjacent to the sally port. The stonework of the front is ashlar limestone. It is one of the most impressive houses and intended for the highest-ranking officers. Named for President Madison, the barracks were intended as a permanent post to protect the northern border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554747224669-H7G2RP2M3ZBEOUGP0WNP/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 50. The Hospital, Madison Barracks 1838 The Hospital, Madison Barracks was one of the first permanent military hospitals in the United States. It was constructed of locally quarried limestone in the Greek Revival style. The corners have dressed stone quoins and the cornice is of stone. Light flowed into the two-story building from a skylight at the apex of the roof, which was surrounded by a balustrade. Matching one-story wings are attached to the main block. At one time the wings' raised basements had vaulted brick cisterns for storing rainwater collected from the main roof. Photo from 1860s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554747280610-MGELNOVKYIB610Z0A2JV/50.-Old-Mill-8027_2-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 51. The Old Mill 1808-1818 The Old Mill overlooks Black River Bay at Sackets Harbor and was originally a sawmill for cutting logs floated down the Black River. Built by Elisha Camp, a wealthy landowner who promoted Sackets Harbor as a commercial center, its limestone walls are five feet thick at the base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554747342844-D4XN53TJKZOJXLXNAT4L/51.-Christ-Episcopal-Church--copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 52. Christ Episcopal Church 1823-1832 Christ Episcopal Church is one of Jefferson County's earliest churches. The stone building is enhanced by a wooden-columned portico and belfry. Its pointed Gothic Revival windows have smooth quoins set against rubble stone side walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554747409233-CDCGGUCKNP1KO8228IXW/Sackets+Harbor+Bank Historic Houses Inventory - 53. The Sackets Harbor Bank 1834 The Sackets Harbor Bank has a front façade on West Main Street of beautifully cut ashlar limestone. A secondary entrance, on the building's side, faces Broad Street. Originally a balustrade surrounded a small lookout over the harbor on the roof. The bank's vault was housed in the cellar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1557166383206-9Y6GFEL0IZMO2NWMHMR8/The+Tisdale+Mansion Historic Houses Inventory - 54. The Tisdale Mansion 1832 The Tisdale Mansion has a front gable with a wide fan light of dressed stone at its peak. The chimneys, quoins, and lintels are made of smooth dressed limestone. Identical side stone wings once had balustrades across their fronts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554747530894-FMIZV7YHBGBD7FBWII64/54.-Membery-Hous-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 55. Membery Homestead 1818 With its narrow three-bay façade, the house has the presence of a fine city dwelling in the countryside. It was part of an extensive farm that supplied a Sackets Harbor hotel. The lintels, quoins, and water table are of smooth cut stone, which was taken from Camp Mills Creek, down the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554747571212-M90TLT0GNCPP5JS817P2/55.-Mill-Creek-Bridge-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 56. Mill Creek Bridge 1819 Mill Creek Bridge was constructed in 1819 and restored in 2001. It is one of two single-span stone-arch bridges in Hounsfield. A nearby historical marker records that President James Monroe, accompanied by General Jacob Jennings Brown, was greeted at the site by a number of Revolutionary War veterans in 1817. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/6ea66247-590b-4350-9fbd-df2c01ed9436/George+Lee+House+Front_6320_2.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 57. George Lee House, Town of Hounsfield 1834 George Lee, born in Albany county in 1791, probably came to the Sackets Harbor area during the War of 1812. According to David F. Lane in the Watertown Daily Times, “Old Houses of the North Country,” 1947, Lee was noted locally as a natural musician and old time fiddler. He began acquiring land in Hounsfield in the 1820s and built this vernacular limestone house on his farm of over 155 acres. A date stone in the gable end facing the road records “G. Lee 1834.” With its broad lintels over windows and doors, the house with outbuildings stands solid, a good distance from the county road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554748254511-Y8OVD3II9ZH4B5BBKTTM/56.-TheLeRayMansion.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 58. The Le Ray Mansion 1825-57 The Le Ray Mansion is built of limestone covered with a layer of stucco. Originally, the two-story main section of the house and with its side wings had wooden balustrades and connecting porches. A long drive led to this imposing portico with ionic columns. The interior features casement windows and fine woodworking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554748292536-2B8CWBCL0EBFN0OA03BI/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 59. The Hoover Tavern 1821 The Hoover Tavern is an example of the fine stone work of mason Josiah Fuller. It boasts smooth ashlar blocks of Black River Limestone and stepped gables. There are elliptical arches with keystones over the front and side entrances, and also over a second-floor window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554748332550-PBZROOSN6P65495FEDKK/58.-Aaron-Root-House.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 60. The Aaron Root House 1830 The Aaron Root House sits proudly at the Y in Evans Mills facing the Cemetery Road. At the center of the five-bay façade is a ground-level entrance. The elliptical stone arch with marble keystone over the entrance is inscribed with the initials AR and the date 1830. The locally quarried stone is of mixed coloration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554748447768-3F6MHAZ04QYV6NDCS0HS/59.-Chaumont-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 61. Chaumont House 1806-18 Chaumont House is James Le Ray's first stone house in Jefferson County. Built of nearby limestone, the house was first used as a land office with its entrance in the gable end on the main road to Cape Vincent. It also functioned as an inn. The gable peaks have oval windows. Inside, the cellar shows the jagged outcropping of bedrock on which the house was built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554748494518-LIEAZD0RM52LXN0173C5/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 62. The Evans, Gaige, Dillenback House 1820 The Evans, Gaige, Dillenback House has an elegant side hall plan with dormer windows and may reflect its first owner's Philadelphia heritage. The stonework displays a high degree of craftsmanship with an elliptical arched entry and smooth dressed limestone lintels. It was part of a 370-acre farm on the Chaumont River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554748523942-CVO9I3WVG4AZ8BJ75MMH/61.-Copley-Stone-Office-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 63. The Copley, Adams, Duford Stone Office 1872 The Copley, Adams, Duford Stone Office is a remarkable structure that displays a range of limestone techniques and finishes that served as a sample for buyers of limestone. It was the sales office first for the Copley lumber and lime business and later for the Adam Duford Quarry Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554748576164-IAFDFQJ0H00ECBCYZFBY/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 64. O'Connor, Johnson House 1818-19 O'Connor, Johnson House is a small three-bay farmhouse on Point Salubrious built by a British deserter from the War of 1812. All of the walls are of rubble stone and those in the front are especially interesting for the black chert nodules in the limestone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749026967-0WKNAFUWRU6QC9S4BIBO/63-The-Horton-House.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 65. The Horton House 1819 The Horton House was built by the first permanent settler of Point Salubrious from stone quarried on the farm. It has an evenly coursed five bay façade and the lintel blocks have been incised to resemble voussoirs. The portico with columns is a later addition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749059134-6CCZ6TTTDQ4NYZ7XYNX9/64.-Ryder-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 66. The Ryder House 1820 The Ryder House is a two-story house of Chaumont limestone with an attached ell. Its five-bay façade has a recessed entrance with top and side lights. Large lintels top the windows and front door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749231104-5Z5EOXPPYWH4JLDMZ5NI/65.-Charles-Wilcox-House_6419_3-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 67. The Charles Wilcox House 1839 The Charles Wilcox House is an excellent example of fine stone masonry. The entire house is built of small cut limestone and its façade features a running entablature of smooth cut stone. Built into a hillside, a stone ell extends to a partially stone barn. It was the center of a successful farming business for generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749527775-O5TF78BXP0LQJQK22SX9/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 68. The Old Stone shop, Three Mile Bay 1838 The Old Stone shop, Three Mile Bay, closely resembles the stone work in the Charles Wilcox House. It has a running entablature of smooth faced stone across the front of the building and quoins at the corners and around the wide door openings. It is noted as a building well designed for two blacksmiths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749304187-RH6C6OOWZLPHT37T9R4U/67.-Orleans-Hotel%2C-Lane127-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 69. The Orleans Hotel c. 1825 The Orleans Hotel was originally John LaFarge's land office. The two-story building has dressed stones and quoined corners. Its five-bay façade features a handsome entry with sidelights. Photo: David Lane, Watertown Daily Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749366167-DM7IW3ID9VM7SD7NITBB/68.-BudlongHouse_5_2879_2-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 70. The Budlong House c. 1835 The Budlong House is one of a pair of stone houses facing the main street of LaFargeville. It has a front gable with three bays and side hall entrance. Like its sister house next door, it was likely built by John LaFarge to attract affluent buyers to his new town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749404786-RZJBCH54LRP5N9UA9NI3/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 71. The Biddlecom House c. 1835 The Biddlecom House like its immediate neighbor next door, is an elegant Greek Revival house. It features smooth lintels and coynes, and an oval opening in the gable peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749558125-GHJ1SOI1E5BT9QZMH9DV/70.-Irwin-Brothers-Store_5_2815_2-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 72. The Irwin Brothers Store c. 1825 The Irwin Brothers Store is a landmark in Stone Mills where it has held many businesses, including a tavern, general store, and post office. The original three-bay gable end entrance is flanked by later additions - all of local limestone. A fan light is located in the central gable and many small-paned windows are still intact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749623760-9XH2C56MGKV8MO47KLUP/71.-Elijah-Horr-House_6_2593_2-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 73. The Elijah Horr House c. 1835 The Elijah Horr House was built in the Federal style, with fine smooth lintels and sills in it symmetrical façade. The center entrance is supported by an elliptical segmented arch with a large keystone. The interior retains its original plan of two front rooms and two back rooms with a one-story kitchen ell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749671200-OQPY4M7KKIRT6QL394MN/72.-Parrish-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 74. The Parrish House c. 1815 The Parrish House was built of local limestone. Its long stone wing fits into the hillside and contains the kitchen and woodshed. The lintels and sills are smooth cut, and the house itself is of evenly coursed rough blocks of a very light color. There is a water table, and the gable ends have small attic windows and brick chimneys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749733386-QWVJ1N9FC9NNNO7B4V9Y/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 75. The Countryman House 1833 or 1840 The Countryman House was the large residence of Pamelia's carriage-maker. It is well constructed of rough coursed stone, smooth lintels, sills, and water table. Its wide front entrance has a fan light, side lights, and beautifully tapered columns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749771073-WXB8MAPLYIU0Y7T0A59X/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 76. Jones, Miller House 1838 (partially rebuilt in 1926) The Jones, Miller House was built in 1838, and partially rebuilt in 1926 after a fire. The large house is nicely fitted into the hillside with smooth cut lintels and sills. The gable ends have small square windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749837584-XHQ19D05DPGVBSG1BLPL/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 77. The Absalom House residence 1830s or 1840s The Absalom House residence is a small cottage in the cluster of stone buildings at Pamelia Four Corners. Like its neighbor, the Jones, Miller House, it is built into the hillside with large blocks of limestone and smooth cut lintels and sills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749864524-6ZGK0ZO1E1UTCI9UYFQW/76.-Harger-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 78. The Harger House early 1830s The Harger House was the first house built by Charles G. Harger, who operated a local meatpacking business. This one-and-a-half story limestone house with its side ell faces State Route 37. The original kitchen was in the lower level, built into the hillside with a stream flowing nearby. The walls are laid with course stone blocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554750039777-1X4I0YE1RRYXMNJ50FGV/77.-Harger-Mansion-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 79. The Harger Mansion 1839 or 1849 The Harger Mansion is a grand five-bay mansion now hidden by trees. The stonework, from material quarried just a hundred feet from the house, is especially fine. The façade and gable end peaks are made of narrower laid stones. The lintels are of smooth worked stone; the one over the front door is a single exceedingly large block. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554750069846-SD3SCNLIHN7ED5ZWXUQZ/78.-Felt-Mansion-copy-3_1600.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 80. The Felt Mansion 1827 The Felt Mansion has an east-facing façade of the most pleasing proportions. A broad central pediment has an elliptical fan that repeats the fan above the front door. A stone ell with a porch extends from the north side of the house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554749960071-G5M9RMTNR6VIUE87S8DT/79.-Asa-Clark-Mansion-Lane-45-copy-2.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 81. Asa Clark Mansion c. 1835 Asa Clark Mansion is set back a mile from the Black River on a ridge with a panoramic view. This outstanding Greek Revival house was built of evenly coursed limestone with a two-story wooden portico capped by a pediment with a central fan. Photo: David Lane, Watertown Daily Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554750217721-UXV2T5WBXVCAOEY1RBT9/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 82. The James Shurtleff House c. 1821 The James Shurtleff House was an early inn. Built of local sandstone, the two-story house has chimneys and two small widows in the gable ends. Photo: David Lane, Watertown Daily Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554750274745-ED564I4KIW8W3UVYQUVO/81.-Ostrander-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 83. The Ostrander House 1830s The Ostrander House sits perfectly into the landscape north of the village of Theresa. The five-bay house is of rough coursed local sandstone. White trim accentuates the sandstone's warm, honey-colored tones. The cornice is wide, with returns and the front entrance is deeply recessed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554750351759-1OS8JN2E1OQEOELNW9Z6/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 84. The Harry Hunt House 1830s The Harry Hunt House boasts very evenly laid stone work in both the house and side ell. The window sills project prominently from the façade. The entrance is broad and flanked by transom and sidelights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554750386667-16K84NTS2FB09SUL4V8S/83.-Theresa-Jail-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 85. The Theresa Jail c. 1840s The Theresa Jail's history is unclear. It was probably built sometime after the Town of Theresa was formed in 1841. Measuring twenty by twenty feet, its widows have bars and its shingled roof has a small cupola to allow light into the interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554750450986-CQ1B7OWN98D29DYXBR2T/84.-Hungerford-Mansion_6347_2-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 86. The Orville Hungerford Mansion 1826 The Orville Hungerford Mansion as reassembled in 1960. The façade is of smooth-cut ashlar with lintels, a water table, and elegant entrance with attached columns, a fan light, and side lights. The stepped gables each bear two tall chimneys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554750485903-N5IBUCZDTM7G0DPH01GA/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 87. The Sterling Mansion 1826 The Sterling Mansion was designed by an English architect for Micah Sterling, a prominent lawyer, politician, and land agent for James D. Le Ray. A two-story central block is made of local limestone with large quoins forming patterns around the windows and doors. Identical one-story wings with porches extend from the east and west sides. Today it is used as a school by Holy Family Church. Photo: David Lane, Watertown Daily Times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554750549214-ZVRWPDCHQKNZQQG55H5Q/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 88. The John Thompson House 1823 The John Thompson House sits back from the road near Talcott Falls. Its center entrance has a semi-circular arch with a keystone. The front of the house is built of rough coursed stone; the remainder, including the rear ell, is well kept rubble stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554750623937-17CY3JDS7AO09YZGU6DR/87.-Ballard%2C-Denny-House-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 89. The Ballard, Denny House c. 1827 The Ballard, Denny House is a charming vernacular farmhouse on the Old Rome State Road. The limestone of this house is rough coursed, with voussoirs above the windows and doors. Its central-hall plan is two rooms deep with a central chimney. A steep stairway is enclosed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1554750659346-YPIZCE3B8I48H2PP8TG8/88.-Losee-House_5558_2-copy.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 90. The Losee House 1823-28 The Losee House has the highest elevation of Jefferson County's stone houses and was once the center of a thriving farm. The entrance is especially beautiful with its wide, elliptical arch and keystone. The stone is rough, but evenly coursed on the front and sides, with smooth-cut lintels, sills, and water table. Possibly, the stone was drawn from a quarry a little way down the Dry Hill Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1580508065800-3WK1VPWULPQ3GCW6PXOD/89.-St.-Paul%27s-Church_4050.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 91. St. Paul's Church, Town of Brownville c 1820 This Episcopal Church is located on Washington Street in the village of Brownville, within site of the Jacob Brown Mansion. Originally it was a union church used by all denominations in the village. Built of local limestone which has been covered with stucco, the church is two stories high with a prominent steeple and octagonal spire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1580508400590-JHK6FWMG9449W1DZ49DK/90.John-Laird-House_4071.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 92. John Laird House, Town of Cape Vincent c 1835 John Laird, a Scots settler in Cape Vincent, built this one-and-a-half story gable front house with stone ell on a rise, back from the Chaumont-Cape Vincent road. The limestone which probably came from very nearby, is coursed on the front, and rubble on the other sides. Windows are topped with voussoirs. The house continues to be the center of a working farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1580508477022-I9CF4N9RFP56KBO519F7/91.William-Schafer-House_4076.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 93. William Schafer House, Town of Cape Vincent c 1850 The original owner of this small one-and-one-half story limestone house came from Germany in 1831 and bought the land for the house from the Antwerp Company of Belgium in 1845. The limestone is of coursed blocks on the front with prominent lintels over windows and doors, including those in the basement. A wood frame ell extends from the north side of the house which sits far back from the road in the midst of rich farmland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1580508558127-P9OA7YHXDKGRENGTLNMA/92.Claude-Vautrin-House_4085.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 94. Claude Vautrin House, Town of Cape Vincent c 1855 Built by the son of a French settler family, this house is unusual for its hipped roof which once featured a central chimney. The evenly coursed limestone blocks for the house were quarried at nearby Millen's Bay. Windows and doors are topped with voussoirs. With its similarly hipped-roof smoke house, the Vautrin house is situated at a crossroads surrounded by farm fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1580508614342-X30W1YOUQJX7TUEYQNJU/93.Isaac-Wells-House_4057.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 95. Joseph Wells House, Town of Lyme c 1829 Just outside the village of Three Mile Bay in an area known as Wells Settlement, this well-proportioned two-story limestone house sits near a pond and rolling countryside. It was built by one of the eight Wells brothers who came from Concord, New Hampshire, to farm in Jefferson County. High in the gable end facing the road the initials JW with the dates 1829 above and 1906 below suggest the original building date and perhaps a later date when the home was inherited by Joseph’s son, John Merritt Wells. While mid-twentieth century photographs show a stucco coating over the stone, its well-coursed limestone blocks are now visible and can be appreciated. A wooden ell originally extended from one side and has been recreated by today’s owners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1580508759966-K6LWKHAT6COVUW199GTW/image-asset.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 96. James Brintnall House, Town of Watertown late 1820s to 1834 Built by pioneer settler James Brintnall, this two-story limestone house on Beutel Road, near the original Field Settlement, overlooks farmland in all directions. Its evenly coursed five-bay front features a water table, prominent dark lintels over windows and doors, with a single central dormer above. The wide gable ends each have four windows on the second floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1631905577678-EBILWX888Y216DQV94H7/95.-Crafts-P.-Kimball-House_7592.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 97. Dr. Crafts P. Kimball House, Town of Rutland 1815 -1818 One of Jefferson County's earliest physicians, Dr. Craft P. Kimball, built this fine two-story home of local limestone. The gable front has a broad side entrance with transom and side lights. In the peak a stone arch and keystone surround the fan window. At the rear, an extensive wood frame ell includes the kitchen. Owned by Roswell P. Flower, former Governor of New York State, this large farm has been used for breeding ducks and raising horses. Today's owners manage Greystone Stables on 60 acres of rolling farmland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/1631905661763-6ENM9QGLZS44KKNOIULL/96.-Walts-House%2C-Rt-37.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 98. Walts House, Town of LeRay c. 1820 This two-story Federal style house of local limestone has a beautiful side entrance. Columns and side lights flank the paneled door. A semi-circular window lights the font gable end. The stonework on the front and sides is of coursed blocks with wide lintels and sills. A two-story stone ell with a porch projects from the main block of the house. Unfortunately little is known about the first owner although there were several settlers in the area bearing the name Walts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/9829009a-163d-4e24-8d75-53e75d8274fb/99.+Lee+House%2CBarbara+Sawyer_3221.jpeg Historic Houses Inventory - 99. George Lee House, Town of Hounsfield 1834 The original owner of this vernacular limestone farmhouse left no chance that his legacy would be lost. In the gable end facing the road he placed a large square stone with his name and the date: G Lee 1834. A family genealogy states that George Lee came to Hounsfield from Albany around the time of the War of 1812. In 1821, he married Olive Westcott Baker from Oneida County. In 1826, he began buying land and ultimately accumulated 155.18 acres surrounding the house. Recently renovated, the house with its smooth stone lintels and wooden extensions remains a marker among the cultivated fields of Hounsfield. photo: Barbara Sawyer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/c4f93924-469b-436d-b1fa-79d11d30dbaa/100.-Griswold-House_6729_22_sm.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 100. Griswold House, Town of Champion 1842 This imposing house of cut Chaumont limestone blocks sits atop a rise off the Martin Street Road near Great Bend. According to David F. Lane (Old Houses of the North Country, Watertown Daily Times, 8/23/47) the house was possibly built by a member of the Griswold family but there are no deeds to verify this. It was owned by William Griswold from 1854 until his death in 1886. The front gable entrance has a transom and side lights. At the peak is a fan light. All windows and doors have smooth-cut lintels and sills. A wooden ell containing the kitchen extends from the northwest wall of the house. The house’s site provides marvelous views of farmland in all directions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c86db2f92441ba2db77aeee/d0d401a4-1a11-43c6-93d8-2c00c02016ae/101.-School-House_6781_sm.jpg Historic Houses Inventory - 101. School House No. 2, Town of LeRay c 1820 This original one-room schoolhouse on the Waddingham Road near Evans Mills was built of well-cut blocks of limestone on a third of an acre of land donated by Isaac H. Kellar who owned a farm nearby. It was part of the Town of LeRay Common School District until 1955. An enclosed front entrance led to the large classroom where all grades were taught by the one teacher. In winter it was heated by a wood stove. Because there was no running water in the school, buckets of water had to be carried from the farm next door. Near the back door was an outhouse. Schoolhouses were often meeting places for the community and in 1824-25, Charles Grandison Finney, a well-known Second Great Awakening evangelist, preached here. The school is now converted to a private residence.