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The Cobblestone Historic District is located along state highway NY 104 (Ridge Road) in Childs, New York, United States. It comprises three buildings that exemplify the cobblestone architecture developed to a high degree in the regions of upstate New York near Lake Ontario and exported to other areas with settlers.
The Cobblestone Historic District, with three buildings on two discontiguous plots totaling three-quarters of an acre (3,000 m 2), is the smallest district and the smallest National Historic Landmark District in New York. The other three districts are in the downtowns of Medina and Albion, the largest settlements in the county.
Cobblestone Historic District: 1834-1839 built 1993 NRHP-listed Childs, New York: Cobblestone House (Bath, New York) ...
December 13, 1978 (4305 Sulgrave Rd. 3: The Almshouse: The Almshouse: October 29, 1981 (210 Hospital St. 4: American Tobacco Company, South Richmond Complex Historic District
Cobblestone architecture refers to the use of cobblestones embedded in mortar as method for erecting walls on houses and commercial buildings. It was frequently used in the northeastern United States and upper Midwest in the early 19th century; the greatest concentration of surviving cobblestone buildings is in New York State, generally near ...
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Shockoe was named in the 1730 Tobacco Inspection Act as the site of a tobacco inspection warehouse on land owned by William Byrd II.The area's development in the late 18th century was aided by move of the state capital to Richmond and the construction of Mayo's bridge in 1788 across the James River (ultimately succeeded by the modern 14th Street Bridge), as well as the siting of key tobacco ...
It is a Federal style cobblestone farmhouse built about 1833. It is constructed of medium-sized field cobbles and is one of only 10 surviving cobblestone buildings in Mendon. Also on the property are an extensive collection of agricultural support structures. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1]