Lake-Stone Houses September 25, 2009
Posted by Emily in : New York, Thoughts , 3commentsOh. My. Gosh.
Have you ever seen a “Lake-Stone House?”
Let me tell you, they are AMAZING and VERY RARE.
This is a Lake-Stone House:
The first Lake-Stone houses/buildings appeared around 1820, and the last one about 1858. They were built by English Artisans who came to this area to work on the locks at the Erie Canal. Many of the stones were hauled in from Lake Ontario, which took several days because of the weight of the load. The stones were meticulously placed in the mortar with the smoothest stones placed in the front and the rougher stones placed in the back.
Mason’s never passed their skill on to the next generation, and would stop work if someone came to watch them. The art of the masonry could only be learned and passed along through membership in the masonry guild.
I want one.
There a couple hundred Lake -Stone homes in Wayne County, and surely one of them will be for sale one day.
Right?
Don’t you want one too?
