Isaac Cox Cobblestone Farmstead

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Isaac Cox Cobblestone Farmstead
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Nearest city Scottsville, New York
Coordinates 42°59′42″N77°44′43″W / 42.99500°N 77.74528°W / 42.99500; -77.74528 Coordinates: 42°59′42″N77°44′43″W / 42.99500°N 77.74528°W / 42.99500; -77.74528
Area26 acres (11 ha)
Built1838
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
NRHP reference No. 03000092 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 07, 2003

Isaac Cox Cobblestone Farmstead, also known as the Letson Farm, is a historic home and farm complex located in the town of Wheatland near Scottsville in Monroe County, New York. The complex includes a Federal style cobblestone farmhouse built about 1838. It is constructed of small to medium-sized field cobbles and is one of seven surviving cobblestone buildings in the town of Wheatland. Also on the expansive property are a pair of Wells truss barns, 19th century combination corn crib / pig sty, and small 19th century smokehouse. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Robert T. Englert (August 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Isaac Cox Cobblestone Farmstead". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-10-01.See also: "Accompanying 18 photos".