Old Stone Shop

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Old Stone Shop
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LocationMain St., Three Mile Bay, Lyme, New York
Coordinates 44°4′56″N76°11′50″W / 44.08222°N 76.19722°W / 44.08222; -76.19722 Coordinates: 44°4′56″N76°11′50″W / 44.08222°N 76.19722°W / 44.08222; -76.19722
Arealess than one acre
Built1838
MPS Lyme MRA
NRHP reference # 90001328 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1990

Old Stone Shop is a historic commercial building located at Lyme in Jefferson County, New York. It was built in 1838–1839 and is a 1 12-story, four-by-two-bay gable-ended building with foundation and walls of coursed quarry-dressed limestone, trimmed in dressed limestone. It was built as a double blacksmith shop and exhibits the finest commercial masonry architecture in the town of Lyme. [2]

Lyme, New York Town in New York, United States

Lyme is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 2,185 at the 2010 census.

Jefferson County, New York County in the United States

Jefferson County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,229. Its county seat is Watertown. The county is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. It is adjacent to Lake Ontario, southeast from the Canada–US border of Ontario.

Limestone Sedimentary rocks made of calcium carbonate

Limestone is a carbonate sedimentary rock that is often composed of the skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, foraminifera, and molluscs. Its major materials are the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). A closely related rock is dolomite, which contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2. In fact, in old USGS publications, dolomite was referred to as magnesian limestone, a term now reserved for magnesium-deficient dolomites or magnesium-rich limestones.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Tania Werbizky (May 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old Stone Shop". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-12-10.See also: "Accompanying three photo".