Payne Cobblestone House

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Payne Cobblestone House
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Nearest city Conesus, New York
Coordinates 42°44′11″N77°39′51″W / 42.73639°N 77.66417°W / 42.73639; -77.66417 Coordinates: 42°44′11″N77°39′51″W / 42.73639°N 77.66417°W / 42.73639; -77.66417
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
NRHP reference # 06000969 [1]
Added to NRHP November 01, 2006

Payne Cobblestone House is a historic home located at Conesus in Livingston County, New York. It was constructed in the 1830s and is a vernacular 1-story, five-by-three-bay cobblestone structure with a 1 12-story offset frame wing. The interior features some Greek Revival style details. It features medium-sized field cobbles set in horizontal rows in its construction. Also on the property are three contributing structures: a sandstone railroad embankment and culvert built about 1853 and a small barrel vault culvert built to accommodate a small stream. [2]

Conesus, New York Town in New York, United States

Conesus is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 2,473 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a native word meaning "berry place".

Livingston County, New York County in the United States

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Cobblestone architecture

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]

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