Cobblestone house

Historic Site #:	09-053 (Exists) Type: D1	Town:	Palmyra
Site Name:	Cobblestone house	GPS Coordinates:	43.064003, -77.229792
Address:	105 Market Street, Palmyra, NY
Description:
This commercial building at 105 Market St., Palmyra, was built in the 1830s by William Tilden, a local tinsmith. During the post - Civil War period it was occupied by L. D. Sellick & Company, basket-makers. It has a bracketed cornice. The facade consists of varied-sized lake cobblestones. Some discrete alterations have been made over the years. There are apartments upstairs.


Photo by Bavis, 2009	Photo by Bavis 12-31-13

Detailed Stonework. Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County Blog by Richard Palmer	Rear view of 105 Market St. Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County Blog by Richard Palmer

Historic narrative:
Storefront unit Cobblestone shop, Palmyra On the west side of Market Street is a two-and-a-half-story building with stone-trimmed cobblestone facade. The chain like cut stone corner quoins and the tiny close-set lakestones of the original facade stop just below the level of the attic window sills. Larger cobbles, set farther apart in thicker courses, between straight cut stone corners, form the top section of the wall, indicating that it was raised to the level of the later units with higher ceilings to the north. It was given a similar bracketed cornice, and shares their shed roof. As the shop front below has a matching cornice, its remodeling may date from the same era. The south portion was brought forward as a two-sided bay, lining up with the side wall of an adjoining commercial structure which fronts on Main Street. A tinsmith, William Tilden, erected this building in the 1830s. G. Sellick, was the owner during the post-Civil War era. He may have been responsible for the discreet alteration of the facade.

References:

Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County Blog by Richard Palmer

Wayne County: The Aesthetic Heritage of a Rural Area by Stephen W. Jacobs Page 171