Built during the Late period: 1845 - 1860

This house had a mason with creativity. Every 6th row of lake-washed cobbles is a row of white instead of the usual small, red cobbles. As in many houses, larger, multi-colored stones were used on the sides of the building. The front has sandstone quoins and lintels set on edge. The quoins on the sides are a variety of cut rocks. Narrow friezes line the side of the building.

From Hoffman Foundation Wayne County History Scholarship
Essays (1955). Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County by Verlyn Edward Klahn.
Courtesy of the Office of the Wayne County Historian.

PULVER HOUSE IN SODUS

William G. Pulver has owned this house on Maple Avenue in Sodus for fourteen years. He bought it from Mary Royce who lived there for eighty years and whose parents lived there for some years. There is an attraction in front in the stones where every sixth stone row is white.

STONES: The red and white lake stones are 1 1/4 - 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 in.

Courses are 2 1/2 - 2 3/4 inches.

JOINTS: The horizontal V is 3/4 inches. The vertical joints  are V s and pyramids.

MORTAR: The hard mortar is brown and fine.

QUOINS: The quoins are regulars dashed, sandstone.

LINTELS: The lintels are vertically laid sandstones.

SIDES: The stones on the sides are larger, red, white, and black stones