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Cobblestone house
| Historic Site #: | 12-045 (Exists) Type: D,D1 | Town: | Sodus | ||
| Site Name: | Cobblestone house | GPS Coordinates: | 43.26262, -77.05921 | ||
| Address: | 6802 Lake Rd. Sodus New York | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| William Swales Manor House. Former Sodus Fruit Farm This property has been abandoned for several years and is an advancing state of deterioration | |||||
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| Photo from Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County Blog | Photo from Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County Blog |
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| Photo from Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County Blog | William Swales Manor House in 1959. Photo from Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County Blog |
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| Main stairway and hall of Manor House, 1959. Photo from Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County Blog | Adjacent cobblestone barn in 1959. Photo from Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County Blog |
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| William Swales monument in the nearby Swales Cemetery at the end of Maple Ave and Lake road. Photo from Cobblestone Buildings in Wayne County Blog | The Manor House on a divided-back (after 1906) post card. Written on the back indicates its construction “circa 1833”. From Steve Heald collection |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
| This structure was the William Swales Manor house. William Swayles built 11 or 12 cobblestone houses for himself, his children and for tenants on what later became Sodus Fruit Farm. Evidence shows house was stuccoed over cobblestone. | |||||
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