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Palmyra

photo by Richard Palmer

This house at 2095 Maple Ave., Palmyra, replaced a one and a half-story wooden

frame house that originally stood on this site. When Martin Harris, a follower

of Mormon leader Joseph Smith, left here in 1831, it was occupied by William

Chapman. The house burned to the ground in 1849 and was replaced by this

cobblestone house, built by Robert Johnson for Chapman. The stones were

collected from the shore of the lake by his son, Thomas Johnson, who was only

10 years old at the time. It was a three-day round trip to Lake Ontario and return.

Hauling back a load of stone was a slow process. It took one day go to the lake,

one day to gather the stones and one day to return home. The stones were then

sorted and sized, with the most uniform ones used for the front, and the less

desirable ones on the sides and back.



Fire place chimney, north side of house.


The house, on the west side of Maple Avenue, is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). Once a visitors center, it now serves as the private

residence for missionaries.



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.


Rear view of 105 Market St.



Blackburn house, 2121 Walker Road, Palmyra


The William Luce House is situated at 2792 Shilling Road, Palmyra. It was built

of lake stone with a large chimney at either end. A marble plate over the door reads

"W. L. 1839. "The alternate slanting of the lake stones is an exclusive feature

of this house. The stones are very well graded, and the mason work is well done.


Date stone on Luce house


2873 Route 21



2822 Route 21


photo by Richard Palmer District 7 school house on the west side of the intersection of North Creek and

Lyons roads in the town of Palmyra was built in 1846. It is about a mile north

of Port Gibson. Later it was converted to a barn and a large door cut in in one

end. In the 1950s it was owned by J.B. O'Meil who bought it for $25 to store

farm implement. It is mostly constructed of lake washed red sandstone cobbles.

The lintels and quoins are quarried limestone. Photos by Marilyn Burke.


Jagger House, 2799 Lyon Road. Built 1840.


2631 Quaker Road, called "Tamerlayne."


Thomas House, 3313 Jeffrey Road


Rogers House, 4449 Hogback Road. Notice the use of field stones for

foundation and lake-washed stones for the rest of the facade.



Bela Morgan House, 3336 Hanagan Road. This is believed be one

of the oldest cobblestone houses in the town of Palmyra, built in

1832 or earlier. A later owner nicknamed it "Fiddlesticks Farm".

It is built of field cobbles.


Facing south


Facing north


3134 Hanagan Road, built 1834. Facing west


Also note cobblestone cellar entrance.


2775 Maple Ave.


2788 Quaker Road


McKachnie house, 151 Church St., Village of Palmyra. Built

in the 1830s by Alexander McKachie, a native of Scotland. There

was a malt house in the rear.


Job Durfee House, 1840, at 3175 Route 21


2792 Shilling Road


Out building, 930 Vienna Road


Newton warehouse, Canal Street, Palmyra. Built 1845 to store apples and

potatoes to ship out on the Erie Canal. Owned by John S. Blazey Inc.




Maltby Clark and out building, 4698 Port Gibson Road, East

Palmyra. Built of field stones.


Paul Jagger House, 3142 Lyon Road


3458 Lyon Road


3049 Parker Road. Built by Caleb Avery in 1840 field stones. In

later years it was nicknamed "Cobble Nob."

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