Coverdale Cobblestone House

Coverdale Cobblestone House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coverdale Cobblestone House, April 2011
Location:	2049 Coverdale Rd., Leicester, New York
Coordinates:	42°47′4″N 77°55′51″W / 42.78444°N 77.93083°W / 42.78444; -77.93083Coordinates: 42°47′4″N 77°55′51″W / 42.78444°N 77.93083°W / 42.78444; -77.93083
Area:	13.7 acres (5.5 ha)
Architectural style:	Federal, Greek Revival
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
NRHP Reference#:	05000989[1]
Added to NRHP:	September 7, 2005

Coverdale Cobblestone House is a historic home located at Leicester in Livingston County, New York. It was completed in 1837 and has a 2-story, three-by-four-bay cobblestone main block, a 1 ¹⁄₂-story kitchen wing, and a 1-story cobblestone and frame carriage shed. It was built in the late Federal / early Greek Revival style. It features medium-sized cobbles in its construction.^[2]

The house underwent restoration between December 2005 and February 2010. The mortar has been refinished, new thermal insulated windows, rebuilt carriage house, inside re-plastered, new wooden floors, and new front porch. A new Crown Steam Boiler was installed in November 2009. A new cement basement floor was poured 4–6 inches thick; twin Roth 275 fuel oil tanks installed November 2010; a widow's walk was installed in summer of 2010.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Robert T. Englert (February 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Coverdale Cobblestone House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=101312. Retrieved 2009-09-01.  See also: "Accompanying seven photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=101314. 

External links

• Photo album of house from current restoration