Cobblestone Landmarks of New York State

x, [2], 163, [1] pp. Black & white photographs throughout text. "Born of native ingenuity, cobblestone construction in western and central New York enjoyed only a thirty-year popularity in the middle of the nineteenth century, but it was a genre unprecedented in American masonry. More than regional curiosities, cobblestone landmarks are works of art created by pioneer craftsmen from an Ice Age palette. More than 100 crisp photographs elegantly illustrated some of the finer examples of cobblestone folk art, such as mansions, cottages, churches, barns, smithys, and schools. Five detailed maps of western and central New York make this a guidebook of cobblestone artistry." CONTENTS: Apologies and Acknowledgments; The Stones and the Style; Historical Antecedents; Masonry Construction; Texture and Pattern; Lake Ontario Plain, East: Wayne and Northeastern Monroe Counties; Lake Ontario Plain, West: Northwestern Monroe, Orleans, and Niagara Counties; Genesee Region: Southern Monroe, Orleans, and Niagara Counties; Finger Lakes: Steuben, Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, and Yates Counties; Eastern Reverberations: Onondaga, Madison, Oneida, Montgomery, and Albany Counties.