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Jackson Blood Cobblestone House

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Local tradition holds that the Blood family themselves collected the cobblestones from the lake and brought them down to the house starting with Blood's purchase of a farm in the area in 1830, reflecting Lyndonville's increasing importance within the town over Yates Center due to its proximity to the
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railing climbs to the second story. A single large room is to the south; the north wing contains a dining room with marble fireplace, and the kitchen. The rear wing is a family room. Upstairs, the layout is similar, with a large bedroom above the large first-floor main room.
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for a term. In the 20th century, the house was subdivided into three rental units. The dining room fireplace was added during this period, as was much of the interior decor. In the 1950s, another renovation reunified the house. There have been no other significant changes.
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During the first half of the 20th century it was subdivided into three rental units, and much of the interior renovated. Later it was restored to a single-family dwelling. In 2005 it was listed on the
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trend. Originally it had four chimneys, three of which were purely decorative, to maintain a symmetrical exterior appearance. The fourth was at the southeast corner of the main block. Its extant
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two and a half stories tall. Two one-and-a-half-story wings extend to the north and west (rear). All are sided in rows of lake-washed medium-sized cobblestones set beads of V-profile
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had even been formed, in 1815, as a young man. He bought a farm near the lake and later acquired large tracts of land around today's Lyndonville. When the town, named after Governor
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plaster. The most significant original elements are the wooden doors and their shouldered surrounds. On the second floors of the wing the small sash windows slide up into the wall.
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angles to the east wall, suggesting along with the construction date that the builder was using the new technology of stoves to heat the house, instead of relying on fireplaces.
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to the north. Its former chimney arrangement suggests that it was one of the first houses in the area to be heated with stoves instead of fireplaces.
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The house is located on a three-quarter–acre (3,200 m) lot on the west side of the street south of the village's center, where Route 63 crosses
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and its location along a creek that powered a mill. It was completed in 1846, its tight rows a hallmark of the middle and late years of the
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The recessed main entrance, on the northern bay of the main block, contains a large paneled door with sidelights. It opens into a
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Blood lived in the house until 1875. A few years before his death, one of his sons, C. Jackson Blood, served as
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are original. A mid-20th century porch with square posts is on the east face of the north wing.
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Most of the house's finishings were added later. The ceilings of the main rooms are modern
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Three sections comprise the house. The main block is a large rectangular three-by-three-
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that springs from the lintels of the second story windows. Above it the shallow
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he and his family personally transported down to the site from
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South profile and east elevation of main block, 2010
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
A two-story brown house made of small stones in rows. There are two small satellite dishes on top.
Jackson Blood Cobblestone House is located in New York
Jackson Blood Cobblestone House is located in the United States
Lyndonville
NY
Lockport
43°19′0″N 78°23′20″W / 43.31667°N 78.38889°W / 43.31667; -78.38889
Greek Revival
MPS
Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS
05000635
state highway
NY 63
Lyndonville
Greek Revival
Town of Yates
cobblestones
Lake Ontario
National Register of Historic Places
Orleans County
Johnson Creek
non-contributing
bay
lime
masonry
quoins
water table
limestone
decorative

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