Alexander Rd. W of jct. with Thistle St. Rd., Benton, New York. County/parish: Yates.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 11, 1992. NRIS 92000437.
Part of Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS (NRIS 64500447).
3 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures.
William Nichols Cobblestone Farmhouse is a historic home located at Benton in Yates County, New York. The farmhouse was built about 1844 and is an example of Greek Revival style, cobblestone domestic architecture. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, L-shaped residence. It is built of reddish lakewashed cobbles. The property includes a barn and smokehouse. The farmhouse is among the nine surviving cobblestone buildings in Yates County.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315525