Building date: Circa 1839
Original use:
Corner structures: Brick: ½ bricks long, 5 high.
Mortar application and content: Vertical heavy. Vertical pyramids. Horizontal mortar is v-shaped, and the verticals are mostly raised, with pyramids cut off at the bottom.
Types and uses of stones: Irregular, rough and moderate in size.
Types and choice of windows: Lintels brick, length vertical
Structures with similar masonry details:
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°04'13.65"N 77°19'13.40"W. Current owner of record, Henley as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Macedon and Wayne County Maps
The two story cobblestone at 1727 Canandaigua Rd. has brick quoins and window lintels. Stones are irregular, rough and moderate in size. Horizontal mortar is v-shaped, and the verticals are mostly raised, with pyramids cut off at the bottom. A wooden addition has been added to the west side and a porch added in front. Roudabush Survey page 109
"The Cobblestone Houses of Upstate New York", compiled by Dorothy Wells Pease. Research done in collaboration with Hazed B. Jeffery, supplemented with material furnished by Carl F. Schmidt, 1941. Reference the fifth paragraph on page 24.
This building was begun by Charles Bullis in I839. He had shortly before arrived from Manchester, Vermont. The corner stones are brick. There are four rooms and a center hall, and there were four fire places. The iron grating in upper fans is artistic. The grandson Charles Bullis, his mother and sister live here. It has never been out of the family. Presented by Mrs. H. T. Jeffery, Historian. Colonel William Prescott Chapter, D.A.R. Newark, Wayne County, New York. 1940. Transcribed from "Old Houses and Churches of Wayne County, New York State". Compiled by Historical Research Committee, Col. William Prescott Chapter, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Helen Balmat Gorman, State Historian, 1938-1940.
"Interiors Historic Home" by Sabeeha H. Johnson. "Upstate, Cobblestone Country", a unique form of architecture rose from the rock piles of the Rochester region. People, Places, Pleasures supplement, Sunday Democrat and Chronicle, November 27, 1988. Use this link to view the printable Cobblestone Country.
Bullis House, 1727 Canandaigua Road. Built circa 1839 by Charles Bullis. Richard Palmer blog.
- The Charles Bullis House, courtesy the Tom The Backroads Traveller blog.
- Tuesday's Treasures-The Bullis House, courtesy the Tom The Backroads Traveller blog.
Historic Bullis House 1839 Cobblestone Near Hill Cumorah, vrbo rental.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone house
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
- Erie Canal Legacy, Architectural Treasures of the Empire State, by Andy Olenick (photography) and Richard O. Reisem (text), page 141: Name reference, Charles Bullis House 1839. Published by the Landmark Society of Western New York, 2000.
¹ Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
² Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
