History of Construction: Cobblestone
Cobblestone houses are one of the most identifiable structures. These types of houses date back to the early 1800's when many of the towns in the area of New York were being founded. For example, even when driving down many of the streets you can easily find houses like this scattered all across. They're marvelous to look at, yet can also be strange because there are only some of these houses that are built out of stone and not lumber.
At first, these houses were all probably made by someone who was way too poor to pay for brick, or afford any kind of expensive siding. Rocks are also easy to be found and yet they insulate quite well. The rocks were lined up where the siding on the house me and water would
Cobblestone houses are one of the most identifiable structures. These types of houses date back to the early 1800's when many of the towns in the area of New York were being founded. For example, even when driving down many of the streets you can easily find houses like this scattered all across. They're marvelous to look at, yet can also be strange because there are only some of these houses that are built out of stone and not lumber.
At first, these houses were all probably made by someone who was way too poor to pay for brick, or afford any kind of expensive siding. Rocks are also easy to be found and yet they insulate quite well. The rocks were lined up where the siding on the house me and water would