I think there are only a few hundred cobblestone buildings in existence - It is a shame, the economy in WNY is so poor, many of them are in very bad shape.
Posted on 03/31/2010 6:07:34 AM PDT by jay1949
When the Pennsylvania Germans crosses the Potomac into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, they brought with them the skills and tools for erecting stone buildings. In the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania and Maryland, they had built numerous limestone-block houses, barns, and outbuildings. The Shenandoah Valley offered the same building materials. Jefferson County, now in West Virginia, has a collection of fine old stone houses built of limestone blocks. [Old pictures]
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Nice. We have a lot of German built stone houses in this area, although they are 100 years younger, dating from the 1830s forward. They look a little different, as you might expect.
They are beautiful!!
I think there are only a few hundred cobblestone buildings in existence - It is a shame, the economy in WNY is so poor, many of them are in very bad shape.
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