Butterfield Cobblestone House
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Butterfield Cobblestone House
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East profile and north elevation, 2010
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| Location | Clarendon, NY |
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| Nearest city | Batavia |
| Coordinates | 43°11′9″N 78°1′2″W / 43.18583°N 78.01722°WCoordinates: 43°11′9″N 78°1′2″W / 43.18583°N 78.01722°W |
| Area | 26.4 acres (10.7 ha) |
| Built | 1849 |
| Architect | James Thompson; William Steele; Donaldus Reuben Bartlett; Daniel F. St. John |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Cobblestone Architecture of New York State MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 10000044 |
| Added to NRHP | March 1, 2010 |
The Butterfield Cobblestone House is on Bennett Corners Road in the Town of Clarendon, New York, United States, south of the village of Holley. It is a cobblestone structure from the mid-19th century built in the Greek Revival architectural style by a wealthy local farmer to house his large family. Three generations of his descendants would run the farm over the next 80 years. Later owners would make some renovations to the interior.
One of approximately 90 cobblestone structures in Orleans County, it is the only one in Clarendon. It is also considered the finest Greek Revival building in the county. The house and several outbuildings, part of a working farm, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010, the easternmost property in the county currently so recognized.
The house is located on a 26-acre (11 ha) farm on the west side of Bennett Corners Road in the northern section of the town, three-quarters of a mile (1.21 km) south of the NY 31A state highway. The terrain is generally level, with cleared fields either cultivated, left fallow or used as horse pasture, and woodlots. All nearby properties are also large farms, with a large residential subdivision 0.4 miles (640 m) to the north-northeast.
All the buildings are in the southeast corner of the farm. To their north, along the road, are seven acres (2.8 ha) of horse pasture, with 13 acres (5.3 ha) of alfalfa and timothy to their rear, in the west. The rest of the property is taken up by a small apple orchard, a mixed vegetable plot, and a woodlot.
The main house, sheltered by a 70-foot-tall (21 m) horse chestnut, has a one-and-a-half-story main block with one-story wings to the north and northwest, its side and rear respectively. It sits on a stone foundation with its sides in mostly lake-washed coursed cobblestones from 1 to 2.5 inches (2.5 to 6.4 cm) in diameter set in mortar. The main block and wings are topped by gabled roofs shingled in asphalt and pierced by a stone chimney where the side and rear wings intersect.
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