
John Graves Cobblestone Farmhouse
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John Graves Cobblestone Farmhouse is a historic home located at Junius
in Seneca County, New York
. It is a late Federal
style, cobblestone
farmhouse. It is a two story, three bay wide side hall structure, with a one story frame wing. It was built about 1837 and is constructed of irregularly sized and variously colored field cobbles. The house is among the approximately 18 surviving cobblestone buildings in Seneca County.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2008.
Junius, New York
Junius is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 1,362 at the 2000 census.The Town of Junius is in the northwest corner of the county and is east of Geneva, New York.- History :...
in Seneca County, New York
Seneca County, New York
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,342 people, 12,630 households, and 8,626 families residing in the county. The population density was 103 people per square mile . There were 14,794 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...
. It is a late Federal
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
style, cobblestone
Cobblestone architecture
Cobblestone architecture refers to the use of cobblestones embedded in mortar as method for erecting walls on houses and commercial buildings.-History:Evidence of the use of cobblestones in building has been found in the ruins of Hierakonpolis...
farmhouse. It is a two story, three bay wide side hall structure, with a one story frame wing. It was built about 1837 and is constructed of irregularly sized and variously colored field cobbles. The house is among the approximately 18 surviving cobblestone buildings in Seneca County.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2008.

