Stone Houses of Jefferson County

This book features 88 stone houses built in Jefferson County, New York, mainly before 1860, based on land records, family archives, and published histories, as well as interviews with building owners, and organized by town. They include discussion of the houses' (and towns') history, architecture, landscape, proportions, functions, and variations. The concluding chapters discuss lost stone buildings, geology and quarrying, and construction and preservation. Contemporary and period photos are provided, as are excerpts and drawings from Jacques Milbert's Picturesque Itinerary of the Hudson River and the Peripheral Parts of North America (1828). Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Maureen Hubbard Barros is the author of numerous articles and the book Ornament and Object: Canadian Jewellery and Metal Art 1946–1996. Brian W. Gorman has worked as a commercial banker, finance manager, and general manager of the dairy cooperative and cheese store. He has been involved in research and the renovation or restoration of three historic houses: a circa 1865 balloon-framed dockworker’s house in Burlington, VT, an 1853 Greek Revival one-and-a-half story connected farmhouse in Northfield, VT, and a combined frame (1810) and stone (1831) farmhouse in Watertown, NY. Robert A. Uhlig was in the field of education for thirty-four years before retiring in 1992. He is president of the Stone Building Society of Northern New York. Richard Margolis has taught in the art departments of Nazareth College and SUNY Brockport and now photographs mostly his own projects, involving trees, bridges, public art, and landmarks.