Cobblestone Houses
Folk Art Buildings of Western New York
From Sue Freeman, ...
Cobblestone Museum Society
Childs, Orleans Country
Early vernacular Greek Revival buildings were meeting houses such as churches and town halls.
The cobblestone exterior finish is unique to the Paris area being "imported" by Levi Broughton from New York in 1838. The stonework on this chapel is particularly impressive considering that it was all done by volunteers from the congregation.
A variety of building materials are commonly used for wall treatment, including wooden shingles or clapboards, stucco, and embedded cobblestones.
and was widespread by the 1840s and 1850s and continued to be built after the Civil War; hence, few examples of this style were built in Eau Claire. This cobblestone Gothic Revival is probably the best example in the city.
 See also: House, Architecture, Bungalow, Craftsman, Arches
  
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