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The Harness Shop

In 1987 the Cobblestone Society was given this small building by Rose M. Welles. It was then moved to the museum grounds through the generosity or Rice Homes, Inc. During 1988 the building was restored to its appearance of the 1880's. It now houses the artifacts once used by John G. Peters, a harness maker and shoe repairer who started a business in Lyndonville, N. Y. in 1909. The building was built in 1838 by Starr Chester, a cobbler in Gaines, N. Y. until 1880. In 1883 the building was moved 300 feet to a new site by Gates Knickerbocker, a jeweler, who added the "Western Style facade". He used the building until his death in 1914. The sides and back are unusual in that they are stuccoed with lime mortar (restored) on hand-split lathe. Between 1922-1939 it was used as a Gun and Paint Shop by Clifton Nestle. Since that time, until its last move, it was used by a number of different people for different purposes.

 

 

 

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