Roe Cobblestone Schoolhouse is a historic one room school located at Butler

Butler, New York

Butler is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 2,277 at the 2000 census.The Town of Butler is on the east border of the county and is west of Syracuse, New York.- History :Settlement began in 1803....

 in Wayne County, New York

Wayne County, New York

Wayne County is a county located in the US state of New York. It is part of the Rochester, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies on the south shore of Lake Ontario, forming part of the northern border of the United States with Canada. The name honors General Anthony Wayne, an American...

. The 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...

 building is a one story, 28 feet long by 22 feet deep, three bay wide structure. It was built about 1820 and is constructed of irregularly shaped, multi-colored, field cobbles. It ceased to function as a school in 1932, used as a single family residence, and will be used as a local historical museum. The structure is among the approximately 170 surviving cobblestone buildings in Wayne 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.

External links

• Butler Historical Preservation Society - listing from Wayne County
• http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM47YB_Roe_Cobblestone_Schoolhouse_South_Butler_New_York - Waymarking.com information