STEWART HOUSE

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STEWART HOUSE
COBBLESTONE HOUSE BUILT BY
EARLY MENDON RESIDENT
JEREMIAH S. STEWART BY 1850.
ACQUIRED BY MONROE COUNTY
PARKS IN 1928.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024

With over 2,600 acres of outdoor space and unique geologic formations, Mendon Ponds Park is a much-visited site of recreation, along with being the largest park in Monroe County. It is also the site of the “Stewart House,” a cobblestone building constructed by early Mendon resident Jeremiah S. Stewart by 1850.

Originally from Dutchess County, Stewart purchased the property where the house stands ca. 1834, and it is likely he began construction of the house shortly after acquiring the land. However, definitive primary source evidence detailing the date of construction has yet to be located as of 2024. At the very least the house was constructed by 1850 as proven with maps and census records from that period.

The house would remain with the Stewart/Canfield family though multiple generations, as detailed in the Brighton-Pittsford Post August 5^th, 1944 edition featuring the obituary of Stewart A. Canfield:

Mr. Canfield, the only child of Richard and Charlotte Smead Canfield, was born April 19, 1874, in the cobblestone house on the Canfield farm, town of Mendon. This was the homestead built by Jeremiah Stewart, grandfather of Stewart Canfield, for whom he was named…About fifteen years ago, Stewart Canfield sold his extensive acreage to the Monroe County Parks Board. The three farms were centrally located in the beautiful countryside with its picturesque lakes now known to thousands of people as Mendon Ponds Park: the old Cobblestone House in which Stewart first saw the light of day, is now the home and office of the Park Supervenient.

Since acquiring the property in 1928, the Stewart House has become a staple of Mendon Ponds Park, serving as a visible connection to the sites storied past for both 20^th and 21^st century visitors alike.

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