History

Typically found in old city streets from the early twentieth century, rectangular cobblestones can range in size, texture, and color. Cobblestones that once were ruled by horse and carriage can enhance the beauty of a new garden path, driveway or patio.

In the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, the retreat of glaciers during the ice age left numerous small, rounded cobblestones available for building.  Pre-Civil War architecture in the region made heavy use of cobblestones for walls.  Today, fewer than 600 cobblestone buildings remain.  Most of these being private homes.  They are clustered south of Lake Ontario, between Syracuse and Buffalo, home of Northeaster Exteriors.  In addition to homes, cobblestones were used to build barns, stagecoach taverns, smokehouses, stores, churches, schools, factories, and cemetery markers.