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Home My WebLink AboutThe Stone House The Stone House – In 1822 Keturah (Dunlap) and Charles Woodward, who originally came from England, built a house one-mile west of the hamlet of Enfield Falls (Stone House Road). The house was built of stone gathered from the surrounding area, of staunch beams with mortises and tenons firmly held by hand-whittled wooden pegs. Walls of the house were two feet thick, with a slight taper as they went up. This width made it possible for deep window seats. There were four fireplaces with simple mantle design and random-width plank ceilings in the second-floor rooms. Located at the back of the house was the kitchen. It contained its own fireplace with a wrought iron crane in the fireplace to be used for cooking. The house has always been referred to as the “Old Stone House.” A daughter (Elizabeth Woodward) was born to Charles and Keturah in 1828. The Woodwards eventually had 13 children. The first houses in Enfield from 1804 to the 1820's would have been log cabins. There is a rumor of a house somewhere in Enfield having a log cabin incorporated into it. As with taverns, houses would have begun to be made out of lumber with the rise of saw mills. The earliest recognizable architectural style in Enfield is the Federal Style. This Style was fading in popularity when people with enough money to afford a house built in it started to be here, but it lasted until about 1830. It is characterized by a full pediment across the gable end, fan windows over the main door and/or in the gable, lights around the door and a symmetrical front with an entrance hall and rooms on both floors going off of this. Examples of this style are the Thall House on Halseyville Road, the Orson Bostwick House, just south of Bostwick Corners, which also has a row of false columns arching across its front, and the Old Stone House on Stonehouse Road. The Old Stone House was built in 1822 by the Woodwards and is probably the oldest remaining building in Enfield. Its construction material is flat fieldstone of irregular shapes. The quoining at the cornerIdas is also irregular. It has a central doorway with a fanlight over it and a brick arch over the fanlight. There is also a fan window with a brick arch in the north gable, which does not have a pediment. There are two windows on either side of the front door and five windows on the second floor spaced over those on the first. The south end is simpler with only a square window in the gable. There are three chimneys evident, two on each end, but there must have been a fourth. The rear does not have evenly spaced openings, but this is because a kitchen wing once existed of the back, which was removed. The interior frame is fastened with mortise and tenon with wooden pegs. The walls taper slightly as they go up. Deed – 4 Stone House Road, Newfield NY; Tax ID: 16.-1-18 lot 761950, September 22 – Sold to: Robert C. and Beatrice E.H. Bald by Delbert LeRoy Hall and Ruth Marie Hall - Deed 335/510Lot 76 – Hobby Road1946, March 20 – Sold to Ruth Hall by Delbert LeRoy Hall and Ruth Marie Hall by Ruth M. Hall- Deed 285/3571944, September 22 – Grantee: Sold to Ruth M. Hall – Grantor: sold by: Ida C. Hobby and Amos K. Hobby - Deed 272/341; Liber 285/357.1944, September 26 – Grantee: Sold to Ruth M. Hall – Grantor: sold by: Ida C. Hobby and Amos K. Hobby - Deed 272/341 Referred to Hobby Road not Stone House Road. Map of survey with Deed.Frederick Hobby died intestate 9/27/1938.1918 September 3 – Grantee receives property: Frederick H. Hobby – Grantor sold by: Fred D. VanOrder and wife and Patrick Meany and Agnes E. wife.. Deed 190/449.; Charles and Keturah Woodward1871, March 27 Grantor sells: Benjamin Woodward heir of Charles Woodward late of Enfield deceased. Grantee receives property: William Drake. Deed ENF1/480 formerly conveyed to Edward Woodward.1865, April 15 Deed ENF2/96 Grantor: Sackett Solon B as Admin, Woodward Charles/estate of by adin Woodward Keturah – Grantee Woodward, John1822 Grantees receives property - Charles Woodward (woodard) – Grantors sells property - William VanWoert &c Book E Page 221 description: Enf (late Uly 76 3 pars1823 Grantees receives – Charles Woodward (woodard) – Grantors sells Nathan Allen & c Book F Page 78 Description Enf 76 114A 1 H 18P1826 – 1827 Grantees receives - Charles Woodward (woodard) – Grantors sells George Woodward L 362 personal property Will1851 – 1852 – Grantee receives Edward Wooward (Woodard) Grantor sells Solon P. Sackett admin 57 462 Enf 76 70aCalendar Inside the HouseEnfield Falls Home Bureau meeting held July 9, 1939 I.J.OwnersCharles (1798 – 1848) and Keturah Dunlop Woodward (1803-1884)Dr. Charles Woodward (son of Charles and Keturah) Woodward 1826-1901 Ithaca City Cemetery, NY.Fred D. VanOrder and Mary (wife) – Fred born March 31, 1866 died died April 2, 1926 Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY. Calvary Cemetery Ithaca NY. Mary VanOrder born April 21, 1869 died September 8, 1941. Calvary Cemetery, Ithaca, NYFrederick H. Hobby II and Ida M. Hobby (Wife) – Mrs. Hobby was very active in the Enfield Falls Home Bureau. Frederick was listed as Farmer in census. Frederick Born in 1962. died September 27, 1938 is buried in Budd Cemetery, Gray Road, Enfield. Amos K. Hobby son. Ida M. Hobby born 1964 died March 22, 1952. Road in front of the house was referred to Hobby Road not Stone House Road 1944 DeedsRobert Cecil Bald – born 1901 – 1965 Australia Professor of English; Beatrice Bald born 1907 – Australia. June 12, 2020 – visit to Stone House with Art Godwin, Ed, historic Ithaca, Dan Hoffman. Art stated that after Robert died in 1965 Beatrice and Margaret moved back to the stone house.Beatrice Bald (50 years old) and Margaret Bald (birth abt 1944 12 years old) 1956 port of arrive new york, New York from Southhampton, England arrive date July 2, 1956.March 26, 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bald and daughter Margret are spending this week in their home here. Mr. Bald is a professor in English a the University of Chicago.(Ithaca Journal)Woodard Cemetery - Woodard Road - Enfield Falls, overgrown - few stones - related to the Woodards of Enfield Falls -oldest recorded headstone is Polly Ogden October 13, 1826. In Memory of Polly wife of Amos Ogden who died October 13, 1826, aged 35 years 8 mo. & 13 days; Mrs. Mary wife of Joel Bassett died Jan. 17, 1835, ae. 46 y. 3 M. & 29 D.; Joel Bassett son of John P. & Naoma Broas died Apr. 19, 1835; AE 1 Y & 28 D.; Harriet S. Wife of Harry Mallory, died Sept 25, 1865 AE 68 YRS.; William C. Son of Harry & Harriett Mallery, died June 1, 1852, Aged 21 years, 5 M. & 13 D.DISTRICT #7 - (WOODARD) located northeast corner Woodard (Woodward) and Hines Roads. Appears on the 1866 map at this location. The sudden death of Professor Robert Cecil Bald towards the end of August came as a great shock to the University. Professor Bald had accepted the invitation of the University Council to occupy a further chair in the Department of English and would have joined the staff at the beginning of 1966. He was a most distinguished Australian with a world wide reputation in his field. At the time of his death he was Professor of English at the University of Chicago. Original publicationMonash Reporter, no 7, September 1965Life Summary [details] Birth 25 January 1901 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Death 23 August 1965 Billings, Montana, United States of America EducationScotch College (Melbourne)Ormond College (University of Melbourne)University of MelbourneCambridge University (UK) WorkplacesUniversity of Adelaide (English)University of Chicago (USA)