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Mud House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mud House, December 2023
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Location	992 Whalen Rd., Penfield, New York
Coordinates	43°8′31″N 77°27′36″W / 43.14194°N 77.46000°W / 43.14194; -77.46000
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1836
Architect	Gors, William
NRHP reference No.	78001862
Added to NRHP	October 11, 1978

The Mud House is a historic home located at Penfield in Monroe County, New York. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, 24-by-38-foot (7.3 by 11.6 m) rectangular earthen building with gable roof. It was constructed about 1836 of clay, puddled with straw, and then rammed into forms above a fieldstone foundation and is a rare surviving example of rammed-earth construction and was part of the Brown Brothers Nursery owned by Don Brown.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Anne Covell (February 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mud House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-10-01. See also: "Accompanying two photos".

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