In this article from William Wilkinson’s scrapbook “One Hundred Great and Near-Great Events, Person and Places in Rochester History” (1947) he writes about the house we now call the Stone-Tolan House. Part of the original structure was built in 1792 and then added on to up to about 1830. It is the oldest structure still existing in Monroe County. The property was purchased by the Landmark Society from the last occupant, Miss Ellen A. Tolan. The Society has restored the house and also the barn which now serves as an orientation center. It now is open as a museum.

This old tavern building is still standing at 2370 East Ave. as a private residence. It was built in 1790 by Orringh Stone, a brother of Enos Stone Jr., being the first tavern between Canandaigua and the Genesee Falls. Opposite, across East Avenue, at the corner of present Council Rock Avenue stood the Rock and Old Elm. The rock is still there with a bronze on it. This tavern located on the main trail leading from Canandaigua to the Falls and the west, the tavern and the rock became known to travelers in the Genesee Country. Many noted persons stopped there including Louis Philippe, later King of France, Aaron Burr and Lafayette. You would never guess by looking at this house from the street that it is so old. The one above was started over 20 years before there was any Rochesterville and the marvelous part of it is still being occupied and is good condition.