Stone veneer in Skaneateles
Stone or brick facing, with the wall behind it checked.
Skaneateles, NY
Lakeside Masonry and Stonework in Skaneateles
Skaneateles brings extra questions to a masonry job: older houses, a historic village core and a lake watershed with its own stormwater rule. Plan the stone with those in mind, and tell us the project and the street.
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Quick answers
Questions from Skaneateles homeowners
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Do I need approval before changing the front of a house in the village?
If the house sits in the historic district, ask the village first. The village has a Historical Landmarks Preservation Commission, and it is wise to hear its guidelines before choosing stone or brick.
Is lake watershed paperwork a concern for a patio?
It can be for larger jobs. Work in a sensitive part of the watershed that moves 5,000 square feet of ground or more needs a control plan, so mention your lot size when you ask for a price.
Does this page cover the village as well as the town?
The housing, owner and soil figures describe the Town of Skaneateles. The village has its own Code and Zoning Department and a historic district, so say which one your address is in when you ask.
Masonry in Skaneateles
More than a third of the housing in the Town of Skaneateles, 36.6 percent of 3,492 units, was built in 1939 or earlier. The median year is 1956, and only 11.2 percent of homes date from 2000 or later. The Census counted authorization of just 23 new single-family homes from 2022 to 2024. So for an older house, the questions start with what the walls are made of.
Owners live in 79.8 percent of occupied homes. The ground is varied. About 41.8 percent of the mapped area is well drained, 13.0 percent poorly drained, and 12.7 percent is lake water. Honeoye and Lima silt loams make up the largest dry-land units.
Two sets of rules sit on top of the usual permit. The village holds the Skaneateles Historic District, which the National Register listed in 1984 along Jordan, Fennell, East Genesee and West Genesee Streets, and the village has a Historical Landmarks Preservation Commission. Separately, certain projects in the lake watershed that disturb 5,000 square feet or more need a stormwater control plan.
Permits come from the Town of Skaneateles Building and Codes Department, or from the village Code and Zoning Department inside the village. Ask which applies to your address.
Basis: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau
The houses here
Town of Skaneateles, per the 2020-2024 ACS: median build year 1956 and 79.8 percent owner-occupied homes. Of 3,492 housing units, 36.6 percent predate 1940 and 11.2 percent are from 2000 or later. The village is counted in the town figures.
Who signs off
Skaneateles has a town Building and Codes Department and a village Code and Zoning Department. A project in an environmentally sensitive area of the Skaneateles Lake watershed that disturbs 5,000 square feet or more must also have an Erosion and Stormwater Control Plan. Ask the office for your address what frost depth it requires for a footing.
The ground and the weather
A project in an environmentally sensitive part of the Skaneateles Lake watershed that disturbs 5,000 square feet or more needs a plan, with copies sent to the City of Syracuse Water Department at least ten business days before land disturbance starts. The village holds a National Register historic district along Jordan, Fennell, East Genesee and West Genesee Streets, and its Historical Landmarks Preservation Commission discusses guidelines for work in that district. In the town's mapped soil, 13.0 percent is in the poorly, somewhat poorly or very poorly drained classes and 41.8 percent is well drained, led by Honeoye silt loam.
The four projects in Skaneateles
Four kinds of new masonry are available here, and each Skaneateles page explains what the lake, the village core or the soil changes about that job.
Pavers and steps in Skaneateles
Patios, walks and steps, with the base and drainage priced in.
Outdoor fireplaces in Skaneateles
Fire pits, fireplaces and kitchens, planned from the footing up.
Masonry cleaning in Skaneateles
Salt, stains and growth cleaned once the water source is found.
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- Asking for a price is free and never obliges you.
- We charge you no fee for scoping or the introduction.
- Your $100 credit follows the Terms, line for line.
- If an introduction goes wrong, we help put it right.
The masonry falls under the contract you sign with your mason.
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