Gomez Mill House - Newburgh NY
Posted by: nomadwillie
N 41° 35.198 W 073° 58.884
18T E 584902 N 4604383
The Gomez Mill House is over 300 years old, it is the earliest known surviving Jewish dwelling in North America and the oldest home in Orange County.
Waymark Code: WMVGZQ
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2017
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Luis Moses Gomez, a Sephardic Jewish merchant and trader whose Spanish Jewish ancestors fled to France to escape from the Spanish Inquisition for the New World, came to New York in the late 1690s. On the western border of the Gomez property, a single-story fieldstone block house with walls three feet (1 m) thick was built into the side of a hill alongside a stream that came to be known as Jews Creek. For over thirty years Daniel ran the thriving family lumber and linestone operations along Jews Creek and the Hudson River, while offering goods for sale and trade at the stone blockhouse, which remains today as the foundation and first floor of the Gomez Mill House.
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Earliest Recorded Date of Construction: 01/01/1714
Additional Dates of Construction: 1772 Second story added
1835 Kitchen and garden walls added
1912 Paper Mill added
Architectural Period/Style: Colonial
Type of Building e.g. Country House, Stately Home, Manor: Country Home
Interesting Historical Facts or Connections: Listed National Register of Historic Places
Earliest known Jewish dwelling in North America
Oldest home in Orange County NY
Listed Building Status (if applicable): Excellent
Main Material of Construction: Stone, brick
Private/Public Access: Public
Admission Fee (if applicable): 10.00 (listed in local currency)
Related Website: [Web Link]
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Architect (if known): Not listed
Landscape Designer (if known): Not listed
Opening Hours (if applicable): Not listed
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