Gomez Mill House - Newburgh NY - Pre-Victorian Historic Homes on Waymarking.com

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] Rating: Architect (if known): Not listed Landscape Designer (if known): Not listed Opening Hours (if applicable): Not listed

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