{"id":51075,"date":"2013-10-27T17:30:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T21:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=51075"},"modified":"2013-10-29T17:02:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T21:02:54","slug":"pomeroy-foundation-provides-two-grants-for-new-woodstock-historical-markers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=51075","title":{"rendered":"Pomeroy Foundation Provides Two Grants for New Woodstock Historical Markers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"New<\/a>Pictured are Library Director Norm Parry and New Woodstock Regional Historical Society Kathleen\u00a0Weimar\u00a0unveiling historic roadside marker. (Photo by Jerry Weimar)<\/i><\/p>\n

(New Woodstock NY \u2013 Oct. 2013) The New Woodstock Regional Historical Society was awarded grants to install historical markers on two properties in the Hamlet of New Woodstock.\u00a0 A dedication ceremony and reception were held on the sites Sunday, Oct. 20.<\/p>\n

The William G.\u00a0Pomeroy\u00a0Foundation has been providing grants for Historic Roadside Markers since 2006, and has funded over 80 markers primarily in Central New York.\u00a0 As of 2013, the program was expanded to cover all of New York State.\u00a0 Grants are awarded to municipalities and 501.c.3 not-for-profit organizations.\u00a0 The markers are the traditional blue with gold lettering.\u00a0 In 2014, the age range has been expanded to 1740 \u2013 1900.<\/p>\n

The Town of\u00a0Cazenovia\u00a0has many historic properties worthy of special recognition with historic markers.\u00a0 The criteria for the grant in 2013 stipulated an age range of 1790 \u2013 1850, and required that documentation be copies of original documents (no secondary sources).\u00a0 Town Historian, Sara\u00a0Chevako, and the New Woodstock Regional Historical Society selected two properties which were particularly noteworthy \u2013 the former Jonathan Smith Tavern and the former Methodist-Episcopal Church.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Smith was one of the pioneer settlers of the area, having purchased in 1793 150 acres that included all the property on the south side of Route 13 in New Woodstock.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0About 1805, Smith built a substantial tavern on the road that was to become part of the Hamilton-Skaneateles\u00a0Turnpike.\u00a0 The tavern was a local gathering place and also served as the first post office as well as a voting location in the early days.\u00a0 The structure is largely intact from the day it was built and is very likely the oldest continuously occupied building in the hamlet.\u00a0 The historic marker is placed in the front lawn to be visible from the road.<\/p>\n

A quarter-mile east of the Smith Tavern, a group of citizens incorporated the First Methodist Episcopal Society on Sept. 7, 1835.\u00a0 Trustees included Jonathan M. Smith, a nephew of the tavern owner.\u00a0 Property was purchased on June 13, 1836, and construction began shortly thereafter.\u00a0 However, it took a long time to complete the work.\u00a0 Records of the Female Benevolent Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of New Woodstock document that the building was occupied by 1841.<\/p>\n

By the 1990s, the congregations of the two churches in New Woodstock had begun meeting jointly, and it was finally determined to sell the Methodist building.\u00a0 During this same period, the New Woodstock Free Library had completely outgrown its facility, and was considering the purchase of land on which to build.\u00a0 In August 1995, the Library purchased the church building.\u00a0 It was the perfect adaptive re-use of the building, and it has been restored and enlarged since then.<\/p>\n

The historic marker has been placed at the front corner of the building.<\/p>\n

We would like to acknowledge with gratitude the following:<\/p>\n

*Nancy\u00a0Maliwesky\u00a0and Paula Miller of the William G.\u00a0Pomeroy Foundation for their encouragement and support<\/p>\n

*Matthew\u00a0Urtz, Madison County Historian, who found several of the documents<\/p>\n

*Charles Lewis, owner of the Smith Tavern, who did considerable research on the 200-year history of his property<\/p>\n

*Norm Parry, New Woodstock Free Library Librarian, who located some of the church and library documents<\/p>\n

*Many others, who searched out and copied documents and assisted in the research and compilation<\/p>\n

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Pictured are Library Director Norm Parry and New Woodstock Regional Historical Society Kathleen\u00a0Weimar\u00a0unveiling historic roadside marker. (Photo by Jerry Weimar) (New Woodstock NY \u2013 Oct. 2013) The New Woodstock Regional Historical Society was awarded grants to install historical markers on two properties in the Hamlet of New Woodstock.\u00a0 A dedication ceremony and reception were held […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22367,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}