BEMENT HOUSE
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NYS Historic
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Site
- 9241 State Route 38, Newark Valley, NY
- 42.236095, -76.178463
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Newark Valley Historical Society
BEMENT HOUSE
Inscription
BEMENT HOUSEBUILT CA 1796 BY ASA BEMENT
ON BOSTON PURCHASE LOT 177.
ASA'S BLACKSMITH SHOP, SAW
MILL AND GRISTMILL HELPED
THE TOWN TO DEVELOP.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2015
Asa Bement of Stockbridge, MA purchased land in what was known as the Boston Purchase. A blacksmith by trade, he later operated a saw mill and gristmill.
