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BODINE’S TAVERN

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Industry & Commerce
Location
610 NY-211, Montgomery, NY 12549, USA
Lat/Long
41.501416, -74.26509
Grant Recipient
Town of Montgomery
Historic Marker

BODINE’S TAVERN

Inscription

BODINE'S TAVERN
OWNED BY BODINE AND CRIST
FAMILIES, HOME ALSO SERVED
AS A TAVERN ON MINISINK AND
MONTGOMERY TURNPIKE
AS EARLY AS 1850.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024

Bodine’s Tavern is located at the intersections of the Walkill River and three historic corridors – the Albany Post Road, the Newburgh & Cochecton turnpike (now Route 17K), and the Minisink & Montgomery turnpike (now NY 211). The building is oriented toward this historic corridor. Likely built as early as 1809 (no records have been found to date to confirm this), it is believed that James Bodine purchased this land on the Minisink & Montgomery Turnpike to cater to the traffic along the new roadway. James Bodine died in 1822 and his family lost the property in 1830 to foreclosure. It was purchased by Lawrence Crist whose daughter Ann Eliza was married to Adam Bodine. Upon his death in 1833, Crist willed the property to Ann Eliza. The building was expanded ca. 1835 to provide additional amenities and space for guests. The property remained in the Crist and Bodine families and was used as a small-scale tavern until it was sold in 1885 (National Register of Historic Places registration form, 15 April 2016). As of 2024, the building remains a single-family residence.