Program

NYS Historic

Subject

Industry & Commerce

Location

5997 Rt. 98, Great Valley, NY

Lat/Long

42.214769, -78.636069

Grant Recipient

Town of Great Valley

The Plank Road House, also known as the Half-Way House, served both residential and commercial purposes. L.E. Everts’ 1879 book, History of Cattaraugus Co., New York, further details the building’s uses:

At the Plank-road or Half-way House, as it is commonly called, there are two stores, a hotel, Great Valley post office, a steam saw-mill, a blacksmith-shop, and several dwellings…