Founded: January 1, 1800
Through: December 31, 1959
Location: 4470 Peterboro St, Vernon, NY, USA
Other names:
Vernon House
Overview
One of the first buildings in Vernon, which was where the Vernon Post Office is today.
Details
Built by Captain Benjamin Pierson around 1800, it was probably the first stage inn in Vernon. It sat on the hillock above the Sconondoa Creek on the Seneca Turkpike, now Route 5, at the corner of Peterboro.
It is believed it was named in honor of Oneida Chief Skenandoah, who was reported to have been an early guest.
The Inn played a role in the escape of the delegates to the 1835 Utica Anti-Slavery Convention, who stayed there on the way to Peterboro as an angry mob chased them from the convention.
In 1862, a recruitment event for civil war volunteers was held here by David Tuttle Jenkins, with local firemen.
The building was demolished in 1960 for the building of a modern post office, pharmacy and grocery.
Owners
Captain Ichabod Hand (1820- )
Dainel Soliss
John Tipple
Ira Reed (1860-1870)
Alonzo Pardee (1870-1895
William Zimmer (1895- ) Named it Sconondoa Inn
Gilbert Wetmore (1944-1960)