Luis Moses Gomez: A Story of the Nation’s Oldest Jewish Dwelling

When Sephardic Jewish merchant Luis Moses Gomez first arrived in the new world between 1700 and 1705, he quickly rose as a shrewd and successful businessman on the increasingly-populated Manhattan Island. Spreading his influences northward to the Hudson Valley between 1714 and 1716, his establishment of property near today’s Marlboro, NY marked the site of the nation’s oldest Jewish dwelling—a home that would come to experience more than 300 years of transformation. Using newly discovered documents, Alex Prizgintas identifies popular legends and little-known facts about Gomez, along with the storied history of today’s Gomez Mill House.