Bevier Bequest Traditional Cache
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Welcome to the Bevier House, built in 1680. Pull in off Route 209 and park in the small lot in front of the building, or in the overflow lot to the right if neccessary. You are looking for a tupperware container with small tradables. Nothing has to be moved or disturbed in order to find the cache, though I don't recommend looking for it with snow on the ground. Please respect the property so we don't lose this excellent cache location.
For a special treat, schedule this find for a time when you can also visit the library and museum (Saturday and Sunday during May through September, from 11 AM until 5 PM). For more information, continue reading.
Home to the Ulster County Historic Society, the Bevier House is rich in both history and current events and activities. The site of the Bevier House was purchased from Esopus Indians as a land patent by Andries Van Leuvan.Van Leuvan built the Bevier House in 1680 as a one room, one story Dutch style house. In 1715 the house was sold to New Paltz’s Louis Bevier who purchased the house for his third eldest son and his wife. Louis’s son, also named Louis, had managed the house and surrounding land as a large prominent colonial farm and with the help of his father, had started to make renovations on the property. Over the next 223 years the Bevier House had remained in the Bevier family, during this time the house has received many renovations and additions; including the building of multiple stories, additional rooms and the use of contemporary appliances. In 1938 Louis Bevier and his two sisters, Margaret Wright and Elisabeth B. Hamilton donated the Bevier house to the Historic society. In the 1950s under the architect Myron Teller, the Bevier House received some of its most current and significant renovations. In the 1970s and 1980s the Bevier House’s purpose as a library and museum continued to grow, as it does to this day with new exhibits, and artifacts as well as events and activities open to the public.
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