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Humphrey Shearman's Inn

Historic Site #:	09-105   (Exists)   Type: D10,H3	Town:	Palmyra
Site Name:	Humphrey Shearman's Inn	GPS Coordinates:	43.085441, -77.150101
Address:	4839 Tellier Rd, East Palmyra NY
Description:
Humphrey Shearman's Inn was built in 1801 at East Palmyra along a section of the Montezuma Turnpike.

 

Shearman's Inn, about 1940s. Courtesy of Beth Hoad.	Shearman's Inn, October 2019. Photo by Beth Hoad.

 

Historic narrative:

Humphrey Shearman, from Rhode Island, was a Revolutionary War soldier, pioneer settler, blacksmith, farmer, real estate entrepreneur, distiller and innkeeper in the Wayne County hamlet of East Palmyra, New York. He died in 1812. After his death Shearman's property was divided amongst his nine sons. Operated as a bed and breakfast for twenty five years.

References:

An East Palmyra Story, Beth M. Hoad (1999)

Peer Luck, Edited by Beth M. Hoad and Sally Valentine (2017)

Historic Homes In and Around Arcadia, Cecilia B Jackson (1982)

Newark Courier-Gazette article by Cecilia Jackson, 1 Mar 1979

You never know what you'll learn or who you'll meet when you own a B&B

You never know what you'll learn or who you'll meet when you own a B&B (Part II)

You never know what you'll learn or who you'll meet when you own a B&B (Part III)