Building date: c. 1837, demolished by fire 9/17/1891
Original use: Distillery
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Google Maps street level view is not available. Approximate location is Google Earth confirmed with marked location on 1859 Madison County map excerpt below; 42°53'14.08"N 75°33'10.13"W.
Town of Madison and Madison County Maps
The 1853 wall map of Madison county shows "Woodhull & Forward, Distillers" on the west side of the Chenango Canal at this point. A news item states it was converted to a vinegar factory in 1867. harles Dedrick and his partners used the old stone distillery and malt house on the west shore of the Chenango Canal for their vinegar factory. This was located southwest of what is now the Bockville Feed Mill. They also manufactured cider brandy. Brown, Beach and Dedrick started their business operations c. 1863. Samuel Mott took the place of Mr. Dedrick in the partnership and by 1869 had purchased the business interests of his two partners. On Sept. 18, 1891 a fire broke out at the lower Mott plant, next to the old Chenango Canal, Bouckville. The large refining and storage building, the cooper shop, and the old stone distillery building were destroyed, along with several other smaller buildings. Richard Palmer blog.
A Great Blaze At Bouckville", Mott's Cider Mill and Other Buildings Destroyed, Entailing a Loss Estimated at Between $50,000 and $100,000, by Utica Daily Press, Tuesday, September 29, 1891
Samuel Mott Distillery history research notes. From the personal research of cobblestone historian Karen Crandall.
The Cobblestone Distillery at Bouckville, History of the Landmark Tavern in Bouckville, Cobblestone Masterpiece, A History of the Landmark Tavern Building, by James Ford 2016 (jnford47@gmail.com), Madison County Historical Society.
 1859 Madison County Map Bouckville Excerpt.jpg ¹ |  Motts Cider Mill sepia tone 2.jpg ¹ |  After Fire at Motts stone warehouse on canal.jpg ² |
¹ 1859 Madison County Map excerpt courtesy Library of Congress.
² Image courtesy of Diane VanSlyke, Town of Madison Historian.
