Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex

Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex
Location 115 Clarkson Ave. Potsdam, New York, U.S.
Coordinates 44°39′17″N 74°59′29″W / 44.65472°N 74.99139°W / 44.65472; -74.99139Coordinates: 44°39′17″N 74°59′29″W / 44.65472°N 74.99139°W / 44.65472; -74.99139
Area 83.6 acres (33.8 ha)
Built 1865 (1865), 1901
Architect multiple
Architectural style Late Victorian
MPS Red Potsdam Sandstone Resources Taken from Raquette River Quarries MPS
NRHP reference # 03000026[1]
Added to NRHP March 26, 2004

Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex is a historic cemetery and gatehouse located at Potsdam in St. Lawrence County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1865 and the gatehouse complex constructed in 1901. The gatehouse complex is a Châteauesque style, Late Victorian red Potsdam ashlar sandstone building. It includes a receiving room for the deceased and mourners, quarters for the cemetery custodial family, and a bell tower. The cemetery includes a number of notable structures and objects including the Clarkson mausoleum (1873), Morgan family obelisk, and Soldiers Monument (1903).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Susan Omohundro; Ellen Burns & L. Garofalini (January 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs


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