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27 Main Street
27 Main StreetIn 1840, William W Goulding brought this property from Edward and Ruby Crary. Joseph Hiram Goulding and his brother John (cousin of the Raymonds and…
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Augustus N. Tupper
3 Elm StreetAugustus N Tupper (c.1816-1886) lived in Potsdam for the majority of his life. A prominent citizen, Tupper engaged in a wide variety of business…
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Batchelder & Sons Furniture Factory
Fall IslandEstablished in 1841 Batchelder & Sons Furniture Factory made a range of furniture including coffins. They were located opposite the Episcopal Church…
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Bayside Cemetery
730 Co Rd 59Featured in the Sandstone Festival in 2010 for a vault tour, the Bayside Cemetery was incorporated in 1865 and is located on the west side of the Raquette…
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Camp Union, Civil War Training Camp, Potsdam, NY
Camp Union was build in a field above Grove Street, bordered by Market Street, May Road, and Leroy Street. It was the home of the 92nd New York Volunteers…
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Captain Thomas Hickey
Thomas Hickey was born in Vanleek Hill, Canada in 1839. An only son of Irish parents, he came to Potsdam early in his life and made his home here. The "…
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Clarkson-Knowles Cottage - 37 Main Street, Potsdam, NY
37 Main StreetClarkson-Knowles Cottage is a historic home built in about 1835 and is a 1 and 1/2 story, five-bay residence constructed of red Potsdam Sandstone in the…
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Courier & Freeman Office and Printing - 59 Market Street, Potsdam, NY
59 Market Street, Potsdam, NYCourier & Freeman Office was located on the corner of Market Street and Depot Street. Today this location is where the restaurant and bar McDuff…
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Dr. Jesse Reynolds - Elm Street, Potsdam, NY
4 Elm Street or 6 Elm Street (Today)This dwelling on Elm Street was purchased by Dr. Jesse Reynolds in 1860. It may have been used as a home, medical office or both until his death…
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Fireman's Hall
42 Main Street, Potsdam, NYThe Potsdam Fire Department has been "Making House Calls Since 1857" proudly protecting the residents of the Town and Village of Potsdam, New…
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George B. Swan - Adam Bolt's Research
301 Swan Street, Potsdam, NYDistinction Despite Disadvantage: The Story of George B. Swan George Brown Swan was a prominent man in Potsdam in 1865. He was a charter…
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George B. Swan - Bryan Thompson's Research
In the spring of 1863, George B. Swan was first elected a trustee for the Village of Potsdam. It was noted in Henry Lloyd Garrison’s Liberator March 20th…
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43 Main StIn 1841 William W Goulding owned this property. He sold it to his older brother, James Marshall Goulding and his wife Amanda Sanford Goulding in 1849. It…
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Henry Knowles
48 Elm StreetHenry Knowles was admitted to the bar in 1839, after which he joined his father’s law office. In 1841, he married Jane Brush and they had six children.…
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Market StBegun by John H. Seeley in c.1852, the store was fixture in Potsdam for until shortly after his death in 1883. The store sold much more than books and…
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43 Main StJames Marshall Goulding was born in Phillipston, Massachusetts in 1805, the 2nd child of Joseph Hiram and Lydia Mellen Goulding. The family moved to…
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Joanna Hickey House - Depot Street, Potsdam, NY
Depot Street, Potsdam, New YorkThe 1865 map of Potsdam, New York, shows the property on which a single building stands, on Depot Street, the closest home to the Potsdam Rail Road…
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53 Market St.John H. Seeley (1829-1883) was born in Dekalb and moved to Potsdam in c.1852 after buying Josias Smith. He and his wife Roxana (nee Coryell) had nine…
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Jonathan Wallace House - 99 Market Street, Potsdam, NY
99 Market St.Address: 99 Market Street, Potsdam, NY Constructed Date: c. 1830 Stone Description: Large flat…
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Joseph Horace Sanford Jr House
75 Market StIn February of 1854, JH Sanford purchased this property from James L and Marion Simons. JH placed a livery stable there. At some point…
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Knowles House - 48 Elm Street, Potsdam, NY
48 Elm StreetThis structure is an 1842 Greek Revival home in which Henry Knowles resided in during the time of the creation of the 1865 map. The house was owned…
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Presbyterian Church
3 Park Street, Potsdam, NYFrom Marguerite Gurley Chapman's book; "Early History of Potsdam". In 1820 the Presbyterians decided to build a white wooden church on the Gospel Lot at a…
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Sanford and Morgan Store
6 Market St (?)In 1842 Joseph Horace Sanford purchased this property and constructed a building to house a dry goods store. During the eighteen fifties, his…
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