High fashion for a night out on the town:
This plaque explained the origin of the magnificent building now housing the museum. Interestingly, the Potsdam and Canton area seems to have been a hotbed of Universalism at that time and St. Lawrence University was founded as a Universalist school:
There was a child's table adorned with toys:
Silverware of various types:
I decided that I hadn't taken enough full room photos, so here's a look at the museum from where I stood near the silverware:
And a view of the Victorian Era family setting and formal costumes. You can see by the stained glass that this was once a church:
A silver plated coffee urn from 1880:
And one parting shot of the main floor of the museum. There was a modern research room off to the left and many records up on the balcony:
From the outside, you can see the impressive building which houses the museum. There were three sections - the museum, the Potsdam municipal offices and the library. I wondered if they had all once been part of the Universalist Church property or if some had been added on by the town. There was also a fire station to the left of this photo in a similar but more recent style:
But before I drove away, I turned around and snapped a photo of one of the old Clarkson University buildings. Clarkson now has a large a modern campus several miles down the road and I couldn't tell if these buildings were still used or not. Either way, it was a lovely sight:
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