On Main Street at Chestnut Street (New York State Route 80), on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Culture Abounds
"If New York City had as many museums per capita [as Cooperstown], it would have 15,564 instead of a mere fifty, which just proves how much more cultured is life up in the country" - Louis C. Jones, director of the New . . . — — Map (db m226152) HM
On Main Street at Doubleday Court, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
The Baseball Connection
"I am at [a] loss how to get verification of my statements regarding the invention of base ball." - Abner Graves, originator of the Doubleday myth, 1905
Abner Graves reported to the Mills Commission, created . . . — — Map (db m226148) HM
On Pioneer Street at Elm Street, on the right when traveling north on Pioneer Street.
On July 4, 1827 both free and once-enslaved people of color celebrated emancipation in New York at this church with speaker Hayden Waters. — — Map (db m169506) HM
On Main Street at Fair Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Founding Families
"I explored the country…and meditated upon the spot where a place of trade or a village should afterwards be established" - William Cooper, A Guide to the Wilderness, 1810
William Cooper relocated his . . . — — Map (db m226156) HM
On Main Street near Fair Street, on the right when traveling east.
Indian Agent - Land Speculator
Lived in Pioneer Log House
Located Here 1769-1770.
General James Clinton's
Headquarters Here 1779.
— — Map (db m43351) HM
On Main Street at Hoffman Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Nature's Splendor
"We've got to calling the place the 'Glimmerglass,' seeing that its whole basin is so often fringed with pines, cast upward from its face; as if it would throw back the hills that hang over it" - James Fenimore Cooper, . . . — — Map (db m226155) HM
On Glimmerglass State Park, on the right when traveling west.
Hyde Hall has been designated as a National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America
Architect Phillip Hooker's masterful design combines the refined English . . . — — Map (db m233649) HM
Indian remains excavated in this field were reburied in 1874 at the base of this mysterious mound.The tablet, with poem by the Rev. W.W. Lord was placed over the remains by Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark in 1899.
"The wide land which now is . . . — — Map (db m98406) HM
On This Site Stood
Otsego Hall,
Bvilt By William Cooper,
The Fovnder Of Cooperstown, in 1798.
The Home Of
James Fenimore Cooper
Where He Lived From 1834
To The Day Of His Death
September 14th, 1851.
Destroyed by Fire in . . . — — Map (db m121197) HM
Bountiful Lands
"The [hop] crop was perhaps never larger in this county. …We congratulate our Farmers on their good fortune." - The Freeman's Journal, November 5, 1852
Farmers have come to Cooperstown for centuries to . . . — — Map (db m226149) HM
On Main Street at River Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
Federalist
Stone Mason: James Allen
Carpenter: Cyrenius Clark
William Cooper's wedding gift to his daughter Ann and George Pomeroy, druggist.
Under the east eaves, stonemason James Allen
placed their initials: G.A.P.C. (George, . . . — — Map (db m190751) HM
Site of the First
National Baseball
Hall of Fame Induction,
June 12, 1939
* * * * *
Attended by
Grover Alexander, Ty Cobb,
Eddie Collins, Walter Johnson,
Nap Lajoie, Connie Mack,
Babe Ruth, George Sisler, Tris Speaker, . . . — — Map (db m190749) HM
On Pioneer Street north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
34-36 Pioneer Street
Tunnicliff Inn
1802
Federal Townhouse Style
The Tunnicliff Inn was built by Lawrence McNamee and used as a general store for many years. It is one of the oldest brick structures on the village.
Cooperstown . . . — — Map (db m162464) HM
On Glimmerglass State Park Road north of County Route 31, on the left when traveling north.
Welcome Home!
How do I get a piece of that asset?
This unusual country house-built for George Clarke, between 1817 and 1835- was the Clarke family home for 150 years and 5 generations.
Hyde Hall and it's inhabitants played an . . . — — Map (db m220106) HM
On Glimmerglass State Park Road north of County Route 31, on the right when traveling north.
In 1806, George Clarke said goodbye to his first wife and 5 children in England and traveled to New York. He settled in Albany and employed Richard Cooper to manage his properties. Richard died prematurely and George married his widow, Ann, in . . . — — Map (db m220109) HM
