Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex

Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex
The Bayside Cemetery Gatehouse photographed in 2025.
Location115 Clarkson Ave. Potsdam, New York, U.S.
Coordinates44°39′17″N 74°59′29″W / 44.65472°N 74.99139°W / 44.65472; -74.99139
Area83.6 acres (33.8 ha)
Built1865 (1865), 1901
Architectmultiple
Architectural styleLate Victorian
MPSRed Potsdam Sandstone Resources Taken from Raquette River Quarries MPS
NRHP reference No.03000026[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Susan Omohundro, Ellen Burns, and Linda Garofalini (January 2002). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 25, 2025.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Downloading may be slow.)