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Converting a Farm into a "Public Use" Facility
I recently received an email from Patty Mondore who writes articles for the Thousand Island Sun newspaper as well as other outdoor magazines. Patty had written an article about the Red Barn Preserve earlier this year and was wanting to obtain an update on what the Gateway Museum has done since the first hiking trail was opened on Memorial Day this year. Her request caused me to think about all the interesting and exciting things the Gateway Museum has done to the Bogardus Farm property since it was bequeathed to the Museum in 2017. I decided to share the story that I passed along to Patty with the readers of this Blog. It is truly an interesting story of how a small museum in upstate New York took an undiscovered piece of property and converted it into a public use facility. It is also a story about reaching out to the community and capturing their interest in this project. And finally it’s a story about wildlife and environmental conservation – and a Rookery of Blue Herons. Here is the information I gave Patty Mondore.
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Welcome to the Gateway Museum
The Gateway Museum provides a full summer of concerts, lectures, classes and displays for the residents of Morristown, tourists and surrounding communities. The building that houses the Gateway Museum was built in 1910, by the Comstock family as a community center for their employees at their factory, Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills. Once a thriving township with multiple factories and businesses, the town has changed, but is still an unpolished gem in the North Country.
