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Overview
Hotels & Motels
in Watertown
Watertown Businesses
Parks and Recreation
Shopping
Site Seeing
Watertown Related Web
Sites
The Watertown area is loaded with great tourist attractions!
The following is a list of a few locations for great site
seeing:
MUSEUMS
ARTS & THEATERS
AREA ATTRACTIONS
MUSEUMS
Agricultural Museum - Route 180, Stone Mills, NY
Early 1800 Stone Houses, Agricultural Historical Museum, agricultural
tools, original site of Fordham University.
Call (315) 658-2353
Antique Boat Museum - 750 Mary Street, Clayton, NY
Large collection of antique boats, motors, artifacts and related
items. Antique boat show and parade in Aug.
Call (315)686-4104
Jefferson County Historical Society Museum - 228 Washington
Street, Watertown, NY
19th century Victorian structure, includes agricultural and
woodworking tools, early machinery, and more.
Call (315) 782-3491
Pickering-Beach Historical Museum - 503 West Main Street,
Sackets Harbor
Historic home built in 1817, with military memorabilia, and
more.
Call (315) 646-2052
Sci-Tech Center of Northern New York - 154 Stone St., Watertown,
NY
Video yardstick, sand penulum, shadow room, science store,
and workshops.
Call (315) 788-1340
Thomas A. Graham Museum - James Street, Alexandria Bay, NY
Restored 134 year old house-research library, photographs,
decoys, boating, china and silver.
Call (315) 482-3110
1000 Islands Craft School and Textile Museum - 314 John St.,
Clayton, NY
Workshops in pottery, eaving, jewelry, birdcarving, oils,
and watercolor, basketry, quilting, and more.
Call (315) 686-4123
ARTS & THEATERS
The Watertown Lyric Theatersponsors a Community Performance
Hot Line at (315) 788- 2980 which provides round the clock
information about local performances and auditions. For more
information about this Hot Line call (315) 639-6929. Performing
Arts organizations currently listed with the Hot Line include:
Jefferson Community College - Outer Coffeen Street, Watertown,
NY - Programs are open to the general public year-round at
the McVean Theater on the J.C.C. campus. Call (315) 786-2271.
The Little Theater of Watertown, Inc. - One of the oldest
theater groups in the state. Members perform several plays
and dinner theater shows as well as one act plays for charity.
Auditions are open to all. Call (315) 782-7840.
Northern Blend Ladies Barber Shop Chorus - Asbury United
Methodist Church, 327 Franklin Street, Watertown, NY - offer
performances throughout the year. Call (315) 785-9238.
Northern Choral Society - Asbury United Methodist Church,
327 Franklin Street, Watertown, NY - Dr. Peter Allen, conductor
brings together choir members from a Tir-county area for two
major concerts yearly. Call (315) 782-2593.
Northern Jefferson Community Band - Brownville United Methodist
Church. Call (315) 686-4805 or (315) 782-4044.
S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. - Harmony Hall in the Paddock Arcade, downtown
Watertown, NY - An international association of male barbershop
quartet singers meets every Tuesday evening to prepare for
concerts and competitions. Call (315) 788-2654
Watertown Community Concert Association - Provides four concerts
a year featuring professional musicians. Call (315) 788-6492.
Watertown Morning Musicales - Monthly programs are performed
by members who have been qualified as meeting the groups high
standard of musical excellence. Call (315) 788-7385.
Watertown Lyric Theater, Inc. - Presents two or three musicals
a year and has a summer stock program for children and teenagers.
Proceeds support a scholarship program. Call (315) 788-5259.
AREA ATTRACTIONS
Boldt Castle, Heart Island
Accessible by boat. This six-story replica of a Rhineland
castle often features displays
Call (315) 482-9724
Brainard-Hutchinson, Oxbow
This brick home was once lived in by Content Woolworth, daughter
of the 5 & 10 cent store founder, F. W. Woolworth
Brown Mansion, 216 Brown Blvd
This historic home, of 150 years, was home to Jacob Brown
during War of 1812
Call (315) 782-7650
The Camp Mansion Sackets Harbor
Elijah Camp built this impressive federal style home in 1816
Cape Vincent Chamber of Commerce, Lower James Street, Cape
Vincent, NY
Historic homes, Tibbetts Point Lighthouse, marinas. Fishing
guides. Bass, walleye and pike contests
Call (315) 654-2481
Community House Historical Museum
Find written records plus actual articles of historic interest.
This house is open by appointment only
Cornwall Brothers Store Heritage Arts Center, Market Street,
on the Old Waterfront, Alexandia Bay
This restoration of the turn-of-the-century general store
is the community center for heritage education and special
events, featuring historic exhibits
Call (315) 482-4586
Cup and Saucer, Real Street, Cape Vincent, NY
This landmark was the site of refuge for Napoleon Bonaparte
Madison Barracks, Sackets Harbor
Built at the close of the War 1812, these barracks were operated
by the Army until after World War II, where they utilized
them as a troop training camp. Visit Fort Pike, the Stone
Row, Water tower and Sally Port
Military Cemetary, Sackets Harbor, NY
The remains of Zebulon Pike, discoverer of Pike's Peak, lay
here, as well as other casualties of the War of 1812
Old Stone Bridge, Sackets Harbor, NY
President Monroe was greeted by Army and Naval Commanders
at this point in 1818
Oxbow Historic Homes, Oxbow, NY
This was home of Princess Caroline Charlotte Bonaparte Benton,
built in 1820 Daughter of Joseph Bonaparte, who was once King
of Spain
The Paddock Mansion, 228 Washington Street, Watertown, NY
The house, which was completed in 1878, was an avant garde
statement by John Hose, Watertwon architect, for his clients
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Paddock. It was than opened as a museum
in 1924
Pulpit Rock, Oxbow, NY
This was the early trading spot for the English and old time
loyalists during the War of 1812
Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library, 229 Washington Street,
Watertown, NY
The Library holds a collection of apprimately 180,000 volumes,
plus paintings
Call (315) 788-2352
Sackets Harbor Battlefield,
Route 3, Sackets Harbor, NY (State Historic Site)
This battlefield was the site of two attacks on the U.S. during
War of 1812 and center of naval and military activity during
that war. It is now a visitor center with orientation show
and self-guided tours.
Dr. Samuel Guthrie House, Sackets Harbor, NY
Home of the discoverer of chloroform, first used in amputations
at Sackets Harbor - and developer of the percussion Cap.
Stone House, Broadway, Cape Vincent, NY
This house was built in the early 1800's by James Leray DeChaumont
Stone Row and Water Tower, Sackets Harbor
These outstanding structures help to give Madison Barracks
its unique flavor
Thousand Islands Museum, 403 Riverside Drive, Clayton, NY
The museum Features exhibits on the Muskie Hall of Fame, Idian
lore, old country kitchen, country school, and Indian lore
exhibits, among other things.
Call (315) 686-5794
Tibbets Point Lighthouse, Cape Vincent, NY
This Lighthouse marks the point where Lake Ontario and the
St. Lawrence River meet
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