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?Workmaster SpeakerRequisites for Making Fort Brewerton Into Visible Historic Site Are ListedrA frank appraisal of potential established the fact that Fort opportunities for the future of Brewerton was averaging only Fort Brewerton as an historic (,no 'isitnr a (la-v during thesite and of the challenges to P^ak summer travel season.he met for its development ,/rs The s,ep of losing the site was—~ ■ — — — - ' wgiven Saturday by Wallace F. Workmastcr, Acting Regional Supervisor of Historic Sites for the Central V a r k sYorkCommissionStatetaken as an economy measure in response to the state's fiscal crisis at the same time six eluded, other historic sites throughout- w ■«* ^ w i- B ^ B HI »»■ B BP *™*r ^President of the Oswego County Historical Society, as hlt; spoke to the audience attending theSave Fort Brewerton Rally”sponsored by the Fort Brewerton Museum Association and other local groups.The original Fort Brewerton wasamj the State with low visitationrates were ordered closed and reductions were made in fundsWhat is needed are adeej’ateresearch information, imaginative planning, an interpret at ive-ly significant theme, proper setting and facilities, and essential staff for day-to-day activities, Mr. Workmaster con*We would be more than liappy to sit down with representatives of the local community, legislators, and other interested parties and to« % 1.1V V * ▼ W » * ■ * * * • * ^ 9 9 9 w j ' ~ ^ w ^available for operation of all see what will best serve Fortother Sites.Since that time periodic care insofar as Fort Brewerton is concerned has been possibleonly by sending maintenancelog personnel from Fort Ontario in Oswego; however, because ofBrewerton’s future.inan eight-pointedpalisade fortification built ..., -—,the British Army to the budgetary reductionsthe Mohawk Oneida-[fecting that installation this has1759 byguardOswegoAlbanywater routeand Fort Ontario.Garrisoned by a small detachment for a short time, it was abandoned and later burned by Indians at the time of Pontiac’s Rebellion in the mid*17fi0's.The area surrounding .............remains of the fort continued fortification to be a much-used stopping!place for military personnel,____traders, and later settlers ? lack reaching the western end of Oneida Lake on their way to- -.Sh-SUt' . .A Jk W ... ,between been possible only on an j ()irregular basis.sstMr. Workmaster expressedappreciation for the Interest ot * Lu Brewerton area residents in at Fort Brewertnn’s future but he jcautionedthe j completelythat proposals to wireconstruct the probably wereunrealistic due to the alterations made in 1924. theof extremely detailed information to thoroughlyauthenticate an accuratetVID13Oswego and the Great Lakes! reconstruction, the State’s m region until the opening of the continuing financial plight, and 7;Vri* Tanal in the 1820’s Ihn General problems of.Erie Canal in the 1820’s the general problems ofdiverted the main travel route reconstruction efforts as °i*|0southward. The portion of the p0SCd to restoration orvillage of Brewerton In Oswego preservation projects.County grew around the fort’s j|e outlined three imeprativesounty grewdecaying remains and in the19th century at least someprivately-owned buildings were erected on part of the fort's location. The largest of these, the Fort Brewerton Hotel, burned to the ground this pastwinter.ofALfor making Fort Brewerton into a viable historic site or museum property operation whether carried on under the continued egis of the State, some otlior public or private historical agency, or a combination ofthe two:1. Development of a practical master plan accurate historSparked by the interestlocal residents, the AmericanScenic and Historic ITeser- I nn(i archeol0gical research vation Society acquired more establisli a step-by-step pro-ihan one-half of the original .... .----.site in the 192fl’s and three men spent most of the summer of 1924 condensing the ort’s form so a reformed smaller representation of the ort’s ditch and earthwork jerme would fit into ’he ivailable 220 by 172 foot plot, fhat organization then turned Hip property consisting of thatdot over to the State of Newtfork. , „ .Two years ago, followinghrectives from the Legislature md the Office of the Budget,Brewerton *ite wasgram for physical development of the site and including relatively low-cost interpretative facilities to tell the story ofthe site in relation to the strategic Mohawk . Oneida - Oswego waterway rather than merely as a small military post garrisoned for only a few years;2. Acquisition of additional land to allow presently unavailable off-highway parking for visitors to the site now bounded on two sides by busy U.S. 11 and Oswego TUe. 37;3. Provision of operating funds to provide for continuing onaB IA ab aIr ft11lt;1I(Fortfficially closed. An on-site Ljtc* maintcnance and interpre-sitation survey previously had nation.
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Oswego Palladium Times
Oswego, New York, US
Mon, Oct 09, 1972
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