Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex
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Location | 115 Clarkson Ave. Potsdam, New York, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 44°39′17″N 74°59′29″W / 44.65472°N 74.99139°WCoordinates: 44°39′17″N 74°59′29″W / 44.65472°N 74.99139°W |
Area | 83.6 acres (33.8 ha) |
Built | 1865 | , 1901
Architect | multiple |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
MPS | Red Potsdam Sandstone Resources Taken from Raquette River Quarries MPS |
NRHP Reference # | 03000026 |
Added to NRHP | March 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).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.