{"nrhp_refnum":"03000026","name":"Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"115 Clarkson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Potsdam","county":"St. Lawrence County","state":"NY","lat":44.654562646000045,"lon":-74.99110116861205,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-03-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Bayside Cemetery and its 1901 Gatehouse Complex occupy an 83.6-acre site between Clarkson Avenue and the Raquette River in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1865, and the Chateauesque sandstone gatehouse was designed by Edgar A. Josselyn.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Bayside as a rural-cemetery-style landscape that has long been favored by Potsdam's leading families, especially the Clarksons. Around 1900 the Clarkson family funded the red Potsdam Sandstone gatehouse, wall and gate to express their religious principles and devotion to family. The site is marked as significant in landscape architecture, architecture, and community planning and development.","narrative":"Bayside Cemetery, established in 1865, covers 83.6 acres along the Raquette River just south of Potsdam's village center. Its plan, filed by L. R. Briggs of Boston, reflects the mid-19th-century rural cemetery movement, with winding roads, hills, mature trees and river views. A raised causeway built in 1867 links the entrance to the burial grounds. The entrance complex was financed by the Clarkson family and built of red Potsdam Sandstone from their quarries. It includes a Chateauesque gatehouse finished in 1901 and designed by Edgar A. Josselyn, with a bell tower, a receiving room and a custodian's residence. A crenellated wall and iron gate followed in 1904, along with a small office building and a garage. Within the grounds are the c. 1873 Clarkson mausoleum, an 1891 receiving vault, sandstone obelisks and a 1903 Civil War soldiers' monument. Together these resources show how a leading family shaped a community burial place.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Edgar A. Josselyn (gatehouse architect); Warren Manning (landscape architect for the entrance); L. R. Briggs and H. T. Whitman (cemetery grounds design)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Chateauesque","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The gatehouse masonry is described as generally in good condition; the gatehouse still serves as a residence, the cemetery remains in use, and the garage is in poor condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.802756-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000026.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314696","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayside_Cemetery_and_Gatehouse_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4874826"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/st-lawrence-county/bayside-cemetery-and-gatehouse-complex-03000026/"}