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Potsdam will assess replacing museum windows that 'require renovation'

Posted 3/8/21

POTSDAM — The Village of Potsdam will be getting a grant for $3,600 to assess the windows at the Potsdam Public Museum. The village was one of 26 communities and non-profit organizations across New …

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Potsdam will assess replacing museum windows that 'require renovation'

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POTSDAM — The Village of Potsdam will be getting a grant for $3,600 to assess the windows at the Potsdam Public Museum.

The village was one of 26 communities and non-profit organizations across New York State to receive a “technical assistance grant” provided by the Preservation League of New York State, and their program partners at the NYS Council on the Arts, Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, and the Hudson Valley National Heritage Area.

Projects included in the 2020 funding round were selected by an independent panel of preservation professionals. The total grants awarded by the Preservation League and its partners totaled $96,644.00.

Potsdam will use the money to prepare an existing conditions assessment of the windows in the museum. The museum’s windows are in a poor condition and require renovation, a press release from the village said. The Potsdam Civic Center which encompasses the museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Crawford & Stearns, Preservation Planners and Architects will be conducting the assessment.

Tischler expressed his gratitude to the Preservation League and the New York State Council on the Arts for their early support of Potsdam’s plan to preserve its historic Civic Center Complex.

“The Village of Potsdam’s Comprehensive Plan has as one of its highest priorities the renovation of the museum’s historic lancet windows and its ‘Good Shepard’ Horwood stain glass window. With the assistance of the League and NYSCA, the village will have a detailed study to guide our future renovation efforts,” Tischler said.