Salt Glaze Ceramic Pottery at Fountain Elms, Utica, NY
December 23, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber
Filed under Central NY, Upstate NY, historic houses, history, thrifty
In visiting the lovely Fountain Elms Historic Site in Utica, NY, recently, I noticed a very large room filled with displays of salt glaze ceramic pottery. I paused to look around and take a closer look. I believe my mother used to own some pottery like this when I was a kid; it’s very heavy [...]
Christmas at Fountain Elms in Utica, NY
December 17, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber
Filed under Central NY, historic houses, museums
I wrote a previous post that presented a Christmas decoration showcase of the formal rooms at Fountain Elms, here. Fountain Elms is a living museum in Utica, NY; it was once the home of Maria Munson Proctor. Her parents, Alfred Munson (a millionaire in the early 1800s) and Helen Watson Williams, built this house for [...]
Christmas Displays at Fountain Elms
December 14, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber
Filed under Central NY, historic houses
Fountain Elms is the name of a lovely “living museum”: an historic house displaying the life of a wealthy patrician family who lived in Upstate New York in the late 1800s. There is no admission fee, and the home is open year-round. Next to Fountain Elms is Utica’s art museum, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, named for the [...]
Madison Co. Historical Society, Part 3
March 30, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber
Filed under Central NY, Iroquois, historic houses
I’ve written in Part 1 and Part 2 about our visit to the Madison County Historical Society, housed in an 1849 historic home in Oneida, NY. The place is phenomenal! It’s like walking back in time, to the early 1850s. Most of the house has been updated and restored, and contains a lot of treasures [...]
