After going through the Baseball Hall of Fame, we strolled along Cooperstown's Main Street to look at the old nineteenth century buildings and whatever other sights might catch our attention. Here's a view of the south end of Otsego Lake looking up a creek from a bridge on Main Street.
Here's a shot of the front of the Cooperstown Library, which goes back to before the Civil War. We wandered in and it seemed a great place to while away a few hours on a warm summer evening, but we had other places we wanted to check out.
Here's Curt and I flanking a statue of James Fenimore Cooper that sits in the small park behind the Hall. Apparently, Cooper's house stood on the far side of this park before burning down in the 1930s.
The house that burned should not be confused with the Fenimore Cooper House (now Art Museum) that sits on the west side of Otsego Lake a mile or so north of town. We drove up there, but unfortunately arrived after the building was closed (missing what looked to be a cool exhibit of american artists' renditions of Rome). But we walked around the grounds and that was pretty impressive in itself.
Here's the view looking out towards the lake from the back porch of the Fenimore Cooper Art Museum. Apparently James Fenimore Cooper was inspired by this place to write his Leatherstocking tales, with many of Natty Bumppo's adventures happening near and around Cooper's hometown, with the Lake as a primary focus.
After going through the Baseball Hall of Fame, we strolled along Cooperstown's Main Street to look at the old nineteenth century buildings and whatever other sights might catch our attention. Here's a view of the south end of Otsego Lake looking up a creek from a bridge on Main Street.
Here's a shot of the front of the Cooperstown Library, which goes back to before the Civil War. We wandered in and it seemed a great place to while away a few hours on a warm summer evening, but we had other places we wanted to check out.
Here's Curt and I flanking a statue of James Fenimore Cooper that sits in the small park behind the Hall. Apparently, Cooper's house stood on the far side of this park before burning down in the 1930s.
The house that burned should not be confused with the Fenimore Cooper House (now Art Museum) that sits on the west side of Otsego Lake a mile or so north of town. We drove up there, but unfortunately arrived after the building was closed (missing what looked to be a cool exhibit of american artists' renditions of Rome). But we walked around the grounds and that was pretty impressive in itself.
Here's the view looking out towards the lake from the back porch of the Fenimore Cooper Art Museum. Apparently James Fenimore Cooper was inspired by this place to write his Leatherstocking tales, with many of Natty Bumppo's adventures happening near and around Cooper's hometown, with the Lake as a primary focus.
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