Walking Tour to Highlight New Uses for Old Buildings

Otsego 2000 to present Walking Tour of Hartwick

Otsego 2000 will offer a walking tour of Hartwick on Sunday, August 10 at 3 pm. The tour will be led by Dr. Cindy Falk, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies at SUNY Oneonta and Professor of Material Culture at the University’s Cooperstown Graduate Program.

“One of the keys to preservation is the continued use of older buildings,” said Falk. “Hartwick is rich with examples of historic buildings that have been put to new uses.”    

The cost for the walking tour is $10. Register in advance at otsego2000.org or by calling 607/547-8881. This walking tour was researched and developed by students Toni Seitz and Peyton Legg in Dr. Falk’s Historic Preservation class at the Cooperstown Graduate Program.

The Otsego 2000 Historic Preservation Series will continue with walking tours in Roseboom on September 7, Middlefield on October 19, and Cooperstown on November 16.

Dr. Falk was co-editor of Buildings & Landscapes: The Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum for five years and is the author of Barns of New York: Rural Architecture of the Empire State.

Otsego 2000 is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1981 to ensure the Otsego Lake region remains a masterpiece of nature by protecting and supporting its environmental, scenic, cultural, historic, and agricultural resources and its economic well-being. Otsego 2000 accomplishes its mission through programs like the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Otsego Outdoors, Glimmerglass Film Days, historic preservation initiatives, and environmental stewardship.