Navy Point Marine

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Note card sets of Navy Point Marina by local photographer paired with a homemade pen by local artist would make a great unique Christmas gift.

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A classic image of Sackets Harbor looks out at Navy Point from the inner harbor at just about where the 1817 Union Hotel building stands. Possibly, French natur...alist and artist Jacque Milbert stayed at the new hotel and sketched the scene before him. He toured New York State between 1815 and 1823, most probably Jefferson County toward the end of his travels here. Examining the scene, the viewer can see Navy Point with four War of 1812 ships ‘in ordinary’ (mothballed) and a ship on the left which might be the USS Jefferson. In 1815 after the war, navy commander Chauncey recommended selling or dismantling war ships which happened between 1816 and 1825. The huge ship house, built between 1816 and 1820, covers the unfinished War of 1812 ship-of-the-line USS New Orleans. In the foreground at the wharves are wagons pulled by oxen at several warehouses and a cluster of people stand near a smoky fire. Large ship’s anchors nearby could remain from the war’s shipbuilding efforts, or more likely on-hand for the constant shipbuilding that made the harbor famous prior to the war and long afterward. Slightly past the harbor on the right, toward the army post Madison Barracks, the Stone Mill on the shore is a landmark still standing. Further on the right, the Madison Barracks Stone Row or rows built between 1816 and 1819 can be seen. A recent article in the Jefferson County New York Genealogical Society’s Informer details this artist’s travels in the county.

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