The Otesaga, Cooperstown
One of the handsome drawing rooms overlooking Lake Otsego at the Otesaga in Cooperstown, New York. The Otesaga was built in 1909 by Edward Severin Clark, one of the heirs of the Singer-Clark sewing machine fortune. Clark commissioned architect Percy Griffin to build a gracious resort hotel on the shores of Lake Otsego, just a short drive from the village of Cooperstown. For many years, the Knox School for Girls used the hotel in the off-season for their classes. This arrangement ended in the 1970s and the hotel has been lavished with restoration funds from the Clark Foundation. The Clarks are a positive example of using an enormous fortune for good works, exhibited by the pristine appearance of Cooperstown and Lake Otsego itself. More should follow their example.
The Otesaga, Cooperstown
One of the handsome drawing rooms overlooking Lake Otsego at the Otesaga in Cooperstown, New York. The Otesaga was built in 1909 by Edward Severin Clark, one of the heirs of the Singer-Clark sewing machine fortune. Clark commissioned architect Percy Griffin to build a gracious resort hotel on the shores of Lake Otsego, just a short drive from the village of Cooperstown. For many years, the Knox School for Girls used the hotel in the off-season for their classes. This arrangement ended in the 1970s and the hotel has been lavished with restoration funds from the Clark Foundation. The Clarks are a positive example of using an enormous fortune for good works, exhibited by the pristine appearance of Cooperstown and Lake Otsego itself. More should follow their example.