Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex

Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex is a historic cemetery and gatehouse located at Potsdam in St. Lawrence County, New York. The cemetery was established in 1865 and the gatehouse complex constructed in 1901. The gatehouse complex is a Châteauesque style, Late Victorian red Potsdam ashlar sandstone building. It includes a receiving room for the deceased and mourners, quarters for the cemetery custodial family, and a bell tower. The cemetery includes a number of notable structures and objects including the Clarkson mausoleum (1873), Morgan family obelisk, and Soldiers Monument (1903).^[2]

Bayside Cemetery and Gatehouse Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Bayside Cemetery Gatehouse photographed in 2025.
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Location	115 Clarkson Ave. Potsdam, New York, U.S.
Coordinates	44°39′17″N 74°59′29″W
Area	83.6 acres (33.8 ha)
Built	1865 (1865), 1901
Architect	multiple
Architectural style	Late Victorian
MPS	Red Potsdam Sandstone Resources Taken from Raquette River Quarries MPS
NRHP reference No.	03000026[1]
Added to NRHP	March 26, 2004

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]