April 9, 2020
Adirondack Coast Cultural Alliance Mission Statement:
Chair: Ricky Laurin
Community Representative laurinr@westelcom.com
Vice Chair: John Krueger
The Kent-Delord House Museum
17 Cumberland Avenue
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
(518) 561-1035 jkruegervt@msn.com
cell: 332-0360
Secretary: Stan Ransom
Plattsburgh Public Library
19 Oak Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901-2810 ransoms@cityofplattsburgh-ny.gov
Work: 536-7442 sransom@northnet.org
Home: 563-5719
Coordinator: Susanna Fout
(518) 335-7968 coordinator@adkcoastcultural.org
Historians & Community Representatives
Carol Allen - Peru Town Historian
Ron Allen - Peru Town Historian
Jerry Bates - Town of Plattsburgh Historian rcallen@charter.net
peruhistorian@charter.net
historian@townofplattsburgh.org

Barb Benkwitt
– Town of Schuyler Falls Historian
Rod Bigelow - Dannemora Town Historian
Robert Cheeseman - Chazy Town Historian sfhistorian@charter.net
rodbigelow@netzero.net
chazyhistorian@westelcom.com
Alice Church - Community Representative
Bridgette Coolidge - Altona Town Historian adchurch@charter.net mapleacres@primelink1.net
Jan Couture - Saranac Town Historian saranachistorian@yahoo.com
William Glidden - Deputy Historian, Town of Plattsburgh historian70@verizon.net
Sharron Hewston - Black Brook Town Historian
Rick Laurin - Community Representative
Tom Mandeville - Champlain Town Historian tojhistorian@charterinternet.com
laurinr@westelcom.com
tom.mandeville@clinton.edu
Carol Nadeau - Mooers Town Historian
Anastasia Pratt - Clinton County Historian
Donna Racine - Rouses Point Village Historian
Roby Scott - AuSable Town Historian mooershistorian@primelink1.net
Anastasia.Pratt@esc.edu
historian1933@aol.com
scottdr@charter.net
Gary Van Cour - Beekmantown Town Historian grvanc@aol.com
Marge Wood – Town of Schuyler Falls Assistant Historian
Participating Organizations and Individuals:
Adirondack Architectural Heritage
1745 Main Street, Keeseville, New York (518) 834-9328
Steven Engelhart steven@aarch.org
The Alice T. Miner Museum
9618 Route 9, Chazy, New York (518) 846-7336
Amanda A. Palmer director@minermuseum.org
Anderson Falls Historical Society
Ron Allen perutownhistorian@charter.net
Cell: 534-2460
846-7336
561-0038
The Arts Center and The Strand Theatre
23 Brinkerhoff Street, Plattsburgh, New York (518) 563-1604
Janine Scherline
Leigh Mundy jkscherl@yahoo.com lmundy7111@aol.com Cell: 572-9111
The Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum (Peru, NY)
Brett Falcon babbieag309@babbiemuseum.org
Battle of Plattsburgh Association
643-8052
31 Washington Road, (Off Route 9 and New York Avenue),
Plattsburgh, New York
Keith Herkalo
Tammy Rock kherkalo@charter.net manager@battleofplattsburgh.org 566-1814
Champlain Valley Transportation Museum
Kids Station at CVTM
12 Museum Way, Plattsburgh, New York (518) 566-7575

Dr. Anthony Vaccaro
Joanne Vaccaro
Lisa LaFountain drv@adkradiation.com dra@adkradiation.com membership@cvtmuseum.com
Clinton County Historian - Dr. Anastasia L. Pratt
College Office
Historian’s Office
Anastasia.Pratt@esc.edu pratta@co.clinton.ny.us
564-2832
565-4749
Home: 578-7530
Clinton County Historical Association
98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh, New York (518) 561-0340
Tricia Davies
Maurica Gilbert director@clintoncountyhistorical.org 561-0340 maurica@aecocpas.com
Friends of Lyon Mountain Mining and Railroad Museum
Standish Road
,
Lyon Mountain, New York
Margo Kourofsky mrkourofsky@gmail.com
492-7460
Jane Kelting bill.kelting@gmail.com
G. William Glidden
– Deputy Town Historian, Town of Plattsburgh historian70@charter.net 563-2304
Imaginarium Children’s Museum
Jennifer Meschinelli info@imaginariumchildrensmuseum.org
Kent-Delord House Museum
17 Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh, New York (518) 561-1035
John Krueger
Deanne Price jkruegervt@msn.com dprice@plattsburghford.com
Cell: 332-0360
Cell: 570-6675
Lake Champlain Wines
PO Box 2344
,
Plattsburgh, New York 12901
Rob McDowell redwine@charter.net
335-4981
Lakes to Locks Passage
194 US Oval
,
Plattsburgh, New York 12903
Howard Lowe, board member howard.lowe@plattsburgh.edu
564.2214
Miner Institute
– Heart’s Delight Farm Heritage Exhibit
1034 Miner Farm Road, Chazy, New York 846-7121
Rachel Dutil
Amy Bedard dutil@whminer.com
Bedard@whminer.com
North Star Underground Railroad Museum &
North Country Underground Historical Association
Helen Allen Nerska
Don Papson allenhomestead@gmail.com
NCUGRHA@aol.com
561-0277
643-0938

Northern New York American Genealogical Society
Julie Dowd dunott@aol.com
Gloria Pratt grcp@charter.net
Phillips Art Conservation
Emily G. Phillips emily@phillipsconservation.com
Plattsburgh
– SUNY Museums
(Museum Without Walls, Rockwell-Kent, Slatkin, Nina Winkle)
Margot Zeglis
Carol Lowery mzeglis@hotmail.com cjjuntunen@yahoo.com
Plattsburgh Public Library
Stan Ransom sransom@northnet.org ransoms@cityofplattsburgh-ny.gov
RousesPoint-Champlain Historical Association
Geri Favreau gerifavreau@yahoo.com
Samuel de Champlain History Center
202 Elm Street, Champlain, NY 12919
Celine Paquette cpaquette@primelink1.net
President
563-3629
561-5728
Home: 963-4256
562-2265
563-4204
536-7442
Home: 563-5719
297-2064
298-1609
Schuyler Falls Historian
Town of Schuyler Falls, PO Box 99, 997 Mason Street, Morrisonville, NY 12962
Barb Benkwitt sfhistorian@charter.net 563-1129
SUNY College at Plattsburgh Special Collections
Feinberg 132, 2 Draper Avenue, SUNY College at Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY, 12901
Debra Kimok debra.kimok@plattsburgh.edu 564-5206
Town of Plattsburgh Historian
Jerry Bates historian@townofplattsburgh.org
562-6887
151 Banker Road, Plattsburgh 12901
Other Participants
Press-Republican
Bob Parks, Publisher
United Way
John Bernardi bparks@pressrepublican.com 565-4130
Home: 562-9515 john@unitedwayce.org 563-0028
Home: 534-4191