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Participants of a walking tour of Gilbertsville, sponsored on August 4 by Otsego 2000, observe the now defunct Gilbertsville Central School, founded in 1935. It ceased operations when it merged with Mount Upton to form Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School. (Photo by Teresa Winchester)

Gilbertsville Showcased for Historic Advocacy, Activism

By TERESA WINCHESTER
GILBERTSVILLE

Dr. Cindy Falk, assistant dean of graduate studies at SUNY Oneonta and professor of material culture at the university’s Cooperstown Graduate Program, led a walking tour of Gilbertsville on Sunday, August 4. The tour, attended by about two dozen people, was part of Otsego 2000’s Historic Preservation Walking Tour Series. Attendees were not only from the Gilbertsville area, but also from Oneonta, Cooperstown, Unadilla, Bainbridge and Springfield, all in Otsego County. Participants also hailed from the Broome County municipalities of Conklin and Binghamton.

Otsego 2000 Executive Director Ellen Pope spoke briefly about tax credits for homes in historic districts and for historic barn rehabilitation. Information on these credits is available at otsego2000.org.

In regard to historic preservation in Gilbertsville, Falk had high praise for Leigh Eckmair, longtime historian for the Town of Butternuts and the Village of Gilbertsville, and archivist for the Gilbertsville Free Library.

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