WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND
Making A Hall A Home
Completion May Be In Sight
For Hyde Hall 50-Year Redo
►IF YOU GO: The Hyde Hall National Historic Mansion, nine miles north of Cooperstown on County Route 31, is open for tours of up to six people. For reservations, call (607) 547-5098, ext. 7, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERSTOWN – For 50 years, it’s been all about the restoration of Hyde Hall. Now, Jon Maney says, it’s about completion.
“We can finally talk about finishing Hyde Hall,” said the executive director. “The dining room curtains will be finished and hung this fall, and that room will finally be complete.”
Since reopening on July 1, Maney said tours, which are now limited to six people at a time, have been running at nearly full capacity. “We’ve had to turn people away,” he said. “The public response has been far stronger than we anticipated.”
Currently, tours are only being given on the first floor, to minimize surface contact on banisters and railings.
