• Be Part of the Silas Wright House Memorial Walkway

    Be Part of the Silas Wright House Memorial Walkway

    As we continue restoring and developing our historic garden, SLCCHC would like to offer you an opportunity to showcase your commitment to our heritage by purchasing a brick engraving in the Silas Wright House Memorial Walkway.

    Your purchased brick will have words chosen by you engraved directly onto the newly installed brick pathway in the historic garden. This engraving opportunity is a wonderful way to commemorate special milestones and remember loved ones.

    The next batch of engravings for the memorial walkway is planned for late 2026.

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  • Seasonal Closure – December 24, 2025 to March 2, 2026

    Seasonal Closure – December 24, 2025 to March 2, 2026

    The St. Lawrence County Center for History & Culture will be entering its seasonal closure from Friday, December 24, 2025, through Monday, March 2, 2026.

    We will be open by appointment only for museum tours and research requests. Please contact the office at (315) 386-8133 or info@slcha.org to schedule a research appointment, museum tour, or use of the Children’s Attic.

    The front brick pathway will also be closed for the season and will reopen in the spring. Please continue to use our main entrance at the Red Barn Addition to visit.

    SLCCHC will also be closed for the following holidays:
    • December 24, closing at 12:00 PM for Christmas Eve
    • December 25, Christmas Day
    • January 1, New Year’s Day
    • January 19, Martin Luther King’s Birthday
    • February 16, Presidents’ Day

    Our Museum Gift Shop will remain open during our seasonal closure, as staff will be in the office periodically. Orders purchased through our online Gift Shop will continue to be processed as they are received. If you would like to stop in and shop, please call the main office at (315) 386-8133 to ensure the building is open.

    Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, when we reopen for the year.

    Thank you for your understanding!

  • St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture Awarded a Technical Assistance Grant from the Preservation League of NYS

    St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture Awarded a Technical Assistance Grant from the Preservation League of NYS

    St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture Awarded a Technical Assistance Grant from the Preservation League of NYS

    This grant will fund the completion of a Limited Condition Assessment for the Silas Wright House.

    Contact:

    Carlene Bermann, Executive Director, St. Lawrence County Center for History & Culture
    carlene@slcha.org

    Katy Peace, Director of Communications, Preservation League of NYS
    kpeace@preservenys.org

    CANTON, NY, 08/28/25 — The St. Lawrence County Center for History & Culture is one of this year’s Technical Assistance grantees. Their grant of $7,500 will fund a Limited Condition Assessment for the Silas Wright House. The Preservation League of NYS and their program partners at the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) are thrilled to help fund this important work. At its 2025 meeting, an independent panel selected 31 applicants in 20 counties to receive support totaling $347,500. Grants represent both of the League’s signature NYSCA regrants – Preserve New York (PNY) and Technical Assistance Grants (TAG).

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To explore more about occupied Indigenous land, visit: https://native-land.ca.

The St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture occupies the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee (the People of the Longhouse)/Iroquois Confederacy including, Kanienʼkehá꞉ka “the People of the Flint”/Mohawk, Onyota’a:ka “the People of the Upright Stone”/Oneida, Onondagaono “the Hill Place People”/Onondaga, Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ “the People of the Great Swamp”/Cayuga, Onongawaga “the People of the Great Hill”/Seneca, and Skarureh “the People of the Hemp”/Tuscarora who have stewarded this land through generations. This acknowledgment is not enough to honor the people and the land, but we hope that it raises awareness about suppressed Indigenous histories and promotes the visibility of Indigenous peoples.