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Historic Architecture

The Tisdale Mansion is a fine limestone structure within the village of Sackets Harbor, NY. Built by George Leonard Tisdale, son of George Tisdale, a revolutionary war soldier from Massachusetts.

The mansion stands on 1.2 acres of land where Fort Virginia, one of the five blockhouses that protected the village during the war of 1812 once stood.

Construction of the mansion began in 1815 and finished in 1818

The Tisdale mansion constructed of Chaumont limestone has a front gable, side hall entrance. Each gable end of the Tisdale mansion has a fan window surrounded by an elliptical stone arch with key stone.

The front gable entrance has a wide fan light of dressed stone. The entrance has its original front door and sidelights. The chimneys, quoins and splayed lintels are made of smooth dressed limestone. Identical side stone wings once displayed balustrades across their fronts. The stone walls are two feet thick.

All the rooms but one are twenty feet by twenty-four feet with eleven-foot ceilings. Seven Fireplaces heated the rooms and a stone beehive oven for baking is connected to the kitchen fireplace. The wood support structure is of Mortice and tenon design with main beams measuring 18” X 18”. The floor beams are 4” X 8” with floor boards 2” thick.

Rumor says; Boyer breaks chandelier in LR – replaces with chandelier from Flower mansion – this and the other matching Chandelier are still mounted in the parlor and dining rooms.

The Tisdale house is listed on the National Register USN# 4558.00019.

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The Tisdale Mansion is also featured in various books; “Stone homes of Jefferson County - Images of America, Sackets Harbor and Stagecoach Country Utica to Sackets harbor.

Tisdale Mansion 1818-2024

Discover Tisdale Mansion's Rich History

Discover Tisdale Mansion's Rich History