James Averell

Date1829

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsSight: 28 3/4 × 23 5/8 in. (73 × 60 cm)

Object numberN0002.1975

Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Bequest of Mrs. James Averell Clark

Photograph by Richard Walker

Label TextIn 1787 the James Averells settled on a farm in the Cooperstown area. They moved into town in 1792 when James exchanged his land for John Husband's Tannery on Lake Street just east of Chestnut Street. The following year, the wings were added to the central structure and the house became known as Averell Cottage. James was born in 1763 and died in 1835. He is buried in Presbyterian Churchyard in Cooperstown.

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