[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 109 (Thursday, July 7, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1063]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORNWALL BROTHERS STORE

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                         HON. ELISE M. STEFANIK

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, July 7, 2016

  Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and recognize the 
150th Anniversary of the Cornwall Brothers Store in Jefferson County, 
New York. The Cornwall Brothers Store is the only surviving historic 
waterfront building in Alexandria Bay.
   Built in 1866, The Cornwall Brothers Store has served the community 
of Alexandria Bay in many ways. This building originally opened as a 
store that sold everything from dry goods to fine clothing but was 
forced to close during the Great Depression. Since that time, the 
building served first as a customs house, then a United States Coast 
Guard station and a United States Post Office, before officially 
becoming the store and museum that it is today.
   The restoration of the store and the development of a museum sprang 
from an order to demolish the building in 1973. Knowing the 
significance of the Cornwall Brothers Store, a band of citizens came 
together to form the Alexandria Township Historical Society, a group 
whose first priority was to protect the Cornwall Brothers Store. After 
launching an intense campaign to save the building, the Alexandria 
Historical Society was able to save the building and have it registered 
in both the National Registry of Historic Places in 1975 and then the 
New York Registry of Historic Places in 1991. The museum now holds a 
variety of exhibits showcasing the lifestyles of residents of the Saint 
Lawrence River from the 19th and 20th centuries.
   Congratulations to the Cornwall Brothers Store on the 150th 
anniversary of your formation. I wish this business and museum 
continued success in the future.

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