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SUNY Potsdam President Kristin G. Esterberg, left, shares a laugh with author and Julia Crane biographer Caron Collins last week after a dedication ceremony of a historical marker at the site of Crane Institute on Main Street in Potsdam. Christopher Lenney/Watertown Daily Times
Potsdam Historian Mimi VanDeusen, left, and Potsdam Public Museum Curator Erin Cheney stand Friday in front of a historical marker at the original location of the Crane Institute founded by Julia Crane in 1886. Christopher Lenney/Watertown Daily Times
A historical marker memorializing the original site of the Crane Institute of Music was dedicated Friday. The maker is at the site of Julia E. Craneâs Main Street home, where she established the Crane Normal Institute of Music in 1886. Christopher Lenney/Watertown Daily Times
Crane School historic marker unveiled in Potsdam
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Historical marker to be installed at site of original Crane school in Potsdam
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POTSDAM â Potsdam-Mayor Reinhold Tischler has announced that a historic marker memorializing the original site of the Crane Institute of Music will be installed at 10 a.m. June 11.
The marker will be placed at the site of Julia E. Craneâs Main Street home, where she established the Crane Normal Institute of Music in 1886.
Crane School went on to become one of the nationâs first schools to train public school music teachers.The Crane School became part of the Potsdam Normal School, later SUNY Potsdam, in 1926.
Today, generations of top music educators, performers and scholars are Crane alumni, and Crane continues to be vital to the areaâs cultural and economic landscape.