MEXICO, NY - The life size carved wooden statues displayed during the summers at Mexico Point State Park are called The Park People and were commissioned by the Friends of Mexico Point Park. There are six statues, each representing a different period during the history of the area now known as Mexico Point Park, or…
MEXICO â After a hiatus of a year and a half, due to COVID-19, Caseyâs Cottage will finally be open to the public again.
Admission will be free of charge (though donations are much appreciated) Saturdays and Sundays 2 to 4 p.m. or by appointment, beginning Memorial Day Weekend and continuing through the Labor Day weekend, as well as the Monday of Memorial Day weekend and the Monday of Labor day Weekend, also from 2 to 4 p.m.
Caseyâs Cottage, nestled among the trees near the former mouth of the Little Salmon River at Mexico Point State Park, is truly a âgem.â Across the lush lawns to the west of the cottage is the stone foundation with magnificent ship chains along the entryway. It is all that remains of Orville Hungerfordâs elegant Mexico Point Club House (1906). Guests were met at the train station in Mexico and brought to the Club House by horse-drawn carriage, and the horses were stabled in the carriage house. With the advent of the automobile, hors