Bagg's Hotel

Moses Bagg, a blacksmith, first came to the Old Fort Schuyler on a flat boat up the Mohawk River in 1793.

In 1794 he purchased four acres of land from Joseph Ballou for his business on Main Street.

It grew from being a "shanty", to a two story wooden building, and was taken over by Moses Bagg Jr. after his father's death in 1805.

Guests included Thomas Moore, Joseph Bonaparte, Aaron Burr and Washington Irving.

[4] The "Bagg's Square" name is still used in Utica, New York to refer to part of the downtown district.