Ogdensburg historian highlights Bishop Residence designed by Madame America Vespucci
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 9:05 am OGDENSBURG — Legend says that Madame America Vespucci designed the home now known as the Bishop’s Residence, according to City of Ogdensburg Historian Julie Madlin. She says the double house, built for $25,000 in 1855, was the home of two prominent families as well as several bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg. In the center was the land office for the Parish iron and lead mines of Rossie. The Rosseel family occupied the east house. John Rosseel was born in Ogdensburg in 1822, son of Joseph and Louisa Rosseel. His...
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