Marcus Bruce Park
Park Street
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Marcus Fourier Bruce was born in 1917 to George and Augusta Fourier Bruce. Married to Cora Elmira Kenyon, they had two children, Sandra, and Gerald before Cora died in 1952. With his second wife, Edna Millington, he had a second son, Robert. Mark Bruce started his automobile career in 1945 when he ran a Jeep agency on River Street. He sold that in 1947 and opened Bruce Auto Sales in Glens Falls. In August of 1952 he purchased the lot on the east side of Route 9 just south of Warrensburg’s US Route 9 bridge. He became a Buick franchise dealer in November and entered the business actively as Bruce Buick by January 1, 1953. In 1960 he moved the business to Upper Glen Street, Glens Falls, where it remained until his death in 1970. Mark and Edna purchased and operated the Colonial Arms, and, after selling that, the Warren Inn. They also owned Mark Bruce Real Estate Enterprises in Warrensburg. He was a member of the Warren County Sheriff’s Mounted Patrol, Warrensburg Kiwanis Club, member and director of the Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce, and the Mohican Council, Boy Scouts of America. Following his death the triangular piece of land on Hudson Street between Third and Fourth avenues was purchased by the Town of Warrensburg for park purposes. It is currently known as Marcus Bruce Park.
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Randolph McNutt and the McNutt Fountain - Born in 1851, the son of Dr. Hiram and Rebecca McNutt, Randolph grew up in Warrensburgh, attended the Warrensburgh Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College. He later studied law at Albany Law School and had a legal practice in Warrensburgh for a time. He was the School Commissioner of Warren County from 1877-1880. He married Evelyn Merrithew of Hudson Falls. They left Warrensburgh in 1884, moving to Buffalo, where he started a furniture manufacturing business which proved quite successful. He also purchased a large hotel in Buffalo, The Markeen, which he owned for the rest of his life. He visited his hometown many times, bestowing gifts on the town. His most memorable gift, in 1897, was a cast iron drinking fountain, which stood on the corner of Main and Hudson Streets. It had four water fountains: one at ground level for dogs, a second for horses, one at mid-level for citizens, and a small one above street level for birds. It
also sported a lamp on top. The fountain was removed in 1928 to permit street widening. Fortunately it had been saved. Warrensburgh Beautification Inc. had it restored and, with the cooperation of the Town of Warrensburg, is having it reinstalled in Marcus Bruce Park, corner of Hudson and Third Avenue. Randolph McNutt died in 1927. |