Rome Attractions

Constable Hall
Open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. Closed Mondays.
Located just east of Route 26 on the edge of the Village of Constableville.
Historic 17-acre estate built in early 1800s by the Constable family, restored in the late 1940s, opened as a historic house museum in 1949, and added to National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Owned and operated by the Constable Hall Association, the 14-room limestone mansion depicts the life of a wealthy family during the 19th century.
Admission $2 for adults, 50 cents for children.
Telephone: 397-2323.

Rome Autumn Antique Show and Sale
Show dates Friday, Sept. 17, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 18, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
New York State Armory, 1110 Black River Blvd., Rome.

Utica Auditorium
Located at 400 Oriskany Street, Utica.
Colonial Hockey League Bulldogs season begins in mid-October. Most games are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with some mid-week.
Tickets $9, $8, $7, with discounts for children.
Telephone: 738-0164.

Stanley Performing Arts Center
Located at 259 Genesee St., Utica.
Host to the Broadway Theatre League, the Great Artist Series and the Utica Symphony Orchestra, the center is an architectural treasure built in 1928. The Mexican Baroque-style theater, which seats 2,949, opened in 1928.
Telephone 724-4000.

Children's Museum
Open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, and noon to 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, through June.
Located at 311 Main St., Utica.
Children can view exhibits, as well as explore, pull, tug and climb over them at this museum, where learning is easy when it's fun. On weekends, there are activities, crafts and movies. The museum has special week-long programs during school vacation periods.
Telephone 724-6128.
Admission $2; children 2 and under free.

Old Forge
Located on Route 28, at the hub of the Western Adirondacks and at the beginning of the Fulton Chain of Lakes.
Offers multitude of indoor and outdoor activities, including snowmobiling, lake cruises, Adirondack Centennial Railroad, arts center, boat docks, restaurants and shopping.
Telephone Central Adirondack Association 369-6983.

Oriskany Battlefield
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.
Located off Route 69, Rome-Oriskany Road, just outside the Village of Oriskany.

Monument commemorates Revolutionary War soldiers who gave their lives here in the Battle of Oriskany, Aug. 6, 1777. Nearby, at Point Field, is the USS Oriskany Memorial, featuring the anchor from the aircraft carrier and an A-4 Skyhawk bomber.
Telephone 768-7224.

Stone Barn Castle
Open 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. Sundays, through October.
Located two miles off Route 49, Cleveland. Entrance is on Elpis Road.
Built in 1896 of fieldstones, the castle was the center of a 500-acre farm delivering milk and butter to New York City. Abandoned for a quarter of a century after it burned, it has been reconstructed and is now open to the public as a farm museum. It contains antiques, old farm machinery and old cars, tools, antique toys, artifacts, and a gift shop. Admission $3 for adults, $2 for children 12 and under.
Telephone 675-8261.

Capitol Theater
The 1,700 seat performing arts center culturally and educationally enriches the lives of residents in the city and western Oneida County. It served more than 40,000 area residents last year.

Rome Art and Community Center
308 W. Bloomfield St. is devoted not only to culture and the arts in the broadest sense, but the building also is a meeting place for many community organizations unrelated to the arts. The center hosts theatrical performances, film presentations and concerts as well as offering art media classes and workshops for children and adults. Talented artists have their work displayed in the galleries.

Erie Canal
One of four interconnecting waterways in the state's 524-mile canal system, Although the glorious days of a snail-paced life of packet boats and mule teams have vanished, recreational boaters, canoeists and fishermen still find renewal in travelling the canal. One can still finds vestiges of the Old Erie Canal -- a silent stretch of the original canal spared from being filled in; a preserved stone lock or remnants of an aqueduct. The Erie interconnects with the Champlain, Oswego and Cayuga-Seneca Canals.