Cooperstown, NEW YORK - Otsego Lake - Kingfisher Tower - ARCHITECTURE - Folly:  Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States.  Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. It is located at the southern end of the historic Otsego Lake and is in the Central New York Region of New York.  Cooperstown is best known as the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.  The population of the village was 1,852 as of the 2010 census.  Otsego Lake is a 4,046-acre (16.37 km2) lake located in Otsego County in the U.S. State of New York. It is the source of the Susquehanna River and largest lake in Otsego County. ] The Village of Cooperstown is located at the lake's southern end.  Kingfisher Tower is a 60-foot-tall (18 m) folly, built by Edward Clark in 1876, on the eastern shore of Otsego Lake at Point Judith. It is located north of Cooperstown, New York near County Highway 31. The tower was used in a scene in a movie in 1911.  It is a Gothic Revival structure built by Clark "to beautify the lake" and "to provide construction jobs during an economic turndown". Clark made his fortune investing in Isaac Singer's sewing machine company, and the structure now belongs to his descendants. It is on private property and is usually approachable only from the lake. The structure was designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh.  This White Border Era (1915-305) is in good condition.  "C.T. American Art." No. 60038-N.  E.W. Hughes & Co.  Mechanicville, N.Y.  No. 49.