The two brothers Alexander and Ebenezer Ascher Scott moved with their families from Alburg, Vermont to Chazy Village in 1809. Alexander Scott bought a store from Philip Duell in 1810. One of Ebenezer Scott's stores was built on a lot purchased from Benjamin Wait in about 1812. This lot and building that would eventually fall into the hands of William and Alice Miner, becoming the The Alice T. Miner Museum. Together, the Scott Brothers continued to buy out stores, clear land, and produce lumber in the Chazy area until the late 1840s.
Alexander Scott had a fairly embellished house that
set it apart from many of the more modest homes built at the same time. He built his home along what is now State Route 9, with fan light above the door, decorative quoins, and a Palladian window. It is a strong example of Federal period architecture. In 1814, the house was utilized by British General Prévost during the lead up to the Battle of Plattsburgh. For several days, Prévost and ten officers slept in the home while the nearby law office of Julius C. Hubbell was taken over as a headquarters. Both Scott and Hubbell went to witness the battle on September 11.
Alexander Scott also purchased a limestone quarry in order to build a church and accompanying sheds on the lot of the present Methodist church. Despite the inflated wartime prices, he paid $7,000 out of pocket to accomplish this goal by 1817. HIs wife, Mrs. Scott died in 1843 in Chazy. Alexander himself passed in 1847 at the home of his daughter in Brooklyn. His body was returned to Chazy to be buried in Riverview Cemetery. This historical marker was erected by the Town of Chazy.
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