Old Fort Johnson
Fort Johnson
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Location | Fort Johnson, NY |
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Nearest city | Amsterdam |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Built | ca. 1749 |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP Reference # | 72000858 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 28, 1972[1] |
Designated NHL | November 28, 1972 [2] |
Old Fort Johnson, or Fort Johnson, was a two-story stone house enclosed in fortifications built by Sir William Johnson about 1749 in the town of Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York, United States. The fort served as Johnson's home, business office and trading center until 1763 when he moved to Johnson Hall in what is now Johnstown, New York.[3] Sir William's son Sir John Johnson owned the house from 1763 until 1776, when it was confiscated by the local Committee of Safety. The house is now located directly across from the Fort Johnson Volunteer Fire Company in Fort Johnson, New York.
The house remains and is owned and operated as a museum by the Montgomery County Historical Society. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972.[2][4][5]
Footnotes
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- ↑ "Fort Johnson" by Timothy J. Shannon in Peter Eisenstadt (editor) The Encyclopedia of New York State (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, c.2005), page 589.
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References
- Mendel, Mesick, Cohen, Architects, Fort Johnson Historical Structure Report (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1978)
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-391, "Sir William Johnson House, State Routes 5 & 67, Fort Johnson, Montgomery County, NY", 23 photos, 28 measured drawings, 7 data pages
- Fort Johnson Historic Landmark, Montgomery County Historical Association, which operates the site
- Sir William Johnson
- W. Max Reid, The Story of Old Fort Johnson, 1906
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- National Historic Landmarks in New York
- Museums in Montgomery County, New York
- Georgian architecture in New York
- Houses completed in 1749
- French and Indian War forts
- Pre-statehood history of New York
- Historic house museums in New York
- Historical society museums in New York
- Historic American Buildings Survey in New York
- Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Houses in Montgomery County, New York