- Old Fort Johnson
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Fort Johnson
Location: Fort Johnson, NY Nearest city: Amsterdam Coordinates: 42°57′26″N 74°14′30″W / 42.95722°N 74.24167°WCoordinates: 42°57′26″N 74°14′30″W / 42.95722°N 74.24167°W Built: ca. 1749 Architectural style: Georgian Governing body: Montgomery County Historical Society 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 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
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Fort Johnson". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-15. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1242&ResourceType=Building.
- ^ "Fort Johnson" by Timothy J. Shannon in Peter Eisenstadt (editor) The Encyclopedia of New York State (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, c.2005), page 589.
- ^ ["Fort Johnson", April 19, 1972, by Charles W. Snell.PDF (455 KiB) "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination"]. National Park Service. 1972-04-19. "Fort Johnson", April 19, 1972, by Charles W. Snell.PDF (455 KiB).
- ^ [Fort Johnson--Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1967.PDF (465 KiB) "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination"]. National Park Service. 1983. Fort Johnson--Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1967.PDF (465 KiB).
References
- Mendel, Mesick, Cohen, Architects, Fort Johnson Historical Structure Report (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1978)
External links
- Sir William Johnson House (23 photos), at Historic American Buildings Survey.
- 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
Categories:- 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
- Buildings and structures completed in the 18th century
- French and Indian War forts
- Pre-state history of New York
- Historic house museums in New York
- Historical society museums in New York
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