Johnson Hall State Historic Site

Infobox_nrhp | name =Johnson Hall
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = House following repainting in 2006
location= Johnstown, New York
area =
built =1763
architect= Samuel Fuller
architecture= Georgian
designated= October 9, 1960cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=373&ResourceType=District
title=Johnson Hall|accessdate=2007-11-16|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000520

Johnson Hall State Historic Site was the home of Sir William Johnson, 1715-1774, an Irish pioneer and British Major General in the Province of New York.

The house was built seven miles from the Mohawk River, close by Hall Creek. Hall Creek provided water sufficient to power a sawmill and later a grist mill. The house was built of wood and covered with clapboards to simulate stone. The builder, Samuel Fuller obtained at least some of his ideas from the "Builders' Companion" magazine. Two block houses were built to defend against a French attack.

Johnson founded Johnstown, New York and came to own a 400,000 acre (160 km²) estate. Johnson moved here from Old Fort Johnson in 1763. He lived here until he died in 1774. Johnson Hall was seized by the rebel government during the American Revolution and was subsequently acquired by Silas Talbot.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000520.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Johnson Hall National Historic Landmark] |882 KB|author=Charles H. Ashton and Richard W. Hunter |date=October 15, 1984|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000520.pdf Accompanying 14 photos, exterior and interior, from 1984.] |2.96 MB]

It is located at Hall Avenue, West State Street and Johnson Avenue, in Johnstown, New York

External links

* [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/sites/info.asp?siteID=17 Johnson Hall State Historic Site, at NYSOPRHP]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ny/ny0200/ny0215/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Johnson%20Hall,%20Johnstown,%20Fulton%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:2:./temp/~pp_RfXB:: 17 photos] , [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhdatapage&fileName=ny/ny0200/ny0215/data/hhdatapage.db&recNum=1&itemLink=D?hh:2:./temp/~pp_RfXB:: 4 data pages] , and [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhsupp&action=browse&fileName=ny/ny0200/ny0215/supp/browse.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?hh:2:./temp/~pp_RfXB::&title2=Johnson+Hall,+Johnstown,+Fulton+County,+NY&displayType=0&maxCols=1 Supplemental material] on Johnson Hall, at Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ny/ny0200/ny0214/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Johnson%20Hall,%20Blockhouse,%20Johnstown,%20Fulton%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:1:./temp/~pp_RfXB:: 2 photos] and [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhsheet&action=browse&fileName=ny/ny0200/ny0214/sheet/browse.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?hh:1:./temp/~pp_RfXB::&title2=Johnson%20Hall,%20Blockhouse,%20Johnstown,%20Fulton%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&maxCols=2 4 drawings] of Blockhouse, Johnson Hall, at HABS.
* [http://www.heritageny.gov/revwar/sites.cfm?id=55&PageNum_getALLsites=1&topic=RW Revolutionary War Heritage Trail: Johnson Hall State Historic Site]

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