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'''Old Fort Johnson''', or '''Fort Johnson''', was a two-story stone house enclosed in fortifications built by [[Sir William Johnson]] about 1749 in the [[Amsterdam (town), New York|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 (city), New York|Johnstown, New York]].<ref>"Fort Johnson" by Timothy J. Shannon in Peter Eisenstadt (editor) ''The Encyclopedia of New York State'' (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, c.2005), page 589.</ref> Sir William's son [[Sir John Johnson]] owned the house from 1763 until 1776, when it was confiscated by the local [[Committee of Safety (American Revolution)|Committee of Safety]].
'''Old Fort Johnson''', or '''Fort Johnson''', was a two-story stone house enclosed in fortifications built by [[Sir William Johnson]] about 1749 in the [[Amsterdam (town), New York|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 (city), New York|Johnstown, New York]].<ref>"Fort Johnson" by Timothy J. Shannon in Peter Eisenstadt (editor) ''The Encyclopedia of New York State'' (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, c.2005), page 589.</ref> Sir William's son [[Sir John Johnson]] owned the house from 1763 until 1776, when it was confiscated by the local [[Committee of Safety (American Revolution)|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.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv">{{cite web|url={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/72000858.pdf "Fort Johnson", April 19, 1972, by Charles W. Snell.]|455&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 465993 bytes -->}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1972-04-19|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="nrhpphotos">{{cite web|url={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/72000858.pdf Fort Johnson--Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1967.]|465&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 477087 bytes -->}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|year=1983|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
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.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv">{{cite web|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/72000858.pdf |DUPLICATE_title="Fort Johnson", April 19, 1972, by Charles W. Snell. |format=pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1972-04-19|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="nrhpphotos">{{cite web|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/72000858.pdf |DUPLICATE_title=Fort Johnson--Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1967. |format=pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|year=1983|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 15:13, 23 November 2014

Fort Johnson
LocationFort Johnson, NY
Nearest cityAmsterdam
Builtca. 1749
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.72000858
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 28, 1972[1]
Designated NHLNovember 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

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Fort Johnson". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-15.
  3. ^ "Fort Johnson" by Timothy J. Shannon in Peter Eisenstadt (editor) The Encyclopedia of New York State (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, c.2005), page 589.
  4. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination" (pdf). National Park Service. 1972-04-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |DUPLICATE_title= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination" (pdf). National Park Service. 1983. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |DUPLICATE_title= ignored (help)

References

  • Mendel, Mesick, Cohen, Architects, Fort Johnson Historical Structure Report (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1978)
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