Johnson Hall State Historic Site
139 Hall Ave, Johnstown, NY 12095, USA
New York, USA
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EST. 1763
EST. 1763
1763
Johnson, Sir William, 1st Baronet
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Johnson Hall State Historic Site.
Sir William Johnson’s original 1763 Georgian house survives as a New York State historic site. The restored mansion, flanking stone blockhouses, period rooms, archaeological resources, and surrounding grounds are maintained for guided interpretation, preserving the core of Johnson’s former estate near Johnstown.
About Johnson Hall State Historic Site
The house was built seven miles from the Mohawk River, close to Hall Creek. Hall Creek provided water sufficient to power a sawmill and later a grist mill. Built of wood, the house frame was covered with wood planks intended to simulate stone. Johnson engaged leading colonial architect Peter Harrison to design the house; he hired the carpenter, Samuel Fuller, to build it. Johnson moved here from Old Fort Johnson in 1763 and lived here until he died in 1774.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Johnson Hall State Historic Site
Sir William Johnson built Johnson Hall in 1763 as the center of a grand estate. He was made a British baronet for his role in the French & Indian Wars, a title his son, John, inherited upon his death in 1774. By December 1775, rebel unrest led John Johnson to stockade his house with swivel guns and artillery. The new Continental Congress ordered General Philip Schuyler to take the arms of any Loyalists in Tryon County and to "apprehend their chief."
On January 18, 1776, Schuyler and Colonel Herkimer led 3,000 troops and militia to Johnstown where they disarmed Johnson and a Loyalist force of about 400 men. The Tryon County Committee of Safety eventually ordered Sir John's arrest. Warned by friends, he fled to Canada in May with a large group of Loyalists. His pregnant wife and young son were imprisoned in Albany, escaping in the middle of the winter. Johnson returned to the region several times leading British military raids. The Third New Jersey Regiment took possession of Johnson Hall in 1776. Eventually all of the Johnson estates were sold at auction, generating ₤3,576 for New York State, about $894,000 in 2008 dollars.
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