Old Fort Johnson
Old Fort Johnson is a historic house museum and historic site at 2 Mergner Road in Fort Johnson, New York. It is the site of Fort Johnson, a two-story stone house originally enclosed in fortifications built by Sir William Johnson about 1749.- Type: Museum
- Description: historic house in the village of Fort Johnson, New York
- Address: 2 Mergner Road, Fort Johnson, NY 12070
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Amsterdam station and Guy Park.
Amsterdam station
Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Amsterdam station is an Amtrak train station in Amsterdam, New York. It is served by four daily Empire Service round trips plus the daily Maple Leaf; the Lake Shore Limited does not stop. Amsterdam station is situated 1 mile east of Old Fort Johnson.
Guy Park
Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Guy Park, also known as Guy Park State Historic Site or Guy Park Manor, is a house built in 1774 in the Georgian style for Guy Johnson, the Irish-born nephew and son-in-law to Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, the British Superintendent for Indian Affairs in colonial New York. Guy Park is situated 1½ miles southeast of Old Fort Johnson.
Guy Park Avenue School
Building
Photo: Jess, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Guy Park Avenue School is a historic school building located at 300 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1902 and is a two-story, square brick building on a raised stone foundation. Guy Park Avenue School is situated 1½ miles east of Old Fort Johnson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Johnson and Tribes Hill.
Fort Johnson
Hamlet
Fort Johnson is a hamlet and former village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. It is located on the north side of the Mohawk River in the town of Amsterdam. The population was 401 at the 2020 census, down from 490 in 2010.
Tribes Hill
Village
Tribes Hill is a hamlet and census-designated place in the towns of Mohawk and Amsterdam, in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 937 at the 2020 census, down from 1,003 in 2010. Tribes Hill is situated 2½ miles west of Old Fort Johnson.
Fort Hunter
Hamlet
Fort Hunter is a hamlet in the town of Florida in Montgomery County, New York, United States, west of the capital at Albany, on the south bank of the Mohawk River and on the northeast bank of Schoharie Creek. Fort Hunter is situated 2½ miles southwest of Old Fort Johnson.
Old Fort Johnson
- Categories: house, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.95721° or 42° 57′ 26″ northLongitude
-74.2406° or 74° 14′ 26″ westOpen location code
87J7XQ45+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 474539571OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7084030
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Old Fort Johnson” goes by many names.
- French: “Old Fort Johnson”
- German: “Old Fort Johnson”
- Swedish: “Fort Johnson”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Fort Johnson and Fort Johnson Fire Station One.
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