{"nrhp_refnum":"66000520","name":"Johnson Hall","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Hall St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Johnstown","county":"Fulton County","state":"NY","lat":43.01418319600006,"lon":-74.3825546374386,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1960-10-09","areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Johnson Hall is a Georgian-style frame mansion with a surviving stone blockhouse and a reconstructed second blockhouse, set in a state historic park of about 19 acres in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York. It was built in 1761-1762 by housewright Lemal Baker of Schenectady for Sir William Johnson.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Johnson Hall as the home of Sir William Johnson, superintendent of Indian affairs for the northern colonies and a leading frontier figure of pre-Revolutionary New York. His influence with the Six Nations helped defeat French power and advance English colonial expansion westward. The estate was the center of British rule on the New York frontier, where major Indian treaties were made and important officials were entertained. The surviving blockhouse is described as the only one of its type left in New York.","narrative":"Johnson Hall is a five-bay, two-story Georgian frame house with an attic and basement, built in 1761-1762 in what is now Johnstown, New York. Housewright Lemal Baker of Schenectady constructed it, and the clapboard siding is rusticated to imitate stone blocks. Two stone blockhouses once flanked the house for protection; the western one survives and is described as the only example of its type left in New York, while the eastern one burned in 1868 and has been reconstructed after archeological work. The house was the home of Sir William Johnson, superintendent of Indian affairs for the northern colonies, for the last eleven years of his life. Treaties with the Six Nations were negotiated here, and Johnson died at the house in 1774 during a conference. The house was heavily altered in the 19th century, then restored after New York State acquired it in 1906 and again in the 1950s. An inventory of furnishings taken after his death guided the interior restoration.","period_of_significance":"1761-1774","architect_builder":"Lemal Baker, housewright from Schenectady","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by New York State and open as a museum in a state historic park. The house was restored after 1906 and again in 1952-53, and is described as in excellent condition. The eastern blockhouse was reconstructed in the 1970s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.386578-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/66000520_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000520/b969b02ac9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000520/b969b02ac9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johnson_Hall,_Johnstown,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mwanner at English Wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johnson_Hall,_Johnstown,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315760","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Hall_State_Historic_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809760"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/fulton-county/johnson-hall-66000520/"}