History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925

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History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Johnstown Court House, 1772

[This information is from Vol. I, p. 669 of History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, edited by Nelson Greene (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925). It is in the Schenectady Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 974.7 G81h. This online edition includes lists of portraits, maps and illustrations. As noted by Paul Keesler in his article, "The Much Maligned Mr. Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

Johnstown Court House, 1772

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Photo: Johnstown Court House, 1772.

This ancient structure was built by Sir William Johnson in 1772, as the Tryon County Court House. It is now the Fulton County Court House and is the only Colonial Court House now standing and used as such in New York State — and probably one of very few in the United States. Many distinguished jurists have appeared in this historic building, which still uses a bar of bent iron as a bell. (Photo by H. V. Bush, Canajoharie.)

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925Johnstown Court House, 1772

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Johnstown Court House, 1772