During the American Revolution, the jail became Fort Johnstown as well as a military prison. The structure was fortified with a surrounding palisade and lookout towers at diagonal corners. It was manned by militia companies to protect the Sacandaga from enemy infiltration.
Fort Johnstown served as a base for Col. Marinus Willett and 400 militia on October 25, 1781, when a British raiding party of over 700 Loyalists and Indians withdrew through Johnstown after burning a great swath of the Mohawk Valley.
Willett's men attacked the retreating British in a battle strung along the route of today's Johnson Avenue. An interpretive sign marks the final battle site in a field northeast of Johnson Hall.
| HM Number | HM11FX |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | HeritageNY.Gov |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 5:33am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 551275 N 4761330 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 43.00291667, -74.37088333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 43° 0.175', W 74° 22.253' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 43° 0' 10.50" N, 74° 22' 15.18" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 518 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 116 S Perry St, Johnstown NY 12095, US |
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