Fort Plain (museum)
(1776 - 1783)
Fort Plain

Originally named Fort Rensselaer (a) until 1780. This was a stockaded fort with a small blockhouse and barracks. It was rebuilt in 1780, and renamed by the townspeople, who disliked General Rensselaer. Briefly renamed Fort McKean in 1781. A new three-story square blockhouse and a redoubt were constructed nearby in 1782. The fort was dismantled in 1786 and used for material to rebuild houses, most of which still exist.


Fort Hunter
(1711 - 1780's)
Fort Hunter

This was the first British fort built in the Five Nations Confederacy, at the Lower Mohawk Castle, aka Ti-on-on-to-gen. It was a 150-foot square log fort with a 12-foot high palisade surrounding 30 cabins. A two-story 24-foot square blockhouse was at each corner. In the center of the fort was a one-story 24-foot square stone chapel (Queen Anne Chapel), the log-lined basement used as a powder magazine. Improvements were made in 1755. A two-story stone parsonage was built in 1734 one mile away. It was palisaded during the American Revolution. The old fort was rebuilt after a fire in 1773 destroyed parts of it. It was torn down for the construction of the Erie Canal in 1820. Stone from the chapel was used for the Schoharie Creek Lock. The parsonage still exists.


Old Fort Johnson
(1749 - 1758)
Fort Johnson

Sir William Johnson's restored fortified house. A palisade and two blockhouses were built in 1755. During the American Revolution, Patriots melted down the lead roof to make bullets.