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Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery
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The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building at Fort Golgotha.
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| Location: | Main St. and Nassau Rd., Huntington, New York |
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| Area: | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built: | 1782 |
| Architect: | Col. Benjamin Thompson |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 81000415[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | March 02, 1981 |
Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery is the site of an historic cemetery, and the location of a former Revolutionary War era fort, known as Fort Golgotha, at Main Street(NY 25A) and Nassau Road in Huntington, New York. It is located in the Old Town Green Historic District and Old Town Hall Historic District.[2][3]
The fort, which takes its named from Golgotha, was built by British troops on orders of Colonel Thompson, commander of the King's American Dragoons[4], in 1782[5], on the site of the town burial ground. The nearby Presbyterian Church was dismantled, and its timbers used in the forts construction. After the British troops withdrew in 1783, the fort was dismantled, the burial grounds restored, and the Presbyterian Church rebuilt[6]. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.